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Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior
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Engineering Catastrophes

Like many other buildings,the stylish exterior covers a skeletonmade from a timber frame

Like many other buildings,
the stylish exterior covers a skeleton
made from a timber frame

Full Transcript

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Like many other buildings, the stylish exterior
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covers a skeleton made from a timber frame.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
16
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:25
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
7
Genres
documentary
Production
Moviecoop

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Movie Summary

With access to all phases of design and a large cast of experts, some of the great failures of engineering history are uncovered.
S06 • E04 All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
All of a sudden, there was just this whoosh.
S06 • E09 Six miles away inside the National Park, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Six miles away inside the National Park,
S06 • E10 So 432 Park Avenue - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
So 432 Park Avenue
S06 • E07 But here, the wood also helps - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
But here, the wood also helps
S06 • E04 The lights flickered. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
The lights flickered.
S06 • E06 {\an8}As the city grew, the hulls were swallowed up - Engineering Catastrophes 00:28
{\an8}As the city grew, the hulls were swallowed up
S06 • E05 [narrator] But big engineering can't be rushed without risking disaster. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] But big engineering can't be rushed without ...
S06 • E01 By using broken tile fragments, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
By using broken tile fragments,
S06 • E03 [narrator] By early 2005, construction was progressing smoothly, - Engineering Catastrophes 01:00
[narrator] By early 2005, construction was progressing sm...
S06 • E09 There were some campers up there - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
There were some campers up there
S06 • E08 [narrator] Dr. Gordon Goldsborough is from - Engineering Catastrophes 00:11
[narrator] Dr. Gordon Goldsborough is from
S06 • E07 Projecting, or cantilevered balconies, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Projecting, or cantilevered balconies,
S06 • E04 [narrator] Kevin and his colleagues were unaware - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
[narrator] Kevin and his colleagues were unaware
S06 • E09 Initially, campers thought the noise was wind - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
Initially, campers thought the noise was wind
S06 • E01 [narrator] With more than 20 years' experience, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
[narrator] With more than 20 years' experience,
S06 • E07 You have beams anchored inside the building that jut out, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
You have beams anchored inside the building that jut out,
S06 • E08 It could go to be distributed to Europe. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:29
It could go to be distributed to Europe.
S06 • E10 The base is the size of just two basketball courts, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
The base is the size of just two basketball courts,
S06 • E09 They had heard the sound of the Lawn Lake - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
They had heard the sound of the Lawn Lake
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: For more than a decade, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
NARRATOR: For more than a decade,