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Engineering Catastrophes

The building started movingand stopped

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Duration
6 seconds
Views
10
Timestamp in Movie
00:19:25
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
4
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 And the critical question is how much explosives - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
And the critical question is how much explosives
S06 • E09 One potential clue was an event that - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
One potential clue was an event that
S06 • E07 The question was what had caused it to happen. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
The question was what had caused it to happen.
S06 • E01 Now your home was basically a waste. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
Now your home was basically a waste.
S06 • E05 [narrator] Initially, speculation focused - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
[narrator] Initially, speculation focused
S06 • E09 According to reports, a crane lifting a wall panel - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
According to reports, a crane lifting a wall panel
S06 • E03 The problem is that it changes how concrete behaves. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:06
The problem is that it changes how concrete behaves.
S06 • E07 For a bridge such as the Nipigon River Bridge, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
For a bridge such as the Nipigon River Bridge,
S06 • E10 So now, you may get separation - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
So now, you may get separation
S06 • E04 {\an8}Too many explosives would risk hurling debris around the site, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
{\an8}Too many explosives would risk hurling debris around t...
S06 • E02 It can handle heavy vertical loads really well. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
It can handle heavy vertical loads really well.
S06 • E01 [narrator] But what had caus this huge sinkhole to open u - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
[narrator] But what had caus this huge sinkhole to open u
S06 • E03 [narrator] While the creep weakened the connections to the steel pylons, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:20
[narrator] While the creep weakened the connections to th...
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: Civil engineer Nestor Cueto followed the case. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
NARRATOR: Civil engineer Nestor Cueto followed the case.
S06 • E07 These bearings have to allow for the fact that the bridge is - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
These bearings have to allow for the fact that the bridge is
S06 • E05 Giving the impression that, maybe, that's what failed. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:19
Giving the impression that, maybe, that's what failed.
S06 • E02 A massive strike that can cause it to crack, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:26
A massive strike that can cause it to crack,
S06 • E09 This impact could have caused a shift in the column, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
This impact could have caused a shift in the column,
S06 • E04 They... they do not bring the structure down. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
They... they do not bring the structure down.
S06 • E06 Once in place, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
Once in place,