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Engineering Catastrophes

There's a famous sayingin the Lone Star State. "Everything's biggerin Texas." And that's...

There's a famous saying
in the Lone Star State. "Everything's bigger
in Texas." And that's true for those
living in San Antonio, who can see their city
growing every year. John O'Neill is a journalist
and Texas native. Right now, the housing market
is exploding in San Antonio. There's been this need
to annex that land
at a really rapid pace and that's really picked up,
especially in the last
few decades. And with that
comes a lot of building on land that wasn't
necessarily meant to house large subdivisions

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There's a famous saying in the Lone Star State.
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"Everything's bigger in Texas."
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And that's true for those living in San Antonio,
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who can see their city growing every year.
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John O'Neill is a journalist and Texas native.
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Right now, the housing market is exploding in San Antonio.
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There's been this need to annex that land at a really rapid pace
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and that's really picked up, especially in the last few decades.
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And with that comes a lot of building
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on land that wasn't necessarily meant
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to house large subdivisions.
Duration
35 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:32
Uploaded
Oct 28, 2025
Season
6
Episode
10
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 • E05 And they had to do it twice over. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:12
And they had to do it twice over.
S06 • E09 NARRATOR: In February 2012, construction began - Engineering Catastrophes 00:08
NARRATOR: In February 2012, construction began
S06 • E06 Lucia Garcia is a lifelong resident. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
Lucia Garcia is a lifelong resident.
S06 • E07 NARRATOR: From the 1970s, the nation relied - Engineering Catastrophes 00:13
NARRATOR: From the 1970s, the nation relied
S06 • E04 [narrator] Brisbane is Australia's third largest city - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
[narrator] Brisbane is Australia's third largest city
S06 • E08 [narrator] An idyllic lakeside retreat turned into a dried up wasteland. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] An idyllic lakeside retreat turned into a dried u...
S06 • E03 This was the solution, built in the 1930s, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:21
This was the solution, built in the 1930s,
S06 • E09 The goal was to open this 1,800-space structure - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
The goal was to open this 1,800-space structure
S06 • E01 [narrator] Building big requires a balance between - Engineering Catastrophes 00:23
[narrator] Building big requires a balance between
S06 • E08 [narrator] And a community's determination - Engineering Catastrophes 00:09
[narrator] And a community's determination
S06 • E06 [narrator] For over a decade, this Texas slice of paradise has been growing by the day. - Engineering Catastrophes 00:14
[narrator] For over a decade, this Texas slice of paradise h...
S06 • E09 Once the foundations were poured, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:07
Once the foundations were poured,
S06 • E07 HARVEY: They recognized this as being a critical infrastructure - Engineering Catastrophes 00:15
HARVEY: They recognized this as being a critical infrastruct...
S06 • E08 [upbeat guitar music playing] - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
[upbeat guitar music playing]
S06 • E04 To the north and south, you have the Sunshine Coast and the Gold Coast, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:34
To the north and south, you have the Sunshine Coast and the ...
S06 • E02 We stopped fishing and we started looking around - Engineering Catastrophes 00:18
We stopped fishing and we started looking around
S06 • E03 [narrator] But this Imperial Bridge - Engineering Catastrophes 00:42
[narrator] But this Imperial Bridge
S06 • E09 The construction involved cast-in-place - Engineering Catastrophes 00:10
The construction involved cast-in-place
S06 • E06 Definitely a place that is fast growing - Engineering Catastrophes 00:05
Definitely a place that is fast growing
S06 • E05 [narrator] In this case, - Engineering Catastrophes 00:40
[narrator] In this case,