When Buildings Collapse: World's Worst Engineering Disasters

When Buildings Collapse: World's Worst Engineering Disasters

Documentary 2019

Available on My5

Engineer Rob Bell visits the scenes of some collapses in the United States and Europe, examining what caused these tragedies and revealing the lessons engineers can learn from them.

Documentary 2019

Starring Rob Bell

EPISODE 1

Episode 2

Rob Bell examines some feats of engineering that came down to earth with a bang, including a huge bridge failure in Genoa that killed 43 people.

1 hr 5 min · 13 May 2023 15
EPISODE 2

Episode 1

A Miami bridge collapse costs six lives. In 1981 a Kansas City hotel's atrium collapsed claiming 114 lives. A huge bridge failure in Genoa killed 43 people.

1 hr · 28 Jun 2019 15

Rob Bell

Host
Matt Cottingham

Director

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When Buildings Collapse: World's Worst Engineering Disasters

DOCUMENTARY

Engineer Rob Bell visits the scenes of some collapses in the United States and Europe, examining what caused these tragedies and revealing the lessons engineers can learn from them.

Information

Studio: Channel 5
Released: 2019