Name: Construction Fails
Released: 2021-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · Special Interest

The science behind some of the most incredible engineering accidents ever filmed is revealed; a look at the physics involved as well as forensic details to explain the slip-ups that turned construction into destruction.

2021 · 43m

EPISODE 1

Charm City Catastrophe

Fails include a broken Baltimore bridge, a Manhattan crane fire and a "poonami" in China.
EPISODE 2

Fault Line Fiasco

Earthquake-proof buildings fall down; a battery factory blows up; and a bridge collapses.
EPISODE 3

Tanker Truck Tragedy

Fails include an overpass fire, a downed radio telescope and a sinking airport.
EPISODE 4

Columbia's Fatal Flaw

Fails include a disastrous shuttle mission, and an unwanted and very expensive airport.
EPISODE 5

The Sinking City

Lightning causes construction mayhem, cities are sinking, and bridges are falling down.
EPISODE 6

Episode 6

Assess an Italian supermarket collapse and failing light rail lines in Canada.