From the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting, witness some of the most outrageous structural disasters and the genius resolutions to get things back on track.
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6 episodes
A stadium on the brink of collapse, an upside-down bridge, and a massive subway project in crisis are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minAn airport that's sinking into the sea, a strange tower that goes wrong, and a dangerous bridge in Venice are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA city with hundreds of leaning buildings, the world's scariest airport and the world's biggest sewage pipe harbor engineering disasters in need of repair; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA skyscraper so dangerous that it can melt cars, a bridge fiasco, and a stadium roof on the brink of disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA giant sinkhole, a multi-million dollar road to nowhere, and a wind turbine on the brink of disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA giant tunnel boring machine stuck underground, a village sinking into a mountain, and massive holes that could derail a train are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
12 episodes
A New York City skyscraper that could topple at any moment; a city street that suddenly collapses; a modern-day crisis at Pisa's Leaning Tower; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA skyscraper sinking into the earth, the world's strongest wall in crisis, and a deadly bridge are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA railroad bridge on the edge of disaster, a nightmare in a fairy-tale town, and a massive cathedral in calamity are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minA skyscraper causing hellish heat in downtown Dallas, a swarm of sinkholes, and a landmark with a fatal secret are engineering catastrophes in need of repair, and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minWhen America's tallest dam threatens to burst, a nearby town finds itself an hour away from total annihilation, and engineers use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.
Runtime: 42 minA fire in an American town that has been burning since 1962; a massive flood threatens Chicago's iconic skyscrapers; a town swallowed by the sea; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minAn abandoned Vegas-style getaway with a deadly secret, a ghost town sinking into the earth, and a passenger train on course for disaster are engineering catastrophes in need of repair and experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong.
Runtime: 42 minA skyscraper rained deadly bolts on the streets below, a highway on the brink of collapse, and a catastrophic landslide are engineering crises in need of repair. Experts use the latest science to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.
Runtime: 42 minWhen catastrophe strikes Skylab, life on earth is threatened by a space station cratering toward earth, and NASA experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal what went wrong and if disaster can be averted.
Runtime: 42 minA detonated building mysteriously refuses to fall, an American ghost town with a deadly legacy, and wind turbines on the brink of disaster are engineering disasters in need of repair, and experts reveal what went wrong and if they can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minWhen demolitions don't go as planned, engineers race for cutting-edge solutions to bring down the buildings that refuse to fall, and at work sites in Las Vegas & Russia, experts see if they can succeed where the world's most powerful explosives fail.
Runtime: 42 minWhen demolitions don't go as planned, engineers race for cutting-edge solutions to bring down buildings that refuse to fall. At the world-renowned Pontiac Silverdome in Michigan, experts try to succeed when the world's most powerful explosives fail.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
11 episodes
When an oil rig in Louisiana drills into something unexpected, a cataclysmic event is unleashed, causing a lake to suddenly disappear; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how it can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minWhen a brand-new bridge suddenly collapses in Miami, several die in a horrifying calamity; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how an innovative bridge-building technique could be to blame.
Runtime: 42 minWhen a dam breaks during routine maintenance, engineers fear a catastrophic flood; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong and how a simple miscalculation could be to blame.
Runtime: 42 minAfter a giant suspension bridge begins to violently rock, it suddenly collapses, marking one of the most iconic engineering disasters of all time; using the latest science, experts reveal what went so catastrophically wrong at the Tacoma Narrows bridge.
Runtime: 42 minAs one of the largest construction cranes in the world lifts a one-million-ton section of roof for Milwaukee's Miller Park stadium, it suddenly collapses; experts use the latest science to investigate what went wrong.
Runtime: 42 minWhen Hurricane Harvey hits Houston, the city is overwhelmed by four feet of rain in four days, causing catastrophic flooding and billions of dollars in damage; experts use cutting-edge tech to discover what went wrong and how it can be fixed.
Runtime: 42 minWhen the innovative design of an iconic Chicago skyscraper leads to tragedy, experts must apply cutting-edge tech and the latest engineering methods to fix an urgent, life-or-death problem.
Runtime: 42 minBoston's Big Dig was one of the most ambitious engineering projects in history, but in 2006, a fatal collapse in one of its tunnels put the ambitious project in doubt; experts reveal what caused this engineering disaster and how it was fixed.
Runtime: 42 minMontreal's Olympic Stadium was an ambitious engineering project with a striking Space Age design, but it's distinctive roof has caused over one billion dollars in cost overruns; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science can fix it.
Runtime: 42 minThe Deepwater Horizon oil rig drilled into the deepest oil reserves on the planet, but a sudden explosion on-board led to the worst oil spill in history; experts reveal what went wrong and how cutting-edge science finally fixed this catastrophe.
Runtime: 42 minNew science reveals the inside story of the Apollo 13 disaster, and using the latest evidence, experts reveal what really went wrong and how NASA saved the lives of the three astronauts stranded in space in a life-or-death race against the clock.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
A design flaw leaves 13 dead in a horrifying Minneapolis bridge collapse.
Runtime: 42 minA massive sinkhole swallows millions of dollars of legendary Corvettes.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate the engineering flaw behind a railway disaster.
Runtime: 42 minExperts uncover what triggered a fatal malfunction at a Texas oil refinery.
Runtime: 42 minEngineers investigate a deadly design flaw at a Canadian shopping mall.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate the collapse of a New Orleans hotel construction site.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a deadly tragedy in an Oklahoma bridge collapse.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a deadly hotel walkway collapse in Kansas City.
Runtime: 42 minA container vessel runs aground blocking a critical global trade route.
Runtime: 42 minA vital Pennsylvania highway is destroyed after a catastrophic landslide.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
A freeway intersection erupts in flames and collapses in San Francisco.
Runtime: 42 minA railroad inferno takes down a historic river crossing in Arizona.
Runtime: 42 minA routine bridge demolition in Cincinnati goes disastrously wrong.
Runtime: 42 minA flash flood leads to a highway bridge collapse in the California desert.
Runtime: 42 minA casino parking garage collapses with fatal consequences in Atlantic City.
Runtime: 42 minA disastrous crane collapse falls across a landmark bridge in New York.
Runtime: 42 minIcy flood waters destroy a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania.
Runtime: 42 minA tragic bridge collapse suddenly takes down a symbolic Italian crossing.
Runtime: 42 minDisaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in Italy.
Runtime: 42 minTragedy strikes when a condominium complex collapses in Miami.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
Experts investigate a deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant in Texas.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a condominium tower that collapses in Miami, Florida.
Runtime: 42 minThe construction of a new parking garage at a luxury waterside condo turns disastrous as it collapses in Jacksonville, experts use the latest tech to investigate and uncover critical design flaws and unsupported lower levels.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a vital bridge in danger of collapse in Memphis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id5E8eZg7nI
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a deadly oil port explosion in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Runtime: 42 minA disastrous crane collapse causes chaos on the streets of Manhattan.
Runtime: 42 minA catastrophic fire threatens city-wide devastation in North Carolina.
Runtime: 42 minExperts explore a tragic building collapse in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate a major highway crossing collapse in Huron, California.
Runtime: 42 minExperts investigate an iconic Bay Area bridge devastated by an earthquake.
Runtime: 42 minNo overview available.
10 episodes
Residents along the Pacific Coast Highway are cut off from the outside world after a storm causes a bridge to buckle. Experts reveal how the construction method of the old concrete bridge left it vulnerable to erosion on the steep coastline
Runtime: 41 minAn iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
Runtime: 41 minA crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
Runtime: 41 minA morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
Runtime: 42 minAn aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
Runtime: 42 minA distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
Runtime: 41 minTwenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
Runtime: 42 minA sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
Runtime: 42 minTragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
Runtime: 42 minAn explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.
Runtime: 42 minEngineering Catastrophes