Massive Engineering Mistakes

What caused a major freeway bridge to suddenly collapse in the middle of rush hour in Minneapolis, and why did a routine demolition in Dallas stun crowds?

A shocking sinkhole in Kentucky buries iconic Corvettes in the dirt, and catastrophe strikes mid-construction on a massive Melbourne bridge in Australia.

Catastrophe strikes as one of America's most vital freeway intersections erupts in flames and completely collapses in San Francisco. Experts use the latest science to investigate how an overturned tanker truck spawned a devastating inferno.

An explosive derailment nearly takes out a town in North Dakota, a routine bridge renovation goes badly wrong in Canada, and what caused a unique harbour bridge in Taiwan to fail in seconds?

Tragedy strikes a bustling shopping mall in Canada, a massive mountaintop dam in Missouri fails in minutes, and a disastrous towering inferno takes hold in Melbourne.

A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a river crossing in Arizona; using the latest cutting-edge tech, experts investigate the remaining incinerated evidence to determine what caused such a disastrous derailment.

Massive destruction as an oil refinery explodes in Texas; flooding in Iowa takes down a vital railroad crossing; in Australia, design flaws force a rebuild of Melbourne's hottest tourist attraction.

There's tragedy in New Orleans as a hotel construction project crashes to earth, and also a catastrophic bridge collapse on a North Carolina college campus.

Tragedy in Cincinnati as a sudden bridge collapse leaves one of America's busiest highways at a complete standstill; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and reveal how a routine demolition could go so disastrously wrong.

A major freeway bridge is brought to its knees in a deadly disaster in Arkansas; in the UK, the Royal Air Force races to save a failing dam... and the town below it.

A suburban road collapses without warning in Texas, and what caused one of the deadliest disasters in US history to devastate a Kansas City hotel?

A flash flood brings one of America's most vital highways to a complete standstill in the California desert; using the latest science, expert engineers investigate and discover how bridge foundations were missing a crucial element.

One of the world's largest ships causes chaos in the Suez Canal in Egypt, and there's a narrow escape in Australia's capital as a construction project goes badly wrong.

In Iowa, a small town's water tower build goes drastically wrong; a highway in Pittsburgh wipes out apartment buildings; in the UK, a nationwide highway project triggers major safety concerns.

A catastrophic construction disaster causes a casino parking garage to collapse with fatal consequences in Atlantic City; using the latest science, experts uncover evidence of missing reinforcements vital for structure stability.

A disastrous crane collapse falls across a landmark bridge in New York.

An unprecedented cycle of freezing and thawing causes dramatic destruction to a landmark bridge in Pennsylvania; experts investigate and reveal how a sudden surge of icy flood water buckled pier foundations weakened from years of erosion.

A tragic bridge collapse takes down a symbolic crossing and becomes one of Italy's deadliest engineering disasters; experts investigate and uncover years of slow deterioration to the structure's heavily corroded concrete encased cables.

Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy, and one side of an unfinished 16-story apartment building in Boston collapses, killing four construction workers.

Tragedy strikes a beach-side community when a condominium complex collapses in Miami, resulting in one of the deadliest engineering disasters in American history; experts reveal potential flaws in the structure's flat slab construction.