WORLD'S GREATEST ENGINEERING CATASTROPHES is going to profile, investigate, analyze and find solutions for the world's most unbelievable engineering blunders - great and small. From the hilarious to the gobsmackingly stupid, from the deadly to the bank-busting, we'll have them all in this punchy new format.

10 Episodes

  • Pacific Coast Bridge Collapse
    A1
    Pacific Coast Bridge CollapseResidents 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
  • Island Observatory Failure
    A2
    Island Observatory FailureAn iconic telescope in Puerto Rico suffers a spectacular collapse.
  • Tower Crane Calamity
    A3
    Tower Crane CalamityA crane collapse leaves seven dead on a holiday weekend in Manhattan.
  • The Fern Hollow Fiasco
    A4
    The Fern Hollow FiascoA morning commute becomes dangerous when a bridge collapses in Pittsburgh.
  • Nebraska Bomb Cyclone
    A5
    Nebraska Bomb CycloneAn aging dam in Nebraska fails after the area is pummeled by a superstorm.
  • Art School Inferno
    A6
    Art School InfernoA distinguished library is ravaged by not one but two disastrous fires.
  • Gas Leak Catastrophe
    A7
    Gas Leak CatastropheTwenty people are killed after a hotel explodes in America's heartland.
  • The Bronx Sinkhole
    A8
    The Bronx SinkholeA sinkhole envelops a residential street in the Bronx.
  • Shopping Center Tragedy
    A9
    Shopping Center TragedyTragedy strikes in San Juan when an explosion rocks a busy shopping center.
  • Chemical Plant Calamity
    A10
    Chemical Plant CalamityAn explosion at a chemical plant in New Jersey kills five workers.

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