—Pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation and engineering often results in mind-boggling building achievements. Unfortunately, progress can also produce leaning towers of terror. This series showcases the latter -- engineering disasters, from the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting. Episodes profile, investigate and analyze outrageous structural gaffes, then tell of genius resolutions to solve the issues. Blunders include an airport that is sinking into the sea, an upside-down bridge, and a waterfront building that creates a dangerous wind tunnel.

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Season 16 of 6 Episodes

Engineering catastrophes in need of repair include a stadium on the brink of collapse, an upside-down bridge, and a massive subway project in crisis; experts use cutting-edge technology to find out if they can be fixed.
In San Francisco, Calif., residents in a luxury apartment block notice that their floor isn't flat; experts and witnesses analyze what happened to the building.
A 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.
A 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; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
A 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; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.
A 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; experts use cutting-edge technology to reveal if they can be fixed.

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.
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A devastating railroad inferno takes down a vital route on a historic river crossing in Arizona; using the latest cutting-edge technology, experts investigate the remaining incinerated evidence to determine what caused such a disastrous derailment.
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The Genoa 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.
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Disaster strikes a new railway bridge as a crane collapses in the middle of major construction in Italy; experts investigate and uncover a compromise in balance with improperly positioned counterweights and a maneuver that resulted in catastrophe.
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Pushing the boundaries of scientific innovation and engineering often results in mind-boggling building achievements. Unfortunately, progress can also produce leaning towers of terror. This series showcases the latter -- engineering disasters, from the hilarious to the mind-boggling, from the deadly to the bank-busting. Episodes profile, investigate and analyze outrageous structural gaffes, then tell of genius resolutions to solve the issues. Blunders include an airport that is sinking into the sea, an upside-down bridge, and a waterfront building that creates a dangerous wind tunnel.

Jason Dietz, David Hitt, Nehemiah Mabry, Adrian Brugger

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