Plot Summary:A skyscraper in downtown Chicago uses the wrong stone for cladding. A demolition in Denmark does not go according to plan. A bridge in Vancouver has a catastrophic flaw in its construction leading to tragedy. In California a dangerous stretch of railroad and an unbalanced load has devastating effect on the local environment.
Around the world, there has been incredible feats of engineering but there has also been some extraordinary building mistakes. Design t eams, eyewitnesses and experts analyse what went wrong and how engineers are fixing them. Narrator: Tom Gorham