In 1973, the Aon Center became the tallest marble-clad building in the world. Years later, Chicago’s extreme weather would turn its beautiful exterior into a death-trap.
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.
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 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.
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.
New 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.