Engineering disasters serve as tragic but crucial learning opportunities for the advancement of safety standards and design principles. This collection of 15 catastrophic failures spans nearly 150 ...
On October 12, 2019, a brand new Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapsed in one of the city’s most shocking engineering disasters. With a loud rumble, the structure gave way, ...
The first days of Katrina -- A mighty storm hits the shore -- The setting -- Slicing through the swamps -- The growth machine comes to New Orleans -- A "helpful explosion" -- The collapse of ...