Most Expensive Construction Mistakes In The World

Tune in for some of the most expensive construction mistakes in the world!

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[LunchboxNinja]

Every time I hear "without warning" in your videos, I yell at the screen. As a construction EHS Manager / Safety Inspector, I can assure you ... there are hundreds of warnings, in the building processes, the building itself, the inspection documents & processes, the team cultures, recordkeeping, etc etc etc. My wife knows that I absolutely hate being right in predicted industrial and construction assessments, but nonetheless, I'm at 100% "success" rate at predicting accidents and construction failures. Most teams with half a brain can identify all the leading indicators. It's just a horrible combination of greed, laziness and apathy that results in every single event. The saddest component in every tragic event is that there are ALWAYS those pointing out these indicators, they're just too often people who are not in positions of influence or authority, so they can be ignored.

[doingitwron]

Fun fact: the architect of the Vdara seems to have a history of "death ray" buildings. The absolute mad man.

[ReviewRambler]

I was a first responder in the surfside building collapse as a deputy. Worst disaster I have ever bore witness to in my life.

[doge_winxp]

Can we all take a moment to pay respects to Tubby?
RIP

[GoCoyote]

The Oroville dam spillway did not wear thin. It was used very little in its lifetime. It was built using substandard construction methods, and did not properly deal with the weak material underlying the slope it was built on. This all caused cracks that allowed water to get under the slabs of concrete and lift them out of place, causing the spillway failure.

[jasonrooke]

Need to do a story on the modernization of the aluminum smelter in Kitimat British Columbia. Bechtel cut so many corners that the plant literally has dozens of contractors on site just to repair everything as it's falling apart. Things started going south before they even finished

[dellahicks]

I worked for a North American grocery chain whose head office was once based in California for all major decisions, store rebuilds and layout for example.
I live in an area of Canada where the winter temps can dip to -50° for weeks on end, which should have been taken into consideration when a new store was built.
Instead the Californian designers decided it wouldn't hurt to place the exit doors directly across from one checkstand and affect a couple others.
Each winter we had cashiers working in 15 mins shifts on those tills, wearing parkas and boots, until the union stepped in and assisted in having them shut down.
Eventually a remodel was done, and the affected checkstands were moved to the other end of the row, away from the doors.

[LethiuxX]

Losing a dog sounds like a fatality to me.

[markmark]

The opening statement about some of America's bridges being "really old" then says "before 1970" actually made me laugh out loud. I live in the UK where we have "before 1870" suspension bridges, and I can walk to a couple of 800 year old bridges from my house.

[AstralTheNightwing]

bro, i reload after 2 seconds and there are over fifty comments, that's truly.. AMAZING-

[btf_flotsam]

This highlights the important difference between architects and engineers- the former creates problems, the latter solves them.

[stevenallenedwards]

Vdara management has considered various solutions but the challenge in overcoming the structural design problem is that the sun and its reflection are targets that constantly move during the day and as every season progresses. In the meantime, management has installed large blue umbrellas over the pool deck to protect bathers, while the hotel's glass exterior has been covered with non-reflective film.

[joestrike]

How did the Vegas hotel solve that problem? It would've been nice to know. Personally, I think they should've fenced in that "hot spot" and make it a tourist attraction, complete with a digital thermometer to display its rising temperature when that "magic moment" takes place - I'd pay a dollar to see that!

[ivvy]

When i read the thumbnail: "ITS ME!!"

[idesofmarchUNIAEA]

7:37 20th century,
Einstein: "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler"
21st-century
Frank Gehry "pass me a Doobie"😂

[melonebf]

You should make more of these! I personally love them!

[munkustrap]

$996, 000, 000 mistake...but the Hancock sure is pretty. As for the MIT center...thank the good lord I've never set eyes on that monstrosity 😱

[davidk.]

That last one. . . "An ugly blight upon the landscape."
Yes, that's what the Council thought of it. What many rich people thought of those tower blocks. Well, the landscape sure looks much nicer now. And all it cost were the only homes that many impoverished citizens had known all their lives, and could afford. But oh my, doesn't that landscape look sooo much better now.

[ThatAlexWhoDoesArt]

The most expensive construction mistake was the construction of humanity.

[burkhardt]

From what you have mentioned about these projects, a lot of these mistakes could have been easily avoided but greed got in the way. As well as crappy safety regulations.