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    人类拥有悠久建筑历史,每年都在世界不同角落兴建全新摩天大厦,教堂及桥梁。不过,在众多建筑物隆重揭幕背后,原来有为数不少都隐藏着一些致命缺陷。由意想不到的,到无从稽考的,本辑节目将会揭示连建筑师都不想提起的建筑缺陷,或是差点铸成大错的严重失误。

    无论是摩天大厦的设计出现严重计算错误,又或者是一座大教堂濒临倒塌边缘,甚至是一条大桥失去应有的平衡力,原来世界上有无数出事的建筑工程。当中最为人熟悉的是意大利比萨斜塔,从建成一刻便慢慢倾侧,究竟工程师有什么方法可以纠正这些建筑上的失误呢?节目将会走访全球各地,去访问不同专家,深入了解建筑物所出现的问题,以及一些工程师所做的补救措施。

    Humans have been building for more than 10,000 years - we're engineering experts and yet every year, tales emerge of construction calamites from all over the world. From the extraordinary to the ridiculous, this series uncovers the epic fails and near misses engineers would rather not talk about.

    A skyscraper with a killer secret, a crumbling cathedral and a bridge with a balance problem all make the hitlist of barely believable building blunders … and let's not forget the original engineering fail, the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Who knew over-enthusiastic engineers trying to right the tower nearly destroyed it just 30 years ago?

    With access to design teams, eye witnesses and a panel of experts, we analyse what went wrong with each building blunder, investigate why they went undiscovered and reveal how on Earth engineers are trying to fix them.