If there was ever a name to curse a building, it would be 'Millennium'. I was sent to "fix" the Millennium Tower in Seattle, after a window washer noticed that part of the façade under the windows in the penthouse we're about ready to pop off. That was caused when one of the header beams was installed upside-down. (Structural steel beams are made with a camber on top, so when the walls, fixtures, etc. are placed, the beam will flatten out. Next time you see an empty flatbed trailer, notice the hump in it, which will settle when loaded) So, instead of the header beam flattening when loaded, it was sagging enough to cause pieces to fall off. The best we could do was to jack up the upside-down beam up until it was flat, put about a million brace between it and the beam below it, and as Ironworkers like to say... "weld the 'S' out of it"

@dinaboop

2 жыл бұрын

Well, thank goodness for observant window washers.

Not construction errors, design errors.

@railroad9000

2 жыл бұрын

And throw in greed!

@michaeldunwood5907

2 жыл бұрын

i was going to say the same thing - apart from the rebar mis-installation in the vegas one, they are all bad planning/design/maintenance issues.

Burj Khalifa not being connected to the city's sewage system and having to ship out the raw sewage by truck convoys deserves a mention!

@guidedmeditation2396

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. That really is an epic and ridiculous fact. They really should have fixed that by now 11 years later.

@ScarabChris

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah no kidding. LOL. There are several videos on YT showing the non stop convoy of "poop trucks" hauling the sewage away from the city. I believe there are several buildings in the area with the same issue. Amazing......multi billion dollar building and no connection to a sewer system. Imagine if there is a tanker truck driver strike! LOL

@onotad

2 жыл бұрын

You have to be kidding?

@guidedmeditation2396

2 жыл бұрын

@@onotad It is true. There is a huge two mile long caravan of POOP trucks that hauls away sewage from the building every single day. When they built it they ran out of money so they cut corners and decided to use trucks every day. They figured when they had cash later.. they would install a sewer line but later has come and gone many times and still they haul poop. It is a huge caravan no less.

@onotad

2 жыл бұрын

@@guidedmeditation2396 LOL, good job they have no shortages of HGV drivers :)

California high speed rail deserves a spot on the top

@25fpslagger81

2 жыл бұрын

Can you explain?

@watcher-someone-awake

2 жыл бұрын

@@25fpslagger81 yes, it runs from Bakersfield to Merced, 'nuff said...

@douglasmckee9574

2 жыл бұрын

Right

@pquach00

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed 😊

@virgiliogo1169

2 жыл бұрын

@@watcher-someone-awake There are two reason one cost and opening up the Central Valley and decreasing density along the coast. This is not a bad idea.

London's 20 Fenchurch Street. It's not called a pint class. It's "The Walkie Talkie"

@station240

2 жыл бұрын

After the melted car incident, it became "The Walkie Scorchie"

Im a local Londoner and i’ve never heard anyone call 20 Fenchurch street the Pint Glass….ever.

@misstakenot9582

2 жыл бұрын

Nor me. "Walkie Talkie" is a common term.

@emrebennett2857

2 жыл бұрын

Same... People call it the Walky talky

You should note the date of these items. When discussing “galloping girdy “ you show the current and safely built modern bridges over the Tacoma narrows giving the the viewer a real misunderstanding.

The first clips in the video were intentional demolitions not unintentional mistakes leading to a collapse.

Nice video.

Australia is ot a young country, by the way- it is at least 40,000 years old, and the original inhabitants- the Aborigines- have been here for all that time.

@benjaminlujan3789

2 жыл бұрын

Did they come from Outer space 40,000 years ago? Maybe, they were shipped, by Rockets, then, told , " This is your new home" -----" we can't stay long", ---- " You are on your own" -----" Goodbye, and GOOD LUCK". ---- " We are leaving now", "We Have a long trip ahead". " TAKE CARE".

You could do an entire video about german buildings, like Berlin airport, Stuttgart 21 and so on.

@wernervienna

2 жыл бұрын

Please do not forget the geothermal deep drilling in Staufen - one hole and the old town crumbles

@gerardomoonshine4984

2 жыл бұрын

Seggele 😝

“Everyone thought I was an engineer......” 🤷🏽‍♂️🤷🏽‍♂️4:15 😂😂

II always heard 20 Fenchurch street was nicknamed the "Walkie talkie" tower block, untill this video was the first I heard it as the "Pint Glass"

You should have included Montreal's Olympic Stadium, aptly referred to as "The Big O". Oh what a disaster that was... still paying for it today.

@benjaminlujan3789

2 жыл бұрын

A 50 story building that will last 300 years will be better then a 100 story building that will last 100 years. The construction will Costly for both. What do you think?

@jakeg3126

2 жыл бұрын

this was a crappy list

5:02 18 inches? pls use metric units lol

@chrispaw1

2 жыл бұрын

Can you Eff Off…..i’m happy with inches.

@JuliusUnique

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrispaw1 wie wärs wenn du f offst, dann bin ich glücklich mit deutsch du kind

@eltonbritt1502

2 жыл бұрын

45 cm

the common term for all these construction mistakes is "faking it until making it, unless proves otherwise"

I’m pretty sure the Tacoma Narrows summary isn’t even accurate. The cause of its collapse was wind induced oscillations, it got completely redesigned, not just a stiffer road deck.

@colinpovey2904

2 жыл бұрын

There is a similar bridge in Maine. Fortunately, it was constructed after the Tacoma Narrows bridge was finished, so they were able to install something to prevent the swaying.

20 Fenchurch Street is called “the walkie talkie”

The Chicago Tower was not originally called the Amoco building. It was named for the Standard Oil corporation. Chicagoans referred to it as "Big Stan."

"Is there a common thread to all of these epic construction fails..." Yes... either humans overlooking something or humans looking the other way.

The one in fenchurch street is called the wallow talkie building not the pint glass broski

@andyhill7612

2 жыл бұрын

Its was nicknamed the pint glass during construction, broski

Did you just show controlled demolitions at the beginning???

Skyscraper in ST leaning. Already around 2”

A common thread. Duh; Greed, maybe? That German Airport reminds me of the Tesla factory. Not enough bribery payout!

Should have mentioned the sinking Kansai Airport. In regard to the Millennium Tower, attempts to drive stabilizing piles has increased the tilt.

Not me literally being surprised by the Sydney opera house when it was made after an orange slice-

@taytk8005

2 жыл бұрын

@Leafit More like 🍎 Apple being sliced

@BeerDad69

2 жыл бұрын

$102 million dollary-doos? Tobias! Did you spend 10x the budget for a kooky opera house that is filled with cunts?

@DarkVoidIII

2 жыл бұрын

I visited the Sydney Opera House when I was a young lad, and it was not the Sydney Opera House you see today, back then they were still finishing up construction of many parts of the access way to it. That building was still having it's finishing touches and adjacent areas long after they'd actually finished building it! 😊👍👷👷‍♂👷‍♀🏗🚧

@leafii.

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkVoidIII oooooo. That’s cool. When i visited it last, there was a very small auditorium for small performances and gigs. I never been to the big one but I love the Sydney opera house. I think it was getting renovated at some point

Yes, there is a "common thread to all these epic construction fails" ! They all wound up on Tech Vision's "Most Expensive Construction Mistakes In The World" - now, did I win a prize? 🏆😁

Next do the cost of taking down Trade center buildings or asbestos removal project from such a goliath towers.

Do you know when the opera house is built and the Canberra New Parliament House that you use here is built?!

It’s not mentioned Central Vista Project

Mark my words, the Three Gorges Dam will top the list someday...

@jakeg3126

2 жыл бұрын

Do you watch or keep up with the up-to-date water levels of it monsoon season?

All Architects should learned about why building was fell in the pass !

@ 5.07 "millennium tower in San Francisco" is not shrinking , its sinking.

@255f145c15w

2 жыл бұрын

It's sinking, leaning, and now the news says it's also sliding!

Form follows function, not the other way. Would be better, I think.

The common thread on all of these projects is that I didn't have anything to do with them. This is some funny shit. Can't imagine the ass chewing that went with each one.

These are what happens many times when you build to a price point. planning & studies by Top people is expensive.. . But that which ought to be done and isn’t - is more expensive..

I doubt insurance paid to replace the granite on the building in Chicago.

Amoco! That's a name from the past you never hear any more. Wonder what happened to them.

No Bataan Nuclear Power plant?

Common thread? Yes! Called greed

Haste makes waste

Engineers think they are the be all and end all to anything. And realize that every thing always works on paper.

What about the World Trade Center building #7?

@wernervienna

2 жыл бұрын

the worst building of all. A small fire and it collapses with barely 1g

@iteerrex8166

2 жыл бұрын

@@wernervienna Exactly lol

In not too distance a future, this video will include the Millennium tower of San Francisco. What gets me about this project is that foundation engineers were most likely aware of the soil potential for a failure. They took a chance. A costly one. Let’s hope no life will be lost when this thing comes crashing down, in the middle of the night. God I hope no one is lost.

@GH-oi2jf

11 ай бұрын

It does include the Millennium Tower. As of late June 2923, the building has been stabilized with supplemental piles on the west corner.

@WizardlyDanny

6 ай бұрын

Greetings time traveler from 900 years ahead! Wow, it sure took them a long time to finally fix it.@@GH-oi2jf

i thought it was called the walkie talkie

How about Jeddah Tower ?

The common theme is crappy engineers

Lies, inexperience, bribery, greed, politics.

$ over any other concern is the common thread. Including the one with a fake engineer since he would've been exposed as incompetent long before the projects ultimate failure.

Hope they have insurance. Waste of money

Construction is the largest industry in the world that's why we have to pay full attention in everything we build on this planet or we'll lose everything: Money,Time and People for not paying attention before we Start any construction project.

It all comes to Greed and Inadequate Management.🤑😒🤥😡

@jodyfulford8215

2 жыл бұрын

Add egos to that.

Appreciate the brevity of your inputs for being catchy with the audience, however, the story of the Sydney Opera house has quite a bit more to it, starting from the fact that the competition was an 'ideas competition' only. No real intention to build anything out of it. Then a politician decided otherwise.. and the story goes on. Utzon did a remarkable work, also on site, and the same politicians with their ignorance, sacked him and stuffed up its completion. ... More to it

@jakeg3126

2 жыл бұрын

I think this is a crappy video/list

Whenever and wherever government gets involve in things that they shouldn’t …..things colapse…..always…..

Title error

How does 3 million close to 1 billion?

Wrong planning, worrying more about money than actual end goal and mideocre logic in engineers. Fix this and there you go

Shanghai Tower 🤣?

Yeah, still but meanwhile microsoft made the deal of the i don't know ever ???

I think you mean "ABJECT lesson"

@simonalison1014

2 жыл бұрын

Nope, I looked that up - Object Lesson is a thing ....

@fuzzjunky

2 жыл бұрын

oh my lord

It’s all about the money

The common thread was Ill-fully placed Trust

Aon (Gaelic for unity) is pronounced “A-on” its not an acronym.

PPPPPPPP - Piss poor prior planning precedes piss poor performance

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@hoshifuyo4494

2 жыл бұрын

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@chrisjohn7823

2 жыл бұрын

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@mav3420

2 жыл бұрын

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@ibrahimfaizan6047

2 жыл бұрын

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@alexmontrey5372

2 жыл бұрын

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3:29 - In China we build building stand up or lie down

its storeys a British spelling of stories? or was that an unexpensive editing mistake

How about the fail of Elon Musk' "hyperloop/underground taxi service on a track" it was nothing like the proposals and promises, it cost way too much and it was probably the slowest tunnel to be bult in modern time.

It’s not pronounced “the A-O-N Center”. The company name is Aon, pronounced “A-On”… 😅

@jakeg3126

2 жыл бұрын

crappy list and video

Huh? $6 million in 1940 is $1 billion today? Explain your math.

The most expensive construction mistake is The Soviet Union.

Not only was Sydney opera pporly plannee, it's acoustics are actually crap...

U could just call this video china's construction . With how many things break itself in china.

What wasted effort. I think I feel a bit sick🤦‍♀️Any woman on these projects? Looks like weak planning, money hungry, theft, payoffs or untrained inspectors, probably dismissed concerns, egos, possibly drug use.

@gregh7457

2 жыл бұрын

lol, talk about ego's

@A.Rose.G

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregh7457 Why? Because I asked about women? Not ego, was just curious. Can't say these projects were a success.

Construction is risky. Going to MARS WILL BE VERY RISKY! " Many will die".

@gregh7457

2 жыл бұрын

that's why i nominate YOU as a volunteer martian

@benjaminlujan3789

2 жыл бұрын

@@gregh7457 MARS IS COSTING TOO MUCH! ELON, WILL NEVER GO TO MARS!

@benjaminlujan3789

2 жыл бұрын

Elon, will never go to MARS!

@benjaminlujan3789

2 жыл бұрын

Milking our tax and money suppies!

star trek movies over star trek seazons -__-

A designers desire to build something that is as big as his ego. A planning decision made under questionable circumstances, untrained, unqualified people making decisions and of course as soon as any Government department gets involved in the planning decisions. I ask, what else can go wrong?

🇺🇳4:17

There are much more tofu-dreg projects in China than shown in the video

Greed

dd

Tech vision already not tech channel and take every content, if you really want to cover construction go to BIM or anything related tech.

We think that failed architecture project, buttt that be icon for some country. Who knows right..

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