Rebuilding the Oroville Dam Spillways How do you rebuild one of the biggest spillways in the world after a catastrophic failure with the next flood season right around the corner? 🕶️ Try 5 pairs of glasses at home for free at https://www.warbyparker.com/practicalengineering This video covers the engineering and construction required to repair both the main … Read more
Why Retaining Walls Collapse One of the most important (and innocuous) parts of the constructed environment. 🥑 Use code PRACTICAL14 for up to 14 FREE MEALS + 3 Free Gifts across 5 HelloFresh boxes plus free shipping at https://bit.ly/3xWacPO! Look around and you’ll see retaining walls everywhere holding back slopes so we all have a … Read more
What Really Happened at the Millennium Tower? The Millennium Tower at 301 Mission Street in San Francisco is famously tilting and sinking into the ground. How does geology affect the design of skyscraper foundations, and what is being done to fix this structure? Practical Engineering is a YouTube channel about infrastructure and the human-made world … Read more
Why SpaceX Cares About Dirt Why do structures big and small sink into the ground, and what can we do to stop it? ☕ Sign up to Morning Brew for free today: https://bit.ly/mbpracticalengineering Before the so-called Starbase supported crazy test launches of the Starship spaceflight program, it was just a pile of dirt. After nearly … Read more