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Title Mega Builders: Quake Proofing An Icon - Series 1, Ep 4 of 6 / Director: Trueman, Wendy
Published Australia : ABC2, 2005
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (45 min. 48 sec.) ; 277225808 bytes
Series Mega Builders ; Series 1, Episode 4
Summary The challenges to build the new San Francisco Bay Bridge are huge. How to build a strong foundation when there's no bedrock, only a sea of mud that quivers like jello in an earthquake? How to construct a bridge that will bend but won't break? How to get it all finished before the next quake hits? Nothing like it has ever been built in a seismic zone.Monster equipment has been imported from all over the world with the most powerful cranes driving the tallest piles. With that huge scale, come the inevitable big problems and danger at every turn.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Produced by Barna-Alper Productions Inc. in association with Discovery Channel Canada
Event Broadcast 2011-09-07 at 19:30:00
Notes Classification: G
Subject Bridges -- Design and construction.
Bridges -- Design and construction.
Bridges -- Design and construction.
Earthquake resistant design -- Safety regulations.
Structural analysis (Engineering)
California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
Form Streaming video
Author Grison, Guy, cast
Trueman, Wendy, director