98 épisodes
FAILUROLOGY Nicole Imeson & Brian Moynihan
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A case study on engineering failures; the cause, the outcome and the lessons learned.
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Ep 121 Mini Failure 35 New Orleans Hard Rock Hotel
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the partial collapse of the Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans. During construction, the northern section of the building collapsed in 2019 and is still under investigation.
Original Air Date: February 5, 2023
Episode Sources
https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/region6/04032020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1031_Canal
https://www.ktbs.com/news/engineer-hard-rock-hotel-designer-ignored-calls-for-more-steel-supports/article_bfebbe24-bd76-11eb-9b16-6392d19abb87.html
https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/hard-rock-hotel-new-orleans-scheduled-for-2019-opening/
https://www.wdsu.com/article/how-much-to-tip/42273189
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca -
Ep 120 Mini Failure 34 Juliana Bridge Crane Collapse
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Juliana Bridge crane collapse in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands. A poorly planned lift that had little to no consideration for safety led to the collapse of two cranes and a new bridge section in the middle of this small Netherlands city.
Original Air Date: January 22, 2023
Episode Sources
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/en/media/attachment/2018/7/10/67a752ae6374summary_hijsongeval_alphen_aan_den_rijn_eng.pdf
Video - https://www.forconstructionpros.com/business/construction-safety/video/12099051/videotwo-bargemounted-cranes-fall-on-dutch-town
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca -
Ep 119 Mini Failure 33 Sudbury Effect
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Sudbury Effect. Undoing a century of damage, little by little and what went from green and lush, to black and barren, back to green again. Sudbury is now said to have the cleanest air of any city in Ontario.
Original Air Date: January 8, 2023
Episode Sources
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/the-sudbury-effect-lessons-from-a-regreened-city-1.5102540
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_Sudbury
https://thenarwhal.ca/opinion-sudbury-ontario-extractive-industries-transition/#:~:text=A%20devastated%20landscape,the%20soils%2C%20rain%20and%20lakes.
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca -
Ep 118 Mini Failure 32 PFOA/C8 Contamination
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about PFOA/C8 Contamination (Dupont Scandal). PFOA has been poisoning living creatures in the Ohio river basin for decades. One brave lawyer took on a huge corporation in this real life David and Goliath story.
Original Air Date: December 12, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/dupont-lawsuits-re-pfoa-pollution-in-usa/
https://peri.umass.edu/toxic-100-air-polluters-index-current
https://www.alleghenyfront.org/ohio-river-communities-are-still-coping-with-teflons-toxic-legacy/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:IARC_Group_2B_carcinogens
https://www.cancer.org/healthy/cancer-causes/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html#:~:text=IARC%20has%20classified%20PFOA%20as,cause%20cancer%20in%20lab%20animals.
Podcast - https://www.alleghenyfront.org/category/fullepisodes/
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca -
Ep 117 Mini Failure 31 Asbestos
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about asbestos. Deadly little fibers that are in seemingly everything and can lay dormant for decades before wreaking havoc.
Original Air Date: November 27, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
https://www.asbestos.com/asbestos/
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca -
Ep 116 Mini Failure 30 Bhopal Gas Leak
We’re releasing episodes from our mini failure library while we’re on production hiatus.
This week’s Mini Failure is about the Bhopal Gas Leak disaster in India. Due to malfunctioning safety systems and a lack of safety culture, many people were poisoned and their lives impacted forever.
Original Air Date: November 13, 2022
Episode Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
Ways to get in touch with us
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Website - www.failurology.ca
Avis des utilisateurs
Fascinating Stories
When I studied for my engineering ethics exam I was shocked at how compelling the stories of failures were.
When Nicole studied for her exam, she realized the wider world deserved to know these stories too. She and her cohost do a wonderful job. Highly recommended!
Audio quality makes it hard to listen to :(
Episode content is well done BUT the differing audio volumes of the two cohosts makes it impossible to listen to the show at a single volume. Brian’s segments are low and muffled, but turning up the volume to adequately hear what he’s saying makes Nicole’s segments unbearably loud. If they could fix this, it would be a great show!!
Interesting content!
Interesting content and thorough research in a bite size podcast!