A show about engineering failures and disasters. We examine the technical, human and organisational causes of failure, and explore why our decision-making is not nearly as rational as we’d like to think.
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episode 6: Corporate Memory Loss: The Malahide Collapse
While the technical cause of failure of the Malahide Viaduct in Ireland was straight-forward, the human factor that collapsed the bridge was a relatively new phenomenon: corporate memory loss.
Detailed article on the collapse can be found at https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/52fa7d_fad1676492ec4e6f82619f16c05d8420.pdf
The Rail Accident Investigation Unit report on the collapse can be found at http://www.raiu.ie/download/pdf/accident_malahide.pdf
This show is produced in collaboration with Wavelength Creative. Visit wavelengthcreative.com for more information.