Civil engineering & construction Videos Recommended on Hacker News (70)
Civil engineering & construction is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 70 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 148 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Civil engineering: bridges, dams, skyscrapers, tunnels, building construction, infrastructure failures, structural engineering, architecture engineering, Practical Engineering, megaprojects.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Stroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]: “This video from the Not Just Bikes channel shows the stark difference between a street and a road” — an HN commenter, 2021.
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11 mo on HNStroads are Ugly, Expensive, and Dangerous (and they're everywhere) [ST05]
8 mo on HN1. How Buildings Learn - Stewart Brand - 1 of 6 - “Flow”
7 mo on HNWhat Really Happened During the Texas Power Grid Outage?
6 mo on HNOrbital Rings
5 mo on HNBuilding a Cathedral without Science or Mathematics: The Engineering Method Explained
4 mo on HNWorld's Largest Batteries - (Pumped Storage)
4 mo on HNNeom - The Line - The Rise and Fall of Saudi Arabia's Linear City.
4 mo on HNPrimitive Technology: Tiled Roof Hut
4 mo on HNTaipei 101 Damper movement on 12 May 08
4 mo on HNThis giant model stopped a terrible plan
3 mo on HNWhy China Is so Good at Building Railways
3 mo on HNWhy Do Reversing Trucks Not Beep Any More?
3 mo on HNEC's Big Announcement
3 mo on HNNew Earthships capture more energy, water & food at lower cost
3 mo on HNThe Boring Company Information Session
3 mo on HNWhat It Really Takes to Convert an Office Building to Apartments | Odd Lots
3 mo on HNArcologies
3 mo on HNI thought this rotating house was impossible.
3 mo on HNWas Roman Concrete Better?
2 mo on HNBuilding the Moroccan Court
2 mo on HNWhat is Concrete?
2 mo on HNThe Vegas Loop Is Getting Progressively More Stupid
2 mo on HNEarth-cooled, shipping container underground CA home for 30K
2 mo on HNShanghai Tower (650 meters)
2 mo on HNDistinguished Lecturer Series: Building Science - Adventures in Building Science
2 mo on HNSand Castle Holds Up A Car! - Mechanically Stabilized Earth
2 mo on HNFred Dibnah How to climb a chimney overhang at 50+
2 mo on HNThis Swiss Builder uses NO INSULATION...
2 mo on HNWhat Happens When Maths Goes Wrong? - with Matt Parker
2 mo on HNBoeing 777 Wing Test
2 mo on HNThe 100 Year Flood Is Not What You Think It Is (Maybe)
2 mo on HNFred Dibnah laddering a chimney (Part 1)
2 mo on HNUnderground dome house of the family who led geese to fly home
2 mo on HNThis high-speed rail project is a warning for the US
2 mo on HNThe Surprising Efficiency of Canal Locks
2 mo on HN