The second oldest engineering discipline happens to be civil engineering, and it entails the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including:
Civil engineers make life easier for people every day and are required to be innovative, curious, and creative. However, there are works that prove some engineers managed to slip through the cracks.
Here are 16 engineering fails that will make you question how any of these people earned their degrees.
1. These steps are bound to have people struggling to catch their balance after they land foot on this slanted last step; going down can’t be too easy either.
2. This incline has stairs and is wheelchair accessible, but the trek’s conclusion is pretty underwhelming unless the goal is to see slightly more of the houses’ rooftops.
3. Gates are a great way to add a little extra security outside your front door, but this one isn’t going to stop anyone.
4. Whoever put this down doesn’t seem to understand how trains work.
5. Whoever walks through this door by mistake is in for some serious pain and public humiliation.
6. To get water out of here, you are required to take a serious leap of faith.
7. This playground roundabout could turn into a hardcore version of Duck, Duck, Goose.
8. If you don’t have enough obstacles in your day-to-day life, this escalator is the perfect addition to add a little video game ducking while switching floors.
9. This car parking barrier isn’t going to stop much more than a side view mirror.
10. You have to really want to take out the cash if you’re going to use this ATM, but at least no one will be able to see your pin, not even you!
11. These engineers probably didn’t anticipate that the shadow from this design would turn out like this.
12. This placement is bound to have some shocking results.
13. This intimidatingly steep ramp will certainly get you down quicker than the stairs, but then again, so will jumping.
14. Maybe this room comes at a discounted price?
15. Whoever was responsible for this bathroom at least fixed their mistake, even if the solution took away from the privacy factor.
16. For whatever these seats are there to be viewed, hopefully, it has a really great soundtrack.
