MegaStructures

Season 5

2008 · 19 episodes · 19h 0m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Beijing Water Cube

   13 May 2008 · 60 min

2. 2

   2. Bridge Breakdown

   15 May 2008 · 60 min

   A historic bridge is being taken down and recycled, but the demolition team faces challenges while doing it.

3. 3

   3. 747 Destruction

   16 May 2008 · 60 min

4. 4

   4. Shanghai Super Tower

   20 May 2008 · 60 min

   The design and construction of the Shanghai World Financial Centre which, at 101 floors high, will be China's tallest structure.

5. 5

   5. China's Ultimate Port

   27 May 2008 · 60 min

6. 6

   6. Sinking an Aircraft Carrier

   29 May 2008 · 60 min

   Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

7. 7

   7. The World's Biggest Cruise Liner

   4 Jun 2008 · 60 min

   The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.

8. 8

   8. World's Biggest Casino

   17 Jun 2008 · 60 min

9. 9

   9. Icelandic Super Dam

   18 Jun 2008 · 60 min

   This episode looks at the Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland - an audacious engineering feat that includes the building of Europe's highest dam, the drilling of 30-mile-long tunnels and the construction of a gigantic underground power plant.

10. 10

    10. Beijing Olympic Stadium

    5 Aug 2008 · 60 min

11. 12

    12. Deep Earth Drillers

    20 Dec 2008 · 60 min

    Mega Green Tech is in search of geothermal power.

12. 14

    14. World Trade Center Bahrain

    Date TBA · 60 min

13. 15

    15. Atom Smasher

    8 Jan 2008 · 60 min

    The Large Hadron Collider is a titan of science. Built on an unsurpassed scale, scientists aim to capture the smallest particles in the universe.

14. 21

    21. South Pole Station

    9 Jan 2008 · 60 min

15. 22

    22. The World's Biggest Cruiseliner

    4 Jun 2008 · 60 min

    Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

16. 24

    24. Impossible Build

    3 Sept 2008 · 60 min

    The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.

17. 25

    25. World Trade Center Bahrain

    3 Jan 2009 · 60 min

18. 31

    31. Grand Canyon Skywalk

    28 Feb 2009 · 60 min

19. 32

    32. Ultimate Skyscraper

    9 Jan 2000 · 60 min