Architect Danny Forster takes you inside some of the most head-scratching builds in the world. Join Danny as he meets the men and women tackling the unique challenges of constructing the tallest buildings, the most effective military tanks, the largest luxury cruise ships, and the most extreme thrill rides. How do you build a 3,113-foot-long wooden roller coaster in winter temperatures of minus 40 degrees? Or get your workers safely to and from a worksite on a skyscraper that's 1,614 feet above street level? Or dig a water tunnel - along the San Adreas Fault and 1,000 feet below the earth's surface - without it collapsing on itself ... or flooding? Our intrepid host answers these puzzles and more. Don't miss the big stories behind these even bigger engineering marvels.
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| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Tokyo's Sky City | 2003-04-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Subways in America | 2003-04-15 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Transatlantic Tunnel | 2003-04-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | City in a Pyramid | 2003-04-23 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Bridging the Bering Strait | 2003-04-30 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 6 | Tunneling Under the Alps | 2003-05-07 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Building Hong Kong's Airport | 2003-05-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 8 | Holland's Barriers to the Sea | 2003-05-21 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 9 | Boston's Big Dig | 2003-05-28 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 10 | Widening the Panama Canal | 2003-06-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 1 | Turning Torso | 2004-07-07 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 2 | Venice Flood Gates | 2004-07-14 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Container Ships | 2004-07-28 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Oakland Bay Bridge | 2004-08-04 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 5 | Iceland Tunnels | 2004-09-01 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 6 | Off-shore Oil Platforms | 2004-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 7 | Cooper River Bridge | 2004-10-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 8 | Millau Viaduct | 2004-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Excavators | 2004-11-22 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 1 | The Snohvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform | 2005-10-19 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 2 | The El Cajon Dam | 2005-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 3 | Hong Kong's Cable Car | 2005-12-02 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 4 | Woodrow Wilson Bridge | 2005-12-09 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 5 | Gotthard Tunnel | 2006-01-01 | 60 min |
| Season 3 | Episode 6 | Dubai's Ski Resort | 2006-01-21 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Superstadium | 2006-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Kuala Lumpur Mega Tunnel | 2006-03-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Biggest Warship | 2006-05-31 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Sakhalin Oil & Ice | 2006-06-28 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Big Easy Rebuild | 2006-07-05 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Space Tower | 2006-07-12 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | South Ferry Subway Station | 2006-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | World's Biggest Arch Bridge | 2006-10-18 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | JFK: JetBlue Terminal | 2006-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong | 2006-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | California Academy of Sciences | 2006-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel: Sweden | 2006-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Coaster Build Off | 2007-11-20 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Battle Machines | 2007-11-13 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | World's Tallest Skyscraper | 2007-11-06 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Building a Destroyer | 2007-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Boot Camp | 2007-10-30 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Fault Zone Tunnel | 2007-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | Hurricane Proof Homes | 2007-11-27 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Floating City | 2007-09-04 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Biggest Casino | 2007-09-11 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | High Risk Tower | 2007-09-18 | 45 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Turbo-Charged Boats | 2007-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Mountain of Steel | 2007-10-03 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Deepest Tunnel | 2007-10-10 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 14 | Major League Stadium | 2007-10-17 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Dallas Cowboys Stadium | 2009-04-20 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 2 | CityCenter, Las Vegas | 2009-04-21 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | Hong Kong Bridge | 2009-04-27 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Navy Amphibious Warship | 2009-05-04 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Panama Canal | 2009-05-11 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Peru Dam & Tunnel | 2009-05-18 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | Abu Dhabi | 2009-06-01 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | NASA | 2009-06-26 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Singapore Sky Park | 2010-04-08 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Rio De Janeiro's Power Island Project | 2010-04-15 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Kuwait Tower | 2010-04-29 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | New Orleans Surge Barrier | 2010-05-09 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine | 2010-05-13 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | Overhauling The Bay Bridge | 2010-05-20 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Melbourne Stadium | 2010-05-27 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Gotthard Base Tunnel | 2010-05-30 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Abu Dhabi Central Market | 2010-06-17 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Port of Rotterdam | 2010-07-01 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Rebuilding New York City's Subway | 2011-04-08 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Drought-Proofing Australia | 2011-04-15 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation | 2011-04-22 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium | 2011-04-29 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge | 2011-06-18 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City | 2011-06-25 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Building Mumbai's Modern Airport | 2011-07-02 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam | 2011-07-09 | 60 min |