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Building Giants

Season 1 2018
TV-PG

  • 2018-01-05T02:00:00Z on Science
  • 45m
  • 6h (8 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary, Reality
This documentary series showcases how key technological innovations enable giant superstructures to be built. Footage filmed during construction along with CGI reveal the building process with astonishing detail.

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2018-01-05T02:00:00Z

1x01 Super Stadium

Series Premiere

1x01 Super Stadium

  • 2018-01-05T02:00:00Z45m

Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the world's most advanced stadium and features the most complex retractable roof ever built. As the team races to finish the $1.6 billion arena for the NFL season, it faces deadly winds and unique engineering challenges.

2018-01-12T02:00:00Z

1x02 Giant Cruise Ship

1x02 Giant Cruise Ship

  • 2018-01-12T02:00:00Z45m

Expert engineers try to build one of the largest and most advanced cruise ships in the world. This goliath ship will carry over 5,000 passengers and pushes the boundaries of ship design and construction.

2018-01-19T02:00:00Z

1x03 Super Skyscraper

1x03 Super Skyscraper

  • 2018-01-19T02:00:00Z45m

Engineers build a cutting-edge skyscraper in a busy area of New York City. This impossibly tall and thin tower must be built with a strange diagonal framework, posing unique challenges for some of the world's best builders.

2018-01-26T02:00:00Z

1x04 Arctic Mega Bridge

1x04 Arctic Mega Bridge

  • 2018-01-26T02:00:00Z45m

Engineers race to complete the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle before the brutal winter arrives.

2018-02-02T02:00:00Z

1x05 Venice Storm Wall

1x05 Venice Storm Wall

  • 2018-02-02T02:00:00Z45m

Venice's new storm wall is one of the strongest in the world, a 330-ton behemoth that protects the historic city from disastrous flooding.

2018-02-09T02:00:00Z

1x06 Super Tunnel

1x06 Super Tunnel

  • 2018-02-09T02:00:00Z45m

Engineers are building a ground-breaking new railway line in Copenhagen, Denmark, that features 22 miles of tunnels, 17 brand-new stations and cutting-edge driverless trains.

2018-02-16T02:00:00Z

1x07 World's Biggest Church

1x07 World's Biggest Church

  • 2018-02-16T02:00:00Z45m

Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, designed by architect Antoni Gaudi, has taken more than 140 years to build, and engineers are now near completion.

Season Finale

2018-02-22T00:00:00Z

1x08 World's Toughest Skyscraper

Season Finale

1x08 World's Toughest Skyscraper

  • 2018-02-22T00:00:00Z45m

Engineers are breaking records as they build Beijing's tallest skyscraper, a 1500-foot-tall behemoth designed to withstand one of the world's most dangerous earthquake zones.

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