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Building Giants

Season 4 2020
TV-PG

  • 2020-05-07T01:00:00Z 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

Season Premiere

2020-05-07T01:00:00Z

4x01 City of Ice

Season Premiere

4x01 City of Ice

  • 2020-05-07T01:00:00Z45m

Engineers race to build a city made of snow and ice in a record-breaking 15 days, and to accomplish this herculean task, they use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to turn 110,000 tons of ice into an extraordinary super city.

2020-05-14T01:00:00Z

4x02 L.A. Mega Rail

4x02 L.A. Mega Rail

  • 2020-05-14T01:00:00Z45m

An expert team of engineers are using cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build Los Angeles's biggest engineering project ever: a series of brand-new subway lines in durable, earthquake-proof tunnels.

2020-05-21T01:00:00Z

4x03 Underground Mega Highway

4x03 Underground Mega Highway

  • 2020-05-21T01:00:00Z45m

An expert team of engineers use hi-tech explosions and state-of-the-art drilling rigs to tear through solid granite and build an 11-mile underground tunnel, one of the longest in the world.

2020-05-28T01:00:00Z

4x04 Arctic Monster Ship

4x04 Arctic Monster Ship

  • 2020-05-28T01:00:00Z45m

The world's best shipbuilders join forces to build a state-of-the-art ship that comes equipped with two submarines, and using cutting-edge engineering, it can brave the Arctic Ocean's worst winters and deadliest seas.

2020-06-04T01:00:00Z

4x05 The Invincible Bridge

4x05 The Invincible Bridge

  • 2020-06-04T01:00:00Z45m

An expert team of engineers uses the latest advances in construction and design to battle deadly earthquakes, intense heat, and punishing deadlines and build a 3,500-long bridge in Los Angeles that's tough enough to brave the world's worst disasters.

2020-06-18T01:00:00Z

4x06 World's Fastest Train

4x06 World's Fastest Train

  • 2020-06-18T01:00:00Z45m

An expert team of engineers use the latest advances in high-speed technology to build an army of the fastest and most advanced trains in the world. Access into the construction process reveals these record-setting trains' technological secrets.

2020-06-25T01:00:00Z

4x07 Monster Roller Coaster

4x07 Monster Roller Coaster

  • 2020-06-25T01:00:00Z45m

Expert engineering and cutting-edge technology come together to build one of the world's wildest roller coasters, and special behind-the-scenes access reveals how new innovations make this high-speed thrill ride possible.

Season Finale

2020-07-02T01:00:00Z

4x08 Cruise Ship of the Future

Season Finale

4x08 Cruise Ship of the Future

  • 2020-07-02T01:00:00Z45m

One of the world's largest and most advanced cruise ships must brave some of the roughest seas on earth, and using expert engineering and the latest tech, its crew relies on cutting-edge innovations to operate this 170,000 ton vessel safely and speedily.

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