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Colossal construction

All Episodes 2008 - 2009

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  • 2008-12-05T05:00:00Z
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  • 1d 4h (28 episodes)
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  • Documentary

28 episodes

Series Premiere

2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x01 Ice Hotel

Series Premiere

1x01 Ice Hotel

  • 2009-10-17T04:00:00Z1h

Each year, workers in Sweden build a hotel made of ice and snow from the Torne River.

2009-10-31T04:00:00Z

1x02 Rio Stadium

1x02 Rio Stadium

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

Construction workers race to complete Rio de Janeiro's João Havelange Olympic Stadium in time for the 2007 Pan American Games.

2009-10-31T04:00:00Z

1x03 Stonecutters Bridge

1x03 Stonecutters Bridge

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

Stonecutters Bridge, which straddles the Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, is one of the longest span cable-stayed bridges in the world.

2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x04 The Mighty Shovel

1x04 The Mighty Shovel

  • 2009-10-17T04:00:00Z1h

The Mighty Shovel built for Barrick Gold: the ultimate digging machine that weights 1,450 tons and can lift 120 tons in one scoop. Crews at P&H Mining Equipment rush against the clock to get this behemoth manufactured and assembled by their deadline.

2009-08-17T04:00:00Z

1x05 The Arctic Ice Crusher

1x05 The Arctic Ice Crusher

  • 2009-08-17T04:00:00Z1h

The Arctic Shuttle Tanker: a revolutionary oil tanker and icebreak in one. The workers at Samsung shipyard in South Korea have four months to build and launch this ship, but equipment problems and work-site difficulties afflict even this efficient crew.

2009-08-17T04:00:00Z

1x06 Stolen Power

1x06 Stolen Power

  • 2009-08-17T04:00:00Z1h

An ambitious wind-power project in Holland involves the building of 60 giant windmills with blade spans as long as a football field.

1x07 World's Biggest Wave Machine

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

An enormous wave machine is built at Siam Park, a water park on the Spanish island of Tenerife.

Work crews build New York's new South Ferry subway station directly underneath the existing station.

2008-12-05T05:00:00Z

1x09 Hoover Dam Bridge

1x09 Hoover Dam Bridge

  • 2008-12-05T05:00:00Z1h

A new concrete arched bridge connecting Nevada and Arizona is constructed to replace the current route across the top of the Hoover Dam.

2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x10 JetBlue Terminal at JFK

1x10 JetBlue Terminal at JFK

  • 2009-10-17T04:00:00Z1h

Unforeseen problems hamper the building of JetBlue Airways' new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

1x11 California Academy of Sciences

  • 2009-09-07T04:00:00Z1h

Renzo Piano designed and built to replace the two former CAS's ruined by earthquakes. The crew is racing the clock to finish the flora-covered roof and weather-proof the building before San Francisco's notorious rains hit.

2009-09-14T04:00:00Z

1x12 Sondgo Future City

1x12 Sondgo Future City

  • 2009-09-14T04:00:00Z1h

The building of the world's most modern and eco-friendly planned city in South Korea.

2009-01-09T05:00:00Z

1x13 Hard Rock Park

1x13 Hard Rock Park

  • 2009-01-09T05:00:00Z1h

Construction crews contend with unforeseen problems during the building of Hard Rock Park in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

2009-10-24T04:00:00Z

1x14 King of Container Ships

1x14 King of Container Ships

  • 2009-10-24T04:00:00Z1h

The world's biggest cargo ship is being built in Denmark, by Danes who trace shipbuilders in their family trees to the Vikings. Just 45 days in the drydock is needed to complete this mammoth ship.

2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x15 Incheon Bridge

1x15 Incheon Bridge

  • 2009-10-17T04:00:00Z1h

The Incheon Grand Bridge in South Korea is comprised of three separate sections.

1x16 MGM Mirage - City Within a City

  • 2009-09-21T04:00:00Z1h

It's the biggest construction project Las Vegas has ever seen: MGM'S City Within A City. A 4,000-room hotel/casino with five condo towers and a retail mall, this $9 billion complex is the largest private construction project ever built in North America.

Tough drilling and blasting conditions complicate the building of a tunnel in Sweden.

2009-09-29T04:00:00Z

1x18 Floating Bridge

1x18 Floating Bridge

  • 2009-09-29T04:00:00Z1h

It will be one of the world's few floating bridges, built on concrete pontoons as long as football fields. Although the team is made up of veterans, none of them have ever built a floating bridge. Will delays keep them from finishing on time?

2009-02-13T05:00:00Z

1x19 Operation Snohvit

1x19 Operation Snohvit

  • 2009-02-13T05:00:00Z1h

A liquefied natural gas plant for the Arctic Circle is built southwestern Spain.

2009-02-20T05:00:00Z

1x20 El Cajon Dam

1x20 El Cajon Dam

  • 2009-02-20T05:00:00Z1h

The building of the El Cajon Dam on the Rio Grande de Santiago River in Mexico.

2009-02-27T05:00:00Z

1x21 Hong Kong's Cable Car

1x21 Hong Kong's Cable Car

  • 2009-02-27T05:00:00Z1h

Building the Ngong Ping 360 cable car system on Hong Kong's Lantau Island.

2009-10-31T04:00:00Z

1x22 Woodrow Wilson Bridge

1x22 Woodrow Wilson Bridge

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

The Woodrow Wilson Bridge, which has spanned the Potomac River since 1961, is replaced with a new structure to better handle traffic demands of the 21st century.

2009-03-13T04:00:00Z

1x23 Gotthard Tunnel

1x23 Gotthard Tunnel

  • 2009-03-13T04:00:00Z1h

The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland will become the world's longest rail tunnel upon completion.

2009-03-20T04:00:00Z

1x24 Dubai's Ski Resort

1x24 Dubai's Ski Resort

  • 2009-03-20T04:00:00Z1h

Building Ski Dubai, the first indoor ski resort in the Middle East.

2009-10-31T04:00:00Z

1x25 World's Biggest Oil Rig

1x25 World's Biggest Oil Rig

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

A massive oil rig is built.

2009-10-31T04:00:00Z

1x26 Venice Flood Gates

1x26 Venice Flood Gates

  • 2009-10-31T04:00:00Z1h

The 5.5 billion dollar network of floodgates in Venice.

2009-10-17T04:00:00Z

1x27 Manapouri Tunnel

1x27 Manapouri Tunnel

  • 2009-10-17T04:00:00Z1h

In order to tap the vast potential energy of New Zealand's Manapouri lake, a six mile tunnel must be carved out of some of the toughest rock on the planet, in a place where yearly rainfall is measured in feet instead of inches.

2009-10-10T04:00:00Z

1x28 Beijing Subway

1x28 Beijing Subway

  • 2009-10-10T04:00:00Z1h

The amazing project undertaken by the People’s Republic of China building a vast subway system for the city of Beijing, which is a major growing metropolis where pollutants deriving from mass transit was overwhelming the city’s environment. Not only the concern for the environment but also an ever growing population due to influx from the various provinces required an urgent solution to accommodate this vast metropolis transportation needs

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