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Humans are taking engineering to new heights and depths – which could only have been dreamed of - until now. The second series of 'Kings of Construction', profiles more of the most ambitious architectural projects of our time. This must see six part series tells the story of more of the most ambitious and ground-breaking large-scale 21st-century construction projects, from the first new Subway station in New York City since the beginning of the 20th century, to forging a tunnel through the previously impenetrable Hallandsas Ridge in Sweden. Viewers will learn about the projects, the obstacles, and the personalities behind the incredible visions.

7 episodes

Series Premiere

1x01 Snohvit: Arctic Gas

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The construction of Europe's first liquefied natural gas plant, in the Spanish port of Cadiz

1x02 El Cajon Dam, Mexico

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The building of the El Cajon dam on the Rio Grande, the largest current building project in Latin America. It had an original budget of $750 million and was inteded to supply two per cent of Mexico's electricity

The construction of the Ngong Ping 360 - an advanced cable car on Hong Kong's mountainous Lantau Island that stretches for 5.8km over the South China Sea

Project Ski-Dubai, which built the seemingly impossible - an indoor Alpine resort in the middle of the desert. Rising from the Gulf emirate's sands, the 25-storey structure boasts runs up to 400 metres long with a fall of more than 60 metres

The building of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge, one of America's most ambitious engineering projects, which crosses the Potomac River in Washington, DC

A look at the Gotthard Base Tunnel project, which will create a rail link through the Alps and become the world's largest construction of its kind

Great Rollercoaster Race. Construction like never before. Delve into the lives of the men behind the biggest projects and experience the pure power of the machines involved.

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