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Building Giants

They tower over urban landscapes, spread across city blocks and span mountainous regions, each a modern marvel of technological innovation. But how are the world's most remarkable superstructures built? This series showcases key aspects, with footage filmed during construction along with CGI to reveal building processes with astonishing detail. Take, for example, the 71,000 seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The $1.4 billion stadium is hailed as an architectural wonder because of its eight-petal retractable roof. Other episodes include a look at a cruise ship that holds more than 7,000 passengers and crew members; a flood barrier in Venice designed to prevent the ancient city from sinking into the ocean; an ambitious circular subway system running directly underneath Copenhagen, Denmark; and the world's longest suspension bridge ever built in the Arctic Circle.
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Season 47 of 9 Episodes

  • Engineers race to build a city made of snow and ice in a record-breaking 15 days; 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.

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

  • An expert team of engineers uses 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.

  • Engineers use the latest advances in construction and design to battle deadly earthquakes, intense heat and punishing deadlines to build a 3,500-long bridge in Los Angeles that's tough enough to brave the world's worst disasters.

  • Engineers use the latest advances in high-speed technology to build the fastest and most advanced trains in the world; special access into the construction process reveals these record-setting trains' technological secrets and hidden innovations.

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

  • One of the world's largest and most advanced cruise ships braves 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.

Record to Watch Later

7 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Super Skyscraper NYC
    Mega Mountain Tunnel
    World's Tallest Church
    Rise of the Mega Stadium
    The Storm Wall of Venice
    Super Airport

  • Engineers are breaking records as they build Beijing's tallest skyscraper, a 1,500-foot-tall behemoth designed to withstand one of the world's most dangerous earthquake zones.
    Upcoming
  • Super Skyscraper NYC

    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.
    Upcoming
  • Mega Mountain Tunnel

    Engineers use cutting-edge technology and the latest construction methods to build the world's longest underground railroad.
    Upcoming
  • World's Tallest Church

    In Barcelona, Spain, the Sagrada Família has taken more than 140 years to build; today, engineers are nearing completion of the world's tallest church, designed by maverick architect Antoni Gaudí.
    Upcoming
  • Rise of the Mega Stadium

    The most cutting-edge venue in the world, Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, hosts the greatest athletes in the world, and engineers show how this state-of-the-art arena was designed and constructed.
    Upcoming
  • The Storm Wall of Venice

    Venice faces the threat of flooding if there is a powerful storm in the Adriatic; construction begins on a gigantic storm wall to save the city, but the project goes beyond protection and attempts to repair the damage that has already been done.
    Upcoming
Building Giants

More about Building Giants

They tower over urban landscapes, spread across city blocks and span mountainous regions, each a modern marvel of technological innovation. But how are the world's most remarkable superstructures built? This series showcases key aspects, with footage filmed during construction along with CGI to reveal building processes with astonishing detail. Take, for example, the 71,000 seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The $1.4 billion stadium is hailed as an architectural wonder because of its eight-petal retractable roof. Other episodes include a look at a cruise ship that holds more than 7,000 passengers and crew members; a flood barrier in Venice designed to prevent the ancient city from sinking into the ocean; an ambitious circular subway system running directly underneath Copenhagen, Denmark; and the world's longest suspension bridge ever built in the Arctic Circle.

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Julian Barratt, Erleen Hatfield, Avrey Martin

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