MegaStructures
Season 5
200819 episodes
Episode 1
Beijing Water Cube
May 13, 20081h
Episode 2
Bridge Breakdown
May 15, 20081h
A historic bridge is being taken down and recycled, but the demolition team faces challenges while doing it.
Episode 3
747 Destruction
May 16, 20081h
Episode 4
Shanghai Super Tower
May 20, 20081h
The design and construction of the Shanghai World Financial Centre which, at 101 floors high, will be China's tallest structure.
Episode 5
China's Ultimate Port
May 27, 20081h
Episode 6
Sinking an Aircraft Carrier
May 29, 20081h
Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".
Episode 7
The World's Biggest Cruise Liner
Jun 4, 20081h
The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.
Episode 8
World's Biggest Casino
Jun 17, 20081h
Episode 9
Icelandic Super Dam
Jun 18, 20081h
This episode looks at the Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland - an audacious engineering feat that includes the building of Europe's highest dam, the drilling of 30-mile-long tunnels and the construction of a gigantic underground power plant.
Episode 10
Beijing Olympic Stadium
Aug 5, 20081h
Episode 12
Deep Earth Drillers
Dec 20, 20081h
Mega Green Tech is in search of geothermal power.
Episode 14
World Trade Center Bahrain
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Episode 15
Atom Smasher
Jan 8, 20081h
The Large Hadron Collider is a titan of science. Built on an unsurpassed scale, scientists aim to capture the smallest particles in the universe.
Episode 21
South Pole Station
Jan 9, 20081h
Episode 22
The World's Biggest Cruiseliner
Jun 4, 20081h
Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".
Episode 24
Impossible Build
Sep 3, 20081h
The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.
Episode 25
World Trade Center Bahrain
Jan 3, 20091h
Episode 31
Grand Canyon Skywalk
Feb 28, 20091h
Episode 32
Ultimate Skyscraper
Jan 9, 20001h