About this season
Capturing the biggest, most complex, most stressful and most dangerous engineering projects around the world, Megabuilders chronicles the most awe-inspiring construction projects in modern engineering.
Episodes (8)
1. Sheikh Zayed Bridge
Aired 5 August 2010 • 46 min
See the engineering behind this amazing bridge, under construction in Abu Dhabi. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it resembles a giant sculptural snake.
2. World Class Stadium
Aired 12 August 2010 • 46 min
Follow the construction of the Green Point stadium in Cape Town, scheduled to be ready for the FIFA World Cup 2010.
3. Peak Power
Aired 19 August 2010 • 46 min
A $600 million hydroelectric project in remote British Columbia in Canada presents a host of unique problems. Follow its difficult construction.
4. Spanning the Saigon River
Aired 26 August 2010 • 46 min
Featuring the Phu My Bridge in Vietnam. A crack engineering team are set on delivering the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from its awful gridlock, but will it finish on time?
5. London Olympic Aquatics Centre
Aired 2 September 2010 • 46 min
The London 2012 Aquatic Centre is an engineering marvel shaped like a giant metallic wave, designed by world famous architect Zaha Hadid
6. Big Bosphorus Dig
Aired 9 September 2010 • 46 min
The excavation for Istanbul's subway system has hit a snag in the shape of the city's 4th century port, one of the world's most significant archaeological finds.
7. The Fast Track
Aired 16 September 2010 • 44 min
The construction of Johannesburg's new rail system presents a difficult set of problems, most particularly dangerous sinkholes across its route.
8. Episode 8
Aired 23 December 2010