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 (6)
1. Tunnel Vision
Aired 15 March 2012 • 46 min
Return to the 57-kilometer long high-speed rail tunnel in Switzerland's Gotthard Mountain range to see what it will take to finish the project by 2017.
2. Extreme Surf Machine
Aired 22 March 2012 • 46 min
Returning to Tenerife to check on the world's best water park which now seems destined to remain dry after numerous problems.
3. Race to the Games
Aired 29 March 2012 • 46 min
Crews race against the clock to finish an important venue and signature landmark for the 2012 London Olympics.
4. Tunneling Through History
Aired 5 February 2012 • 46 min
Mega Builders return to Istanbul to update the Marmaray rapid-transit project, which continues to have delays.
5. Quake-Proof Bridge
Aired 12 February 2012 • 46 min
Six years after piles were pounded into the muddy bottom of San Francisco Bay the new Bay Bridge is about to be topped off.
6. Ice Hotel Bigger Colder
Aired 19 February 2012 • 46 min
Inside a famous Swedish hotel which is constructed from 10,000 tonnes of ice and 30,000 tonnes of snow, and boasts a frozen bar and cinema screen.