About this season
This documentary series showcases how key technological innovations enable giant superstructures to be built. Footage filmed during construction along with CGI reveal the building process with astonishing detail.
Episodes (8)
1. World's Greatest Stadium
Aired 4 January 2018 • 45 min
Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the world's most advanced stadium and features the most complex retractable roof ever built. As the team races to finish the $1.6 billion arena for the NFL season, it faces deadly winds and unique engineering challenges.
2. Monster Cruise Ship
Aired 11 January 2018 • 45 min
Expert engineers try to build one of the largest and most advanced cruise ships in the world. This goliath ship will carry over 5,000 passengers and pushes the boundaries of ship design and construction.
3. Super Skyscraper NYC
Aired 18 January 2018 • 45 min
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.
4. Arctic Mega Bridge
Aired 25 January 2018 • 45 min
Engineers race to complete the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle before the brutal winter arrives.
5. World's Strongest Wall
Aired 1 February 2018 • 45 min
Venice's new storm wall is one of the strongest in the world, a 330-ton behemoth that protects the historic city from disastrous flooding.
6. Super Tunnel
Aired 8 February 2018 • 45 min
Engineers are building a ground-breaking new railway line in Copenhagen that features 22 miles of tunnels, 17 brand-new stations, and cutting-edge driverless trains.
7. World's Biggest Church
Aired 15 February 2018 • 45 min
The world's tallest church has taken more than 140 years to build, and today, engineers are nearing completion of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, designed by maverick architect Antoni Gaudi.
8. World's Toughest Skyscraper
Aired 23 February 2018 • 45 min
Engineers are breaking records as they build Beijing's tallest skyscraper, a 1500-foot-tall behemoth designed to withstand one of the world's most dangerous earthquake zones.