MegaStructures — Season 5

01 Beijing Water Cube

May 13, 20081h

02 Bridge Breakdown

May 15, 20081h

A historic bridge is being taken down and recycled, but the demolition team faces challenges while doing it.

03 747 Destruction

May 16, 20081h

04 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.

05 China's Ultimate Port

May 27, 20081h

06 Sinking an Aircraft Carrier

May 29, 20081h

Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

07 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.

08 World's Biggest Casino

Jun 17, 20081h

09 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.

10 Beijing Olympic Stadium

Aug 5, 20081h

12 Deep Earth Drillers

Dec 20, 20081h

Mega Green Tech is in search of geothermal power.

14 World Trade Center Bahrain

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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.

21 South Pole Station

Jan 9, 20081h

22 The World's Biggest Cruiseliner

Jun 4, 20081h

Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

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.

25 World Trade Center Bahrain

Jan 3, 20091h

31 Grand Canyon Skywalk

Feb 28, 20091h

32 Ultimate Skyscraper

Jan 9, 20001h