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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...
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Season 1

  • World's Greatest Stadium
    7.9/1012 votes
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    World's Greatest Stadium

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2018

    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.

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  • Monster Cruise Ship
    8.4/1011 votes
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    Monster Cruise Ship

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/11/2018

    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.

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  • Super Skyscraper NYC
    8.3/1015 votes
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    Super Skyscraper NYC

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/18/2018

    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.

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  • Arctic Mega Bridge
    8.6/1016 votes
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    Arctic Mega Bridge

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/25/2018

    Engineers race to complete the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle before the brutal winter arrives.

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  • World's Strongest Wall
    8.2/1013 votes
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    World's Strongest Wall

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/1/2018

    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.

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  • Super Tunnel
    8.4/1014 votes
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    Super Tunnel

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2018

    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.

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  • World's Biggest Church
    8.4/1013 votes
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    World's Biggest Church

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/15/2018

    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.

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  • World's Toughest Skyscraper
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    World's Toughest Skyscraper

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/23/2018

    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.

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