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Extreme Engineering covers major construction projects from all around the world. Some are futuristic projects that may never be done, others are projects that are on there way to completion.

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    Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 3 - JFK: JetBlue Terminal
    8.7/10(9 votes)

    #1 - JFK: JetBlue Terminal

    S5:E3

    The original 1962 TWA Terminal (Terminal 5) at New York's JFK International Airport is remodeled for JetBlue Airlines. The 26 gates of the new low-profile structure will be able to handle 20 million passengers a year.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 7 - Building Hong Kong's Airport
    8.6/10(36 votes)

    #2 - Building Hong Kong's Airport

    S1:E7

    Hong Kong has outgrown its small airport and quickly needed a new one in order to maintain its high traffic flow. The only place to put this new world class airport... 16 miles out in the ocean. This would require 22 miles of new super highway. It was predicted to take decades, but engineers were only given 7 years to build it.

    Director:Unknown
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  3. Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 2 - World's Biggest Arch Bridge
    8.6/10(8 votes)

    #3 - World's Biggest Arch Bridge

    S5:E2

    The Hoover Dam Bypass Project aims to remove traffic congestion along U.S. Highway 93 at the Colorado River crossing. A new arch bridge will span the river near Hoover Dam.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 1 - South Ferry Subway Station
    8.2/10(9 votes)

    #4 - South Ferry Subway Station

    S5:E1

    The South Ferry Terminal subway station is the first new subway station in New York City since the early 1900s.

    Director:Unknown
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  5. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 3 - Biggest Warship
    8.1/10(20 votes)

    #5 - Biggest Warship

    S4:E3

    The series looks at the construction of the supercarrier USS George H.W. Bush.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 6 - Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel: Sweden
    8.1/10(10 votes)

    #6 - Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel: Sweden

    S5:E6

    The Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel Project, the world's most complicated tunneling project, is designed to remove a major bottleneck on the Gothenburg (Göteborg)-Malmo West Coast Line in Sweden. The project began in 1992 but stopped in 1997 because of technical difficulties. Construction resumed in 2004. The project is scheduled for completion in 2012.

    Director:Unknown
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  7. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 10 - Widening the Panama Canal
    8.0/10(26 votes)

    #7 - Widening the Panama Canal

    S1:E10

    A documentary looking at plans to update the Panama Canal. This magnificent waterway cuts through 50 miles of tropical jungle, allowing ships to travel easily from the Atlantic to the Pacific. However, time has passed this engineering marvel by - many modern supercargo ships are three times the size the canal can safely accommodate, so plans are in motion to widen the structure. The project faces all manner of environmental challenges, as well as leaving the canal closed to…

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  8. Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 5 - California Academy of Sciences
    8.0/10(8 votes)

    #8 - California Academy of Sciences

    S5:E5

    The California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, has won acclaim for an environmentally friendly design that features the use of recycled and renewable materials. Construction began in September 2005.

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  9. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 8 - Holland's Barriers to the Sea
    7.8/10(32 votes)

    #9 - Holland's Barriers to the Sea

    S1:E8

    Dutch engineers must overcome rising waters in the North Sea to protect their land.

    Director:Unknown
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  10. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 6 - Space Tower
    7.8/10(14 votes)

    #10 - Space Tower

    S4:E6

    The 700-ft.-high Torre del Espacio (Space Tower) will be the tallest skyscraper in Spain upon completion. In this episode, the cameras film the week-long struggle to repair one level of the building.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 1 - Tokyo's Sky City
    7.7/10(27 votes)

    #11 - Tokyo's Sky City

    S1:E1

    It examines the concept of constructing a giant tower in Japan that wouldn't be a just a building, but a public city in the sky. At the end it talks about what a fire in the building would be like and how the fire department would handle it.

    Director:Unknown
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  12. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 9 - Boston's Big Dig
    7.7/10(25 votes)

    #12 - Boston's Big Dig

    S1:E9

    Boston's new transport system, which features a multi-lane underground highway and the world's widest cable-stayed bridge

    Director:Unknown
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  13. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 1 - Super Stadium
    7.6/10(18 votes)

    #13 - Super Stadium

    S4:E1

    The series takes a look at the construction of the new stadium for the NFL's Arizona Cardinals. The state-of-the-art structure is scheduled to be completed in August 2006. It will feature North America's first slide-out tray field, a "pie-slice" construction method and a unique steel-ribbon outer shell.

    Director:Unknown
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  14. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 2 - Subways in America
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    #14 - Subways in America

    S1:E2

    This episode explores the current New York City subway and the plans for renovation. Also the World Trade Center Station post 9/11 and its hasty repair.

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  15. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 6 - Tunneling Under the Alps
    7.5/10(27 votes)

    #15 - Tunneling Under the Alps

    S1:E6

    A tunnel over 35 miles long is to be dug under the Swiss Alps to redirect Europe's traffic. This $7 billion project will take 6 years to complete with man and machine fighting the mountains 24/7.

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  16. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 2 - Mega Tunnel
    7.5/10(11 votes)

    #16 - Mega Tunnel

    S4:E2

    A 3-mile toll road is built on a 20-foot-high storm drain in Kuala Lumpur.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 5 - Big Easy Rebuild
    7.5/10(16 votes)

    #17 - Big Easy Rebuild

    S4:E5

    This episode takes a look at the emergency repairs implemented in order to help the city of New Orleans recover from the disastrous flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005. Katrina was one of the costliest and deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history and New Orleans bore the brunt of its fierce attack.

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  18. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 3 - Transatlantic Tunnel
    7.4/10(29 votes)

    #18 - Transatlantic Tunnel

    S1:E3

    The concept of building a tunnel across the Atlantic Ocean is talked about. It talks about the problems involved, and how it might someday be possible. At the end it examines the concept of a submarine hitting the tunnel, and how hopefully this wouldn't ruin it.

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  19. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 4 - City in a Pyramid
    7.2/10(26 votes)

    #19 - City in a Pyramid

    S1:E4

    This episode features Shimizu's Pyramid City, which would include dozens of 100-story skyscrapers with more than a million workers as part of a giant pyramid on the sea to provide more living space in Japan. Concepts such as construction robots, electricity issues, and building materials are examined. The pyramid could withstand a tidal wave, and perhaps protect the city as well.

    Director:Unknown
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  20. Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episode 5 - Bridging the Bering Strait
    7.2/10(27 votes)

    #20 - Bridging the Bering Strait

    S1:E5

    Imagine driving across a bridge near the North Pole, or going from New York to London in just an hour through a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean. These are just some of the awe-inspiring projects of today's builders and engineers. Jaw-dropping computer animation illustrates the largest, most outrageous projects ever conceived. As students learn about stretching the boundaries of modern engineering, they also gain understanding of the technological design process and come to understand how physics and chemistry are utilized to solve modern human engineering challenges.

    Director:Unknown
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  21. Extreme Engineering Season 4 Episode 4 - Sakhalin Oil & Ice
    6.8/10(15 votes)

    #21 - Sakhalin Oil & Ice

    S4:E4

    One of the world's largest construction projects is located on a remote island off the eastern coast of Russia where the Russians are spending billions of dollars to construct the Sakhalin oil and gas complex. The city-sized operation will draw fossil fuels from an inhospitable location in the Pacific Ocean. The hope is that the complex will provide a boost to the area's economy.

    Director:Unknown
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  22. Extreme Engineering Season 5 Episode 4 - Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong
    6.7/10(10 votes)

    #22 - Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong

    S5:E4

    Suspended above one of the world's busiest waterways, the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong will set a new record for the longest cable-stayed span, over a kilometer in length.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Extreme Engineering Season 2 Episode 1 - Turning Torso
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #23 - Turning Torso

    S2:E1

    The Turning Torso is the world's largest residential structure, rising 190 meters above Malmö, Sweden.

    Director:Unknown
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  24. Extreme Engineering Season 2 Episode 2 - Venice Flood Gates
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #24 - Venice Flood Gates

    S2:E2

    Global warming is causing sea levels around the world to rise and environmental experts believe Venice may well go the same way as Atlantis. The new flood gates should prevent the city’s 45km of canals from cannibalising its ancient architecture.

    Director:Unknown
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  25. Extreme Engineering Season 2 Episode 3 - Container Ships
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #25 - Container Ships

    S2:E3

    Covers the docking of a container ship at Long Beach (California) and the operation of the water front docks, where several thousand containers need to be unloaded and loaded in 48 hours. Also covered is the building of the Adrian Maersk, the world's largest container ship. While the scale of these gigantic ships has to be seen to be believed, the construction must be precise to millimeters.

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Best Episodes Summary

"JFK: JetBlue Terminal" is the best rated episode of "Extreme Engineering". It scored 8.7/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 10/25/2006. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Building Hong Kong's Airport".