MegaStructures: Season 5 (2008)

Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1 · May 13, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Beijing Water Cube

2. 

   Episode 2 · May 15, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Bridge Breakdown

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

3. 

   Episode 3 · May 16, 2008 · 1h 0m

   747 Destruction

4. 

   Episode 4 · May 20, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Shanghai Super Tower

   The design and construction of the Shanghai World Financial Centre which, at 101 floors high, will be China's tallest structure.

5. 

   Episode 5 · May 27, 2008 · 1h 0m

   China's Ultimate Port

6. 

   Episode 6 · May 29, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Sinking an Aircraft Carrier

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

7. 

   Episode 7 · June 4, 2008 · 1h 0m

   The World's Biggest Cruise Liner

   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.

8. 

   Episode 8 · June 17, 2008 · 1h 0m

   World's Biggest Casino

9. 

   Episode 9 · June 18, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Icelandic Super Dam

   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. 

    Episode 10 · August 5, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Beijing Olympic Stadium

11. 

    Episode 12 · December 20, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Deep Earth Drillers

    Mega Green Tech is in search of geothermal power.

12. 

    Episode 14 · 1h 0m

    World Trade Center Bahrain

13. 

    Episode 15 · January 8, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Atom Smasher

    The Large Hadron Collider is a titan of science. Built on an unsurpassed scale, scientists aim to capture the smallest particles in the universe.

14. 

    Episode 21 · January 9, 2008 · 1h 0m

    South Pole Station

15. 

    Episode 22 · June 4, 2008 · 1h 0m

    The World's Biggest Cruiseliner

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

16. 

    Episode 24 · September 3, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Impossible Build

    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.

17. 

    Episode 25 · January 3, 2009 · 1h 0m

    World Trade Center Bahrain

18. 

    Episode 31 · February 28, 2009 · 1h 0m

    Grand Canyon Skywalk

19. 

    Episode 32 · January 9, 2000 · 1h 0m

    Ultimate Skyscraper