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  • Science

Building Giants

  • 2018 – 2020
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary · Reality
  • ~45m / ep
  • 4 seasons
  • 7.7/10

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.

Latest: Season 4 · 2020

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  1. E1. City of Ice

    May 6, 2020 · 45m

    Engineers race to build a city made of snow and ice in a record-breaking 15 days, and to accomplish this herculean task, they use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to turn 110,000 tons of ice into an extraordinary super city.

  2. E2. L.A. Mega Rail

    May 13, 2020 · 45m

    An expert team of engineers are using cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build Los Angeles's biggest engineering project ever: a series of brand-new subway lines in durable, earthquake-proof tunnels.

  3. E3. Underground Mega Highway

    May 20, 2020 · 45m

    An expert team of engineers use hi-tech explosions and state-of-the-art drilling rigs to tear through solid granite and build an 11-mile underground tunnel, one of the longest in the world.

  4. E4. Mega Ice Ship

    May 27, 2020 · 45m

    The world's best shipbuilders join forces to build a state-of-the-art ship that comes equipped with two submarines, and using cutting-edge engineering, it can brave the Arctic Ocean's worst winters and deadliest seas.

  5. E5. Earthquake Proof Mega Bridge

    Jun 3, 2020 · 45m

    An expert team of engineers use the latest advances in construction and design to battle deadly earthquakes, intense heat, and punishing deadlines and build a 3,500-long bridge in Los Angeles that's tough enough to brave the world's worst disasters.

  6. E6. High-Speed Train

    Jun 17, 2020 · 45m

    An expert team of engineers use the latest advances in high-speed technology to build an army of the fastest and most advanced trains in the world; special access into the construction process reveals these record-setting trains' technological secrets.

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