Building Giants

45min

Documentary

Reality

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.

Episodes

Cast

World's Greatest Stadium

1. World's Greatest Stadium

45min

4th Jan 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.

Monster Cruise Ship

2. Monster Cruise Ship

45min

11th Jan 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.

Super Skyscraper NYC

3. Super Skyscraper NYC

45min

18th Jan 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.

Arctic Mega Bridge

4. Arctic Mega Bridge

45min

25th Jan 2018

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

World's Strongest Wall

5. World's Strongest Wall

45min

1st Feb 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.

Super Tunnel

6. Super Tunnel

45min

8th Feb 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.

World's Biggest Church

7. World's Biggest Church

45min

15th Feb 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.

World's Toughest Skyscraper

8. World's Toughest Skyscraper

45min

23rd Feb 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.

First air date

4th Jan 2018

Last air date

1st Jul 2020

Status

Returning Series

Type

Documentary

Original language

en

Networks