Mega Builders
(2005)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 6
Ice Hotel Bigger Colder
Episode 6 - 2-19-2012
45m
Inside a famous Swedish hotel which is constructed from 10,000 tonnes of ice and 30,000 tonnes of snow, and boasts a frozen bar and cinema screen.
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Quake-Proof Bridge
Episode 5 - 2-12-2012
45m
Six years after piles were pounded into the muddy bottom of San Francisco Bay the new Bay Bridge is about to be topped off.
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Tunneling Through History
Episode 4 - 2-05-2012
45m
Mega Builders return to Istanbul to update the Marmaray rapid-transit project, which continues to have delays.
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Race to the Games
Episode 3 - 3-29-2012
45m
Crews race against the clock to finish an important venue and signature landmark for the 2012 London Olympics.
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Extreme Surf Machine
Episode 2 - 3-22-2012
45m
Returning to Tenerife to check on the world's best water park which now seems destined to remain dry after numerous problems.
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Tunnel Vision
Episode 1 - 3-15-2012
45m
Return to the 57-kilometer long high-speed rail tunnel in Switzerland's Gotthard Mountain range to see what it will take to finish the project by 2017.
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Season 5
Episode 8
12-23-2010
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The Fast Track
Episode 7 - 9-16-2010
The construction of Johannesburg's new rail system presents a difficult set of problems, most particularly dangerous sinkholes across its route.
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Big Bosphorus Dig
Episode 6 - 9-09-2010
The excavation for Istanbul's subway system has hit a snag in the shape of the city's 4th century port, one of the world's most significant archaeological finds.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
London Olympic Aquatics Centre
Episode 5 - 9-02-2010
45m
The London 2012 Aquatic Centre is an engineering marvel shaped like a giant metallic wave, designed by world famous architect Zaha Hadid
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Spanning the Saigon River
Episode 4 - 8-26-2010
45m
Featuring the Phu My Bridge in Vietnam. A crack engineering team are set on delivering the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from its awful gridlock, but will it finish on time?
7/10Haven't Seen
Peak Power
Episode 3 - 8-19-2010
A $600 million hydroelectric project in remote British Columbia in Canada presents a host of unique problems. Follow its difficult construction.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
World Class Stadium
Episode 2 - 8-12-2010
45m
Follow the construction of the Green Point stadium in Cape Town, scheduled to be ready for the FIFA World Cup 2010.
6.8/10Haven't Seen
Sheikh Zayed Bridge
Episode 1 - 8-05-2010
See the engineering behind this amazing bridge, under construction in Abu Dhabi. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it resembles a giant sculptural snake.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Season 4
Venice Code Red
Episode 7 - 11-24-2009
45m
A plan to install 78 massive gates across the three inlets into Venice's lagoon may be the city's only saviour. See the mammoth project take shape.
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The Big Rig
Episode 6 - 11-17-2009
45m
In Norway, engineers aren't satisfied with building the world's largest oil rig; so they're constructing two. Watch this incredible engineering feat unfold.
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Blockbuster Bridge
Episode 5 - 11-10-2009
45m
Seoul needs a direct link to its island airport. This involves building one of the most ambitious bridges in the world, spanning almost 13km of water.
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Glitz City
Episode 4 - 11-03-2009
45m
MGM builds a 31-hectare mini city in Las Vegas, the largest privately-finances project in North America.
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Floating Bridge
Episode 3 - 2-05-2009
45m
Can engineers make 6,000-ton concrete pontoons float? That's the only way to construct this astonishing bridge in Canada, but can they pull it off?
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King of Container Ships
Episode 2 - 1-15-2009
45m
The world's biggest cargo ship, being built in Denmark, has only 45 days to be completed. Will the crew make it in time?
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Hard Rock Park
Episode 1 - 1-08-2009
45m
The Hard Rock Café is financing a $400m rock and roll theme park in South Carolina, the first in the world. What began as a whim soon turns into a very expensive reality.
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Season 3
Artic Ice Crusher
Episode 7
44m
In South Korea, shipbuilders have just ten weeks to assemble the hull of the first oil tanker-icebreaker, with its two innovative $10 million propeller units.
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Ice Hotel
Episode 6 - 3-24-2008
44m
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Mighty Shovel
Episode 5 - 3-17-2008
44m
With gold prices sky high, Barrick Gold Corp orders the worlds biggest gold mining shovel for its pit mine in Nevada. The pressure is on as the deadline
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Stolen Power
Episode 4 - 3-10-2008
44m
Off the coast of Holland, amidst turbulent winds and stormy seas, workers construct huge wind turbines. However, the high winds and an unstable ship put the workers in danger.
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World's Biggest Wave Machine
Episode 3 - 3-03-2008
44m
Focusing on the world's largest water park, built in Tenerife, with the tallest artificial wave and biggest artificial beach.
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The Big Lift
Episode 2 - 2-25-2008
Discover the amazing story behind the construction of Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge, one of the world's largest cable-stayed bridge.
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Raising the Roof
Episode 1 - 1-18-2008
44m
With the spectator capacity of 60,000, the new Rio stadium is smaller than some of Brazil's mega stadiums, but its design is unique, clever and state of the art.
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Season 2
Extreme Elevation
Episode 7 - 1-14-2007
As the awesome mega-project goes under the hammer, a look at how the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates is set to become the tallest building on Earth.
6.6/10Haven't Seen
Crossing the Colorado
Episode 6 - 11-05-2007
46m
In a rugged canyon, down river from the Hoover Dam, a team of construction veterans is building the biggest concrete-arch bridge on the continent.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Bangkok Bridge
Episode 5 - 1-28-2007
A look at the complex construction of the new 13km double span bridge in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Sinking Wings
Episode 4 - 1-26-2007
For 15 years, Canadian diving enthusiasts have been trying to turn the coastal waters off southern British Columbia into the wreck-diving capital.
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Madrids Big Dig
Episode 3 - 10-29-2006
46m
Under a sweltering sun in the heart of Madrid, Spanish construction workers are working non-stop on the largest highway project in the world.
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Roller Coaster
Episode 2 - 2-11-2007
Following the construction of the longest, fastest and tallest roller coaster, the Tatsu, located at the Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.
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Moving Mountains
Episode 1 - 1-14-2007
A rescue tunnel is needed to free one of the world's largest machines stuck in the world's longest tunnel in the Swiss Alps.
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Top 5 Highest Rated Episodes 7.7/10 7.6/10 7.2/10 7.2/10 7/10
Sheikh Zayed Bridge
Episode 1 - 8-05-2010
See the engineering behind this amazing bridge, under construction in Abu Dhabi. Designed by Zaha Hadid, it resembles a giant sculptural snake.
7.7/10Haven't Seen
Big Bosphorus Dig
Episode 6 - 9-09-2010
The excavation for Istanbul's subway system has hit a snag in the shape of the city's 4th century port, one of the world's most significant archaeological finds.
7.6/10Haven't Seen
Crossing the Colorado
Episode 6 - 11-05-2007
46m
In a rugged canyon, down river from the Hoover Dam, a team of construction veterans is building the biggest concrete-arch bridge on the continent.
7.2/10Haven't Seen
London Olympic Aquatics Centre
Episode 5 - 9-02-2010
45m
The London 2012 Aquatic Centre is an engineering marvel shaped like a giant metallic wave, designed by world famous architect Zaha Hadid
7.2/10Haven't Seen
Spanning the Saigon River
Episode 4 - 8-26-2010
45m
Featuring the Phu My Bridge in Vietnam. A crack engineering team are set on delivering the city of Ho Chi Minh in Vietnam from its awful gridlock, but will it finish on time?
7/10Haven't Seen
