Building Giants

Building Giants catch up

2021

1. Record Breaking Skyscrapers

4.0 29 x
In tropical Malaysia an international team of experts and engineers are attempting to build Asia’s tallest skyscraper the Merdeka Tower.

8. Mega Ice Ship

3.0 24 x
In Northern Norway an international team of ship builders and designers are attempting to build the REV Ocean, the largest fully fledged polar expedition vessel in the world.

7. Earthquake Proof Mega Bridge

4.0 19 x
In Los Angeles, 6th Street Bridge has formed the backdrop for hundreds of movies scenes, from Grease to Terminator 2. Now weakened by ‘concrete cancer’, engineers are attempting to build a new bridge.

6. High Speed Train

4.0 26 x
In Germany, a 2200 strong team of designers, mechanics and engineers are racing to build 19 brand new, high speed passenger trains to revolutionise Turkey’s ageing railways.

5. Mega Ice City

3.0 18 x
In north east China, a team of workers have just 15 days to hack 100,000 tonnes of ice out of a nearby river, and turn it into a breath-taking 750,000 square metre city of ice.

4. Mega Stadium

3.0 23 x
In the heart of Los Angeles, a fearless team of engineers and iron workers battle eye-watering heights, blazing heat and flash floods to construct the 2.5 billion-dollar SoFi Stadium.

3. Earthquake Proof Mega Metro

4.0 19 x
The ground beneath LA is at high risk from earthquakes and riddled with pockets of toxic and explosive gas. Despite this, engineers must build 30 kilometres of new subway tunnel and 18 new stations.

2. Underground Mega Road

3.0 18 x
Beneath the rugged islands of Stockholm, engineers and teams of specialists blast through 18-kilometres of solid Scandinavian granite to create one of the world’s longest road tunnels.

8. World's Fastest Dive Rollercoaster

4.0 53 x
From the world's longest tunnels to the world's most advanced skyscraper, Building Giants reveals the extraordinary innovations that help record-breaking superstructures to be built.

7. World's Biggest Cargo Ship

3.0 15 x
From the world's longest tunnels to the world's most advanced skyscraper, Building Giants reveals the extraordinary innovations that help record-breaking superstructures to be built.
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