All Seasons

Season 1

  • S01E03 Dream Factories

    • February 21, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the resorts and casinos of Las Vegas, NV

  • S01E06 Mining Ice

    • January 21, 2002
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    It's the diamond industry's frozen frontier: Canada's North. Our cameras will visit Ekati, Canada's first diamond mine-the biggest thing ever built north of the Canadian tree line. Diavik Diamond Mines Inc. is spending $1.3 billion to build a mine just 30 kilometres south of Ekati that will have a life of about 20 years. And this northern community stands to join Antwerp and Tel Aviv as one of the world's leading diamond-cutting centres.

  • S01E07 The Wall: Rebuilding of Berlin

    • April 3, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    The rebuilding effort going on in Berlin, Germany

  • S01E08 Against the Sea

    • February 4, 2002
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    The Dutch have been holding back the sea for more than 2000 years. This system of dikes and windmills has evolved into one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World: the North Sea Protection Works. We will find out how engineers created the 30-kilometre-long enclosure dam that collars the Zuidersee, the impressive Delta Project that protects southwest Holland and the Eastern Schelde Barrier, made of steel gates slung between massive concrete piers.

  • S01E09 A Giant Out of Water

    • April 24, 2002
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building Hong Kong's new airport, Chek Lap Kok.

  • S01E10 Cities at Sea

    • March 4, 2002
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Forget the Love Boat. The cruise ships of the 21st century are floating palaces that are destinations in themselves. Take the Voyager of the Seas-the world's largest cruise ship at three times the weight of the Titanic and has her own ice rink, rock-climbing wall and plush six-storey theatre. We'll see how these holiday homes are planned and constructed.

  • S01E11 Breaking the Waves: Army Corps of Engineers

    • Discovery Channel (CA)
  • S01E12 No Way Out

    • February 28, 2007
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    There’s a construction boom going on in the United States: a prison construction boom. But not just for humans. Chimps are among the strongest and cleverest escape artists in the animal world. New enclosures aim for an escape-proof layout. But perhaps the greatest challenge in the world of secure construction is an invisible one: menaces such as the Ebola virus. Advanced air pressure and filtration systems, interlocking door systems and multiple mechanical systems are under construction to protect workers and the public from the worst incurable diseases inflicting humanity.

  • S01E13 Some Assembly Required

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the International Space Station

Season 2

  • S02E01 Built Long, Built Strong

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building of the Confederation Bridge in Canada.

  • S02E01 Sable Offshore Energy Project

    • February 7, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the Sable Offshore Gas drilling platform.

  • S02E02 Extreme Curves

    • January 22, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Buildings with lots of curves.

  • S02E03 Building for Disasters

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Making buildings stronger, to resist disasters.

  • S02E04 The Oresund Link

    • March 13, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the Oresund Link, a road/rail bridge.

  • S02E05 Skymakers

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the Millenium Dome in London.

  • S02E06 The Eurotunnel

    • February 28, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building of the Eurotunnel between France and England.

  • S02E07 The Big Dig

    • February 14, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Working on Boston's Big Dig project, to build new highways underground.

  • S02E08 Race for the Sky

    • March 6, 2000
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the worlds tallest skyscrapers.

  • S02E10 Heavy Traffic

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Heavy trucks and mining equipment.

  • S02E11 Working High

    • January 29, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Very high /Aerial construction techniques.

  • S02E12 Movers, Not Shakers

    • January 8, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Moving heavy buildings.

  • S02E13 Building for Tomorrow

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building for World Fairs.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Top 10 Construction Projects Of The Twentieth Century

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Top 10 Construction Projects Of The Twentieth Century

  • S03E02 Doing the Dirty Work: Robots for Hire

    • February 26, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Using Robots for doing dangerous work.

  • S03E03 Building for Gold

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building Olympic installations around the world.

  • S03E04 T3: Tokyo Teleport Town

    • March 12, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    How they built Tokyo's city of the future.

  • S03E05 Shape of the Future

    • February 5, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Using Tent roof structures.

  • S03E06 Engineering Life

    • April 2, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    A strange structure is taking shape in the rolling green hills of southern England: Engineers are building "Eden" - an enclosed garden the size of thirty football pitches. A sixty metre deep crater is being capped with space-age plastic domes that will be home to thousands of rare plants. The lightweight galvanized steel tubular frames are going up to form enormous self-supporting shells. A computerized production line calculates the length of each of the shell sections and automatically cuts them to exactly the right size. Eden will act as giant laboratory where scientists can study the complex relationships that make this planet work. The Japanese have recreated the ocean with the world's largest dome covered beach. Measuring an incredible three hundred metres in length, this man made ecosystem was designed to reproduce everything from rolling surf to a jungle with live giraffes. The dream of creating a self-sustaining ecosystem has been studied for thirty years by NASA. We'll check in with NASA engineers for the latest glimpse of sustainability on distant planets and space stations.

  • S03E07 Buildings That Kill

    • April 30, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    In July 1981, two suspended walkways within the atrium of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Hotel collapsed, resulting in the death of 114 people. It was the single largest structural disaster in terms of loss of life in U.S. history. To determine the cause of the disaster, officials turned to forensic engineering. Armed with electron microscopes, pachometres, metallurgy laboratories, sophisticated portable field testing equipment and some basic detective skills, forensic engineers are able to determine why a structure collapsed and ascertain the exact state of a structure's health before disaster can occur.

  • S03E08 Engineering an Oasis

    • April 9, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    With predictions that the United Arab Emirates would run out of oil in ten years, the cash-rich Kingdom of Dubai decided to create a vacation city for businessmen and European tourists. The multi-billion dollar project has been carved out of the desert on a 24 square kilometre site on the shores of the Arabian Gulf in Dubai. Digging out the desert and bringing the sea inland was a monumental feat of engineering. This oasis in the desert will take 12 years to complete in one of the harshest desert environments. The world's third largest construction site includes the tallest hotel in the world, housing for 100,000 people and striking architecture that has become a symbol for Dubai. (Also known as Dubai: City of Dreams)

  • S03E09 Dying for a Job

    • Discovery Channel (CA)
  • S03E10 Digging Big

    • Discovery Channel (CA)
  • S03E11 Shattered Image

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Constructing with glass.

  • S03E12 Monuments: Engineering for Beauty and Time

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    From the world’s tallest Bhudda to the sumptuous restoration of the Palace of Versailles. From the spectacular “Endless Column” in Romania to the Painted Desert in Arizona, this episode takes us to the structures that celebrate and commemorate achievements of the human spirit. We’ll see the work, toil and engineering might required to erect structures that are meant both to last and have a lasting meaning.

  • S03E13 Floating Giants

    • Discovery Channel (CA)
  • S03E14 Big Shots

    • February 19, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Often, before something can be constructed, something else must be destroyed. Enter Jim Redyke of Dykon Blasting in Oklahoma. He travels the world to dramatically "shoot" buildings, bridges, towers and even roller coasters. The results of his work often makes the evening news. Few understand the preparation and science behind the dramatic pictures. At the other end of the blasting spectrum, engineers are using explosives to move mountains. The biggest bangs are in Labrador, where the Iron Ore Company of Canada blasts up to a four-million tonnes of rock at a time.. Meanwhile, scientists at Queen's University are experimenting with ways of making explosions safer, cleaner and more efficient. This episode will take us inside the world of crashes, bangs, flashes and fire -- we'll see explosives detonated in test fields, buildings topple and sides of mountains disappear.

  • S03E15 Virtual Engineering

    • February 12, 2001
    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Using computers for Virtual Engineering.

  • S03E16 Heavyweight Champions: The Ups & Downs of Lifting

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Cranes

  • S03E17 Egnatia Odos: Of Gods & Monster Machines

    • Discovery Channel (CA)

    Building the Egnatia Odos highway in Greece.