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MegaStructures (2004)

7.5 9 seasons 159 episodes Ended
Documentary

MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia. Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products. Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use within the construction industry. MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first. This type of project is known as a Megaproject.

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Seasons & episodes

E1
Super RigsJan 8, 2011 · 1h 0m

As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as…

E2
Super CoptersJan 19, 2011 · 1h 0m

Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials st…

E3
The Leaning Tower of Abu DhabiJan 28, 2011 · 1h 0m

The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westwar…

E4
Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)Feb 17, 2011 · 1h 0m

South Korea never constructed a submerged tunnel, but now tackles the challenge of building one of the deepest immersed highways on Earth.…

E5
Korean Superlink (Deep Sea Highway)Feb 17, 2011 · 1h 0m

"I love what I do. I get to tear stuff up." Every day around the world, thousands of planes, trains, and automobiles get cut down to size f…

E6
Spaceport AmericaAug 29, 2011 · 1h 0m

The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park.…

E7
Heavy Metal ShreddingMar 24, 2011 · 1h 0m

Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into…

E8
EcoarkMar 27, 2011 · 1h 0m

Plans to erect a spaceport in the middle of a desert.

E9
Hoover Dam Bypass BridgeOct 10, 2011 · 1h 0m

To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

E10
Sinking a DestroyerNov 25, 2011 · 1h 0m

How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air F…

E17
Mega Breakdown: Train OverhaulApr 13, 2011 · 1h 0m

Locomotives don't last forever. Eventually they go to a scrap yard to die. Their parts are cut up, melted down and ultimately reformed into…

E20
Super RigsJan 8, 2011 · 1h 0m

As the World's insatiable need for oil and gas grows, companies are going deeper, into more hostile environments than ever before. Watch as…

E21
Super CoptersJan 19, 2011 · 1h 0m

Incredible technology is making these 'super copters' much more impervious to attack, with Kevlar and other advanced composite materials st…

E23
The Leaning Tower of Abu DhabiJan 28, 2011 · 1h 0m

The Capital Gate building will create an iconic and avant-garde entrance to the city of Abu Dhabi. Leaning at a whopping 18 degrees westwar…

E32
Hoover Dam Bypass BridgeOct 10, 2011 · 1h 0m

To save one of the most iconic engineering wonders of all time requires the creation of another masterpiece: the Hoover Dam Bypass Bridge.

E35
Sinking a DestroyerNov 25, 2011 · 1h 0m

How much military power does it take to sink a top naval warship? Experience the mission at the hands of the US and Canadian Navy and Air F…

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