
Building Giants
TV-PG2018•45m•7.7/10
DocumentaryReality
Ratings
🎬TMDb
7.7/10(3)
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.
Production
Windfall Films
Language
EN
Status
Returning Series
First Aired
January 4, 2018
Last Aired
July 1, 2020
Networks
Science
Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
US
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season

E1
World's Greatest Stadium
Air date: 2018-01-04
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.

E2
Monster Cruise Ship
Air date: 2018-01-11
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.

E3
Super Skyscraper NYC
Air date: 2018-01-18
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.

E4
Arctic Mega Bridge
Air date: 2018-01-25
Engineers race to complete the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle before the brutal winter arrives.

E5
World's Strongest Wall
Air date: 2018-02-01
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.

E6
Super Tunnel
Air date: 2018-02-08
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.

E7
World's Biggest Church
Air date: 2018-02-15
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.
E8
World's Toughest Skyscraper
Air date: 2018-02-23
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.
























