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Build It Bigger

2006 · TV Series · 47 min · ★ 7.6

Documentary

Architect Danny Forster takes you inside some of the most head-scratching builds in the world. Join Danny as he meets the men and women tackling the unique challenges of constructing the tallest buildings, the most effective military tanks, the largest luxury cruise ships, and the most extreme thrill rides. How do you build a 3,113-foot-long wooden roller coaster in winter temperatures of minus 40 degrees? Or get your workers safely to and from a worksite on a skyscraper that's 1,614 feet above street level? Or dig a water tunnel - along the San Adreas Fault and 1,000 feet below the earth's surface - without it collapsing on itself ... or flooding? Our intrepid host answers these puzzles and more. Don't miss the big stories behind these even bigger engineering marvels.

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Details
Years
2006
Release date
2006-02-19
Language
English
Runtime
47 min
TMDB rating
7.6/10 (5 votes)

Cast & crew

Episodes5 seasons · 46 episodes

Season 16 episodes
  • S1E1Superstadium47m
  • S1E2Megatunnel47m
  • S1E3Biggest Warship47m
  • S1E4Sakhalin Oil and Ice47m
  • S1E5Big Easy Rebuild47m
  • S1E6Space Tower47m
Season 214 episodes
  • S2E1Coaster Build Off47m
  • S2E2Battle Machines47m
  • S2E3World's Tallest Skyscraper47m
  • S2E4Super Fast Warship47m
  • S2E5Boot Camp47m
  • S2E6Fault Zone Tunnel47m
  • S2E7Hurricane-Proof Homes47m
  • S2E8Floating City47m
  • S2E9Biggest Casino47m
  • S2E10High-Risk Tower47m
  • S2E11Turbocharged Boats47m
  • S2E12Mountain of Steel47m
  • S2E13Deepest Tunnel47m
  • S2E14Major League Stadium47m
Season 38 episodes
  • S3E1Dallas Cowboys Stadium47m
  • S3E2City Center Las Vegas47m
  • S3E3Hong Kong Bridge47m
  • S3E4Navy Amphibious Warship47m
  • S3E5Panama Canal47m
  • S3E6Peru Dam & Tunnel47m
  • S3E7Abu Dhabi47m
  • S3E8NASA47m
Season 410 episodes
  • S4E1Singapore Sky Park47m
  • S4E2Rio De Janeiro's Power Island Project47m
  • S4E3Building a Better New Orleans47m
  • S4E4Kuwait Tower47m
  • S4E5South African Gold Mine47m
  • S4E6Melbourne Stadium47m
  • S4E7Overhauling The Bay Bridge47m
  • S4E8Gotthard Base Tunnel47m
  • S4E9Abu Dhabi Central Market47m
  • S4E10Port of Rotterdam47m
Season 58 episodes
  • S5E1Rebuilding New York's Subway47m
  • S5E2Drought-Proofing Australia47m
  • S5E3Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation47m
  • S5E4London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium47m
  • S5E5Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge47m
  • S5E6Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City47m
  • S5E7Building Mumbai's Modern Airport47m
  • S5E8Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam47m