Building Giants 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. The premiere episode charts the creation of the new 71,000 seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The 1.4-billion-dollar stadium is being hailed as an architectural wonder because of its eight-petal retractable roof. Other episodes include a look at a massive new cruise ship that can hold more than 7,000 passengers and crew members; a new flood barrier in Venice designed to prevent the precarious ancient city from sinking into the ocean; an ambitious circular subway system that will run directly underneath the historic city center of Copenhagen; and the world's longest suspension bridge ever built in the Arctic Circle.
In Atlanta, Georgia, Mercedes-Benz Stadium is the world's most advanced stadium and features the most complex retractable roof ever built. The new home of the Atlanta Falcons will hold 75,000 fans and use the world's biggest scoreboard, a 360-degree, 62,000-square-foot video screen called a halo board. The construction crew races to finish the $1.5 billion stadium for the 2017 NFL season, facing deadly winds and unique engineering challenges.
Expert engineers try to build one of the largest and most advanced cruise ships in the world, the MSC Meraviglia. This goliath ship will carry over 5,000 passengers and pushes the boundaries of ship design and construction.
Engineers build a cutting-edge skyscraper in a busy area of New York City adjacent to the Museum of Modern Art. Known as 53W53 (or 53 West 53rd Street), 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.
Engineers race to complete the longest suspension bridge in the Arctic Circle before the brutal winter arrives. The E6 Halogaland Bridge Project involves the construction of the 1,533m-long (5,030 feet) bridge over Rombaksfjord in Narvik, Norway.
In Venice, Italy, a new 330-ton storm wall, part of the MOSE Project, is one of the strongest in the world, and it was built to protect the historic city from disastrous flooding.
Engineers are building a ground-breaking new railway line in Copenhagen, Denmark, that features 22 miles of tunnels, 17 brand-new stations, and cutting-edge driverless trains.
In Barcelona, Spain, the Sagrada Familia has taken more than 140 years to build; today, engineers are nearing completion of the world's tallest church (565 feet), designed by maverick architect Antoni Gaudi.
Engineers brave the extreme cold and endless nights in the Arctic Circle of northern Sweden to build one of the largest ice hotels in the world, and using cutting-edge tech, they'll move 15,000 tons of snow and ice to construct this modern marvel in just six weeks.
When an elite team of engineers race to build a record-breaking roller coaster in just sixteen months, they use brand-new technology and the latest construction methods to turn 1,500 tons of steel into the fastest and tallest dive roller coaster in the world. This is the Yukon Striker at Canada's Wonderland near Toronto, Canada.
In Chicago, engineers race against the clock to build the supertall Vista Tower, a skyscraper that will be one of the most luxurious towers in the world. They must battle fierce Arctic-like winds and extreme heights to add this new centerpiece to the famous skyline.
Expert engineers race against the clock to bridge the River Barrow with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Bridge, the longest in Ireland. They use cutting-edge tech and innovative construction methods in a fight against unpredictable weather and dangerous heights to complete the massive project on time.
Engineers race to build a city made of snow and ice in a record-breaking 15 days in Harbin, northeast China. To accomplish this herculean task, they use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to turn 110,000 tons of ice into an extraordinary supercity and polar wonderland.
An expert team of engineers are using cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build Los Angeles's biggest engineering project ever: a series of brand-new subway lines in durable, earthquake-proof tunnels.
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A team of expert engineers must complete the brand-new Samuel-de-Champlain Bridge in just three months, and using cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods, this innovative megastructure has been build to brave the deadly winter weather of the Great North. It's a twin cable-stayed bridge two miles long over the Saint Lawrence River in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Las Vegas High Roller is the world's tallest Ferris Wheel, and expert engineers use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build this 550-foot marvel, one of the great wonders of Nevada's Sin City.
One of the world's fastest trains, the Italo AGV, races between Milan and Rome at nearly 200 miles per hour, and expert engineers use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build and operate what is known as the Ferrari of Trains.
As engineers race to build a brand-new train tunnel beneath the Alps, they use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods to build the world's longest underground railroad in some of the most dangerous conditions on earth. The Brenner Base Tunnel will be 34 miles long through the base of the Eastern Alps beneath the Brenner Pass. It will run from near Innsbruck, Austria to Fortezza, Italy.
The Antonov 124 is one of the biggest airplanes in the world, and as its cutting-edge engineering and immense size help it carry impossibly heavy cargo, the plane's crew races the clock to make critical international deliveries on schedule.
New York's Central Park Tower is the second tallest building in the United States and the tallest residential tower in the world. As engineers and builders race to complete this 1,550-foot-tall mega build, they use cutting-edge science and engineering to battle high altitudes and brutal weather.
Expert engineers are racing to build a 2,000-foot-tall skyscraper that will be the third-tallest building in the world. But first, they must use cutting-edge tech and innovative construction to finish this record-breaking megastructure, the Merdeka PNB 118 Tower in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
A team of expert engineers must build the MSC Gülsün, the world's largest container ship, in just 12 months. To do so, they use cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods in a race to complete the massive project on schedule. It's 1300 feet long and can carry 223,756 containers.
An innovative new building seems to defy physics and float in mid-air. To build it, expert engineers use cutting-edge technology and the latest construction methods in a high-stakes race against the clock. The 650-room Nhow Amsterdam RAI Hotel is the largest hotel in the Netherlands.
An expert team of engineers use hi-tech explosions and state-of-the-art drilling rigs to tear through solid granite and build an 11-mile underground tunnel, one of the longest in the world.
The world's best shipbuilders join forces to build a state-of-the-art ship that comes equipped with two submarines, and using cutting-edge engineering, it can brave the Arctic Ocean's worst winters and deadliest seas.
An expert team of engineers uses the latest advances in construction and design to battle deadly earthquakes, intense heat, and punishing deadlines and build Los Angeles' new Sixth Street Bridge, a 3,500-long bridge that's tough enough to brave the world's worst disasters. The design is known as "The Ribbon of Light."
An expert team of engineers uses the latest advances in high-speed technology to build an army of the fastest and most advanced trains in the world, the Siemens Velaro; special access to the construction process reveals these record-setting trains' technological secrets.
Expert engineering and cutting-edge technology come together to build one of the world's wildest roller coasters, and special behind-the-scenes access reveals how new innovations make this high-speed thrill ride possible.
One of the world's largest and most advanced cruise ships must brave some of the roughest seas on earth. Using expert engineering and the latest tech, the crew of the MSC Bellissima relies on cutting-edge innovations to operate this 170,000-ton vessel safely and speedily.