Megastructures

- Season 2

(2005)

Constructed with non government funding, which had to overcome numerous opposition.

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Travel to Canada's Northwest Territories where monster machines are moving mountains of gem-studded earth at the Ekati Diamond Mine. Here, in the brutal sub-Arctic, meet a trio of the world's most hardcore and mega mining machines.

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Look at how one of Dubai's greatest engineering marvel came to be. Examining the Palm Island from it's design to method of construction, facing the problems like the effects from the September 11 fears to corrosion and weather.

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Journey to the Netherlands for an inside look at Rotterdam's Super Port. As Europe's busiest port, its Harbor Control is put to the test by receiving some of the largest and most challenging ships in the world, included the world's largest dry bulk carrier and the second largest container ship that hauls almost 8,500 containers.

Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin.

To be completed by 2007, Maryland's North Branch Correctional Institution will be one of the world's most hi-tech prisons. The design and construction of the facility and some of the improved security features installed are explored this time.

The massive, elegant Airbus A380 promises a revolution in air travel. Look at the intricate and impressive processes involved in the construction of this 73m-long, 80m-wide super-plane.

Latest US submarine 20% cheaper than the Seawolf. 6 years to design and build.

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North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), combined United States and Canada, provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for Northern America. Located at Peterson Air Force Base. Nearby Cheyenne Mountain Complex.

In Berlin, a construction team races to finish Europe's newest and largest train station before the football World Cup. Follow the team as it attempts an engineering feat never before accomplished in construction history.

Looks at the design, planning and construction of the Boston Big Dig, in which a whole new transport network is built beneath the city of Boston, USA.

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Climb aboard the cargo ship OOCL Atlanta as she journeys from Hong Kong to Singapore. How does a minimal crew keep this 1000 ft long vessel afloat in treacherous seas?