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Panama’s Coastal Strip

A huge and very nice project under construction to bring Panama City to the 21st century.

At the Peterbilt factory, workers are busy building Model 387 trucks – titans of the road, made to pull vehicles weighing up to 36 tonnes. To produce this aerodynamic marvel, the Peterbilt design team partnered with its engineers to create the ideal full-scale model. However, with more than 20,000 parts per vehicle, turning this truck [...]

Subways in America – Extreme Engineering

How do you overhaul one of the nation’s oldest and most traveled subway systems without shutting down a city for several years? New Yorkers are finding out.

The World’s Highest Railway – Man Made Marvels

The total length of the Qinghai-Tibet (or Qingzang) railway in China is 1956 km. More than 960 km, or over 80% of the Golmud-Lhasa section, is at an altitude of more than 4,000 m. There are 675 bridges, totalling 159.88 km, and over half the length of the railway is laid on permafrost.

Beijing Airport – World’s Biggest Airport

The biggest and most advanced airport terminal ever attempted has to be built in just 4 years, in time for last summer’s olympic games.

Kansai Airport – Megastructures

Kansai International Airport is located on an artificial island in the middle of Osaka Bay, Japan. However, the whole airport is sinking!

Heathrow Terminal 5 – Big, Bigger, Biggest

London Heathrow, the busiest international airport in the world, combines a hundred years of engineering. This video shows how such an amazing airport was built and how it works.

Califonia High Speed Rail

All major cities in California will be linked with state-of-the-art new high-speed trains that will move people and products across the state like never before.

World’s Longest Trucks – Extreme Machines

Road trains and other trucks able to carry buildings. Features a mudular concept from Mammoet.

Building Hong Kong’s Airport – Extreme Engineering

Great video showing how the artificial island that became the airport was built, and also how the airport was connected to the city using huge bridges and tunnels.

Container Ships – Extreme Engineering

Shows how industrial harbours work and what they do at the port of Long Beach, California. Features a new Maersk ship under construction.

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Building the Great Pyramid

The recent robotic explorations of the ‘air-shafts’ in the Great Pyramid have demonstrated that there are still many mysteries surrounding the ancient monument. Ian Shaw discusses the debate around the building of the great structure and investigates the methods used in its construction.

Oresund Bridge – Megastructures

Stretching a staggering 8-kilometres, the Oresund Bridge changed the face of Scandinavia when it opened in 2000, carrying both road and rail traffic from Copenhagen in Denmark to Malmo in Sweden. Follow the progress of the project, focusing on the challenges that the designers, engineers, and construction teams face.

Shanghai World Financial Center – Extreme Engineering

This mixed use skyscraper which consists of office spaces, hotel rooms, conference rooms, observation decks and shops on the ground floors. The hotel component will open with 175 rooms and suites in mid-2008 as the Park Hyatt Shanghai.
On September 14, 2007, it became the tallest structure in China, including Hong Kong, as well as the world’s third [...]

Rio-Antirrio Bridge – Megastructures

The combination of challenges is amazing: strong earthquakes, deep waters, fast currents and weak sea beds. It is the longest cable-stayed suspension bridge in the world, and has the largest bridge foundations.

Building the Burj Dubai – Big, Bigger, Biggest

When completed, the Burj Dubai will be the world’s tallest skyscraper. But how is it possible? What technology wil allow 35,000 people in a single building?

Building Hong Kong’s Airport – Extreme Engineering

Great video showing how the artificial island that became the airport was built, and also how the airport was connected to the city using huge bridges and tunnels.

Stonecutters Bridge – Discovery Channel

World’s longest cable-stayed bridge spans over Hong Kong’s crowded harbour.

Dubai – Impossible City

The best documentary ever made about Dubai and its incredible constructions. All aspects of the new constructions are discussed. From the palm islands, to burj dubai, the floating bridge, Burj Al Arab and the metro construction.
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Engineering Thrills – Discovery Channel

Great documentary from Discovery Channel about roller-coasters and engineering. Features some of the best rollercoasters in the world, Niagara falls and expert advice.

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Panama’s Coastal Strip

Trucks – Megafactories

Subways in America – Extreme Engineering

The World’s Highest Railway – Man Made Marvels

Beijing Airport – World’s Biggest Airport

Kansai Airport – Megastructures

Heathrow Terminal 5 – Big, Bigger, Biggest

Califonia High Speed Rail

World’s Longest Trucks – Extreme Machines

Building Hong Kong’s Airport – Extreme Engineering

Container Ships – Extreme Engineering

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Featured Videos

Building the Great Pyramid

Oresund Bridge – Megastructures

Shanghai World Financial Center – Extreme Engineering

Rio-Antirrio Bridge – Megastructures

Building the Burj Dubai – Big, Bigger, Biggest

Building Hong Kong’s Airport – Extreme Engineering

Stonecutters Bridge – Discovery Channel

Dubai – Impossible City

Engineering Thrills – Discovery Channel