Ultimate Structures: Super Copter

S04 E01 • Thursday, May 17, 2007 • May 17 • 1h

Dubai's Dream Palace (Worlds Tallest Hotel)

S04 E02 • Monday, Jul 9, 2007 • Jul 9 • 1h

Megastructures heads to the tiny desert kingdom of Dubai to explore the remarkable engineering behind the seven-star Burj Al-Arab Hotel. Five years in the making, this striking building stands like a gigantic white sail off the shore of Dubai. As this programme reveals, a refusal to compromise on the part of the hotel’s young designers ensured that the project pushed the boundaries of design. The Burj Al-Arab was envisaged by Dubai’s crown prince, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, as a means of diversifying the country’s economy away from oil into tourism. The Sheikh dreamt of a luxury hotel that would put Dubai on the world map, and surprised many by choosing a relatively inexperienced British firm to supply the design.

Smart Tunnel

S04 E03 • Saturday, Jul 14, 2007 • Jul 14 • 1h

Queen Mary 2

S04 E04 • Monday, Jul 16, 2007 • Jul 16 • 1h

Megastructures will take you on a voyage through the largest ocean liner ever built, from the cutting of the first steel panel to the installation of the iconic red and black funnel of this 800 million dollar giant of the seas.

Hawaii Superferry

S04 E05 • Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008 • Aug 26 • 1h

South Pole Station

S04 E06 • Tuesday, Nov 6, 2007 • Nov 6 • 1h

Welcome to the South Pole, one of the most isolated places on the planet. For decades, the South Pole has been a haven for astronomy, climatology, and other science fields. Now, nearly 50 years after the first research station was built, a team of mega-builders is daring to construct a 21st century science research facility: the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Episode 8

S04 E08 • Tuesday, May 20, 2008 • May 20 • 1h

Deep Ocean Port (China's Ultimate Port)

S04 E09 • Tuesday, May 27, 2008 • May 27 • 1h

In 2002 Chinese engineers and workers tackled one of the biggest construction projects on earth. Thirty kilometers out to sea in the middle of the ocean is the location for Yangshan Deep Water Port. With twenty kilometers of quay and fifty berths Yangshan is destined to become the biggest deepwater port ever built. Linked to China by the worlds second-longest ocean bridge Yangshans deep water allows the worlds biggest container ships to come calling. Its massive cranes cutting-edge control system and focused personnel are already shattering records for loading and unloading gigantic container ships and its not even finished being built.

Episode 10

S04 E10 • Thursday, May 29, 2008 • May 29 • 1h

The World's Biggest Cruiseliner

S04 E11 • Wednesday, Jun 4, 2008 • Jun 4 • 1h

Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".

Beijing Olympic Stadium

S04 E12 • Tuesday, Aug 5, 2008 • Aug 5 • 1h

Episode 13

S04 E13 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Episode 14

S04 E14 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Future Trains

S04 E15 • Tuesday, Feb 7, 2012 • Feb 7 • 1h

Building the World

S04 E16 • Monday, Jul 23, 2007 • Jul 23 • 1h

The engineering, design and construction of a man-made archipelago, built in the shape of a world map, just off the coast off Dubai, the project of ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

Episode 17

S04 E17 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Building Green Beijing

S04 E18 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Embarking on a quest to design and build a meeting place for athletes and their families at the Games, the designers of the Olympic Rendezvous must come up with a design that genuinely reflects green ideas and complements the green themed games.

Atom Smasher

S04 E19 • Thursday, Jul 31, 2008 • Jul 31 • 1h

Megabridges: China

S04 E20 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Lupu Bridge in Shanghai, Runyang Bridge in Jiangsu Province, and Sutong Bridge near Suzhou.

Ultimate Structures: Super Sub

S04 E21 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Sun Engine

S04 E22 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Super Pipeline

S04 E23 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Hawaii Superferry

S04 E24 • Sunday, Aug 26, 2007 • Aug 26 • 1h

Extreme Alaska

S04 E25 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Building Extreme Alaska is about how nature engineered and built America's most rugged state, rock by rock. The State of Alaska is a vast and powerful natural structure forged over millions of years and boasts some of the world's most extreme environments. Alaska is raw and radical - natural engineering - taken to its limit. The construction zone of mountains, volcanoes, glaciers and earthquakes still keep Alaska humming. Building Extreme Alaska leads you through the working parts of this natural mechanical engineering machine.

World Trade Center Bahrain

S04 E26 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

The World's Biggest Shredder

S04 E27 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Impossible Hotels: Dubai

S04 E28 • Unknown • Unknown • 1h

Unreleased

Looks at the design, engineering and construction of the luxury Burj Al-Arab Hotel, built of the coast of Dubai.

Building Green Beijing

S04 E31 • Wednesday, Nov 30, 2011 • Nov 30 • 1h

Episode 107

S04 E107 • Friday, May 16, 2008 • May 16 • 1h