Danny Forster
Self - Host
Build It Bigger (2006)
Season 5
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.
Released Feb. 19, 2006
Episode 47 min
7+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.engineering, imdb.architecture, imdb.construction
Watch Providers: The Roku Channel, Discovery +, Discovery+ Amazon Channel
Production Companies: Powderhouse Productions
Network: Discovery
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S5E1 - Rebuilding New York's Subway
Danny takes us to New York City, where the largest public works project in the country is happening: a $15 billion expansion of the NYC transit system. He heads 150 feet underground to find out what can be done without shutting down the city above.
April 8, 2011, midnight
S5E2 - Drought-Proofing Australia
After 13 years of record-breaking droughts Melbourne looks to secure its future with a $3.5 billion desalination plant that will turn saltwater into freshwater. Danny joins crews as they build two undersea tunnels, 29 buildings and 52 miles of pipeline
April 15, 2011, midnight
S5E3 - Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation
After decades of Soviet occupation, Azerbaijan is reinventing itself. With a $6 billion a year renovation and over 500 new developments, Danny Forster goes behind the scenes of Baku's construction projects: the Flame Towers and Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center.
April 22, 2011, midnight
S5E4 - London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium
The London Aquatics Centre will host 44 swimming & diving events during the 2012 Olympics and live on as a new addition to the London landscape. Danny Forster goes with crews as they construct one of the most advanced swimming facilities ever built.
April 29, 2011, midnight
S5E5 - Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge
Danny Forster joins crews as they construct Serbia's newest national icon. The Sava River Bridge in Belgrade will be the world's largest single pylon cable stayed bridge and improve a critical freight corridor connecting central Europe to the East.
June 18, 2011, midnight
S5E6 - Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City
The Netherlands is running out of land. Nearly 70% of its land, which comprises half its population lies beneath sea level. Rather than fight back the sea, engineers are radically making it an ally, using it to create real estate where none exists.
June 25, 2011, midnight
S5E7 - Building Mumbai's Modern Airport
The $2 billion Mumbai Airport Expansion project is one of India's most ambitious undertakings ever. If they succeed, it could completely change the way airports are designed.
July 2, 2011, midnight
S5E8 - Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam
Crews are now carving out the Turkey's largest construction site in the country's most challenging terrain by building one of the tallest and strongest dams ever made.
July 9, 2011, midnight
Network: Discovery
Episode Runtime: 47 min.
Season Runtime: 2162 min.
Released: Feb. 19, 2006
Last Air Date: July 9, 2011, midnight
Status: Returning Series
Certification: NR
Common sense age: 7+
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