Mike Slee
Director
MegaStructures (2004)
Season 5
MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia. Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products. Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use within the construction industry. MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first. This type of project is known as a Megaproject.
Released Jan. 1, 2004
Episode 59 min
2+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: imdb.real-life, imdb.reenactment
Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Tubi TV, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV + 4 more, Magellan TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Xive TV Documentaries Amazon Channel
Production Companies: National Geographic
Network: National Geographic
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Hungarian,
French
S5E31 - Grand Canyon Skywalk
None
Feb. 28, 2009, midnight
S5E32 - Ultimate Skyscraper
None
Jan. 9, 2000, midnight
S5E4 - Shanghai Super Tower
The design and construction of the Shanghai World Financial Centre which, at 101 floors high, will be China's tallest structure.
May 20, 2008, midnight
S5E1 - Beijing Water Cube
None
May 13, 2008, midnight
S5E3 - 747 Destruction
None
May 16, 2008, midnight
S5E6 - Sinking an Aircraft Carrier
Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".
May 29, 2008, midnight
S5E9 - Icelandic Super Dam
This episode looks at the Karahnjukar Hydroelectric Project in Iceland - an audacious engineering feat that includes the building of Europe's highest dam, the drilling of 30-mile-long tunnels and the construction of a gigantic underground power plant.
June 18, 2008, midnight
S5E5 - China's Ultimate Port
None
May 27, 2008, midnight
S5E7 - The World's Biggest Cruise Liner
The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.
June 4, 2008, midnight
S5E2 - Bridge Breakdown
A historic bridge is being taken down and recycled, but the demolition team faces challenges while doing it.
May 15, 2008, midnight
S5E12 - Deep Earth Drillers
Mega Green Tech is in search of geothermal power.
Dec. 20, 2008, midnight
S5E8 - World's Biggest Casino
None
June 17, 2008, midnight
S5E14 - World Trade Center Bahrain
None
S5E15 - Atom Smasher
The Large Hadron Collider is a titan of science. Built on an unsurpassed scale, scientists aim to capture the smallest particles in the universe.
Jan. 8, 2008, midnight
S5E21 - South Pole Station
None
Jan. 9, 2008, midnight
S5E22 - The World's Biggest Cruiseliner
Looks at the technological designs and construction of the huge cruiseliner "Freedom of the Seas".
June 4, 2008, midnight
S5E10 - Beijing Olympic Stadium
None
Aug. 5, 2008, midnight
S5E24 - Impossible Build
The renovated California Academy of Sciences - the world's largest green public building - emerges from the landscape of Golden Gate Park. Viewed from the air, the undulating living roof resembles a piece of the park flying as if by magic.
Sept. 3, 2008, midnight
S5E25 - World Trade Center Bahrain
None
Jan. 3, 2009, midnight
National Geographic
59 min/ep
9439 min
Jan. 1, 2004
May 24, 2012, midnight
Ended
TV-G / 2+
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