Build it Bigger

Season 5

Architect Danny Forster gets up close and personal with mega construction. Along the way, Danny explores design and construction of amazing structures. Danny loves what he does, brings some background knowledge, and gets hands on at every site.

8 Episodes

  • Rebuilding New York's Subway
    E1
    Rebuilding New York's SubwayDanny 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.
  • Drought-Proofing Australia
    E2
    Drought-Proofing AustraliaAfter 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
  • Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation
    E3
    Azerbaijan's Amazing TransformationAfter 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.
  • London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium
    E4
    London's Olympic Aquatic StadiumThe 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.
  • Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge
    E5
    Constructing Serbia's Largest BridgeDanny 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.
  • Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City
    E6
    Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating CityThe 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.
  • Building Mumbai's Modern Airport
    E7
    Building Mumbai's Modern AirportThe $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.
  • Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam
    E8
    Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower DamCrews 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.

 

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