Extreme Engineering

*Extreme Engineering*
Extreme Engineering
Also known as	Build It Bigger; Kings of Construction
Genre	Documentary / Engineering / Architecture / Science
Directed by	Peter Frumkin; Olympia Stone
Presented by	Danny Forster
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	9
No. of episodes	77 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	42 minutes
Original release
Network	HD Theater; Science Channel; Discovery Channel
Release	April 13, 2003 –; July 9, 2011
Related
	Engineering the Impossible (2002);

Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program featured future and ongoing engineering projects. After ending of season 3 it airs under the Build It Bigger name. The series last season aired in July 2011. Danny Forster first hosted the series in season 4 and has been the host since season 6.^[1]

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Season	Episodes	Originally released
Season	Episodes	First released	Last released
Pilot	1	TBA	TBA
1	10	April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13)	June 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)
2	9	July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)	November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)
3	6	October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)	January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21)
4	6	February 19, 2006 (2006-02-19)	July 12, 2006 (2006-07-12)
5	6	October 11, 2006 (2006-10-11)	November 15, 2006 (2006-11-15)
6	14	July 10, 2007 (2007-07-10)	October 17, 2007 (2007-10-17)
7	8	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)	June 26, 2009 (2009-06-26)
8	10	April 8, 2010 (2010-04-08)	July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)
9	8	April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)	July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09)

Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
"Engineering the Impossible"	Europe/Africa United States China	Gibraltar Bridge Freedom Ship Millennium Tower (originally planned for Tokyo, but shown in Hong Kong)	Proposed	TBA
Activity since original air date: Millennium Tower on-hold/cancelled due to Central Reclamation Phase III lawsuit

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
1	1	"Tokyo's Sky City"	Japan	Tokyo's Sky City	Proposed	April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13)
Activity since original air date: Proposed
2	2	"Subways In America"	United States	East Side Access	Proposed	April 15, 2003 (2003-04-15)
Activity since original air date: Completed in 2023
3	3	"Transatlantic Tunnel"	United States United Kingdom	The Transatlantic tunnel	Proposed	April 16, 2003 (2003-04-16)
Activity since original air date: Proposed
4	4	"City in a Pyramid"	Japan	The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid over Tokyo Bay	Proposed	April 23, 2003 (2003-04-23)
Activity since original air date: Proposed
5	5	"Bridging the Bering Strait"	United States Russia	The Bering Strait crossing	Proposed	April 30, 2003 (2003-04-30)
Activity since original air date: Proposed
6	6	"Tunneling Under the Alps"	Switzerland	Gotthard Base Tunnel	Under construction	May 7, 2003 (2003-05-07)
Activity since original air date: Completed
7	7	"Building Hong Kong's Airport"	Hong Kong	Hong Kong International Airport	Completed	May 14, 2003 (2003-05-14)
Activity since original air date: Completed
8	8	"Holland's Barriers to the Sea"	Netherlands	Maeslantkering and Oosterscheldekering storm surge barriers	Completed	May 21, 2003 (2003-05-21)
Activity since original air date: Completed
9	9	"Boston's Big Dig"	United States	Boston's Big Dig underground highway and bridge project	Under construction	May 28, 2003 (2003-05-28)
Activity since original air date: Completed
10	10	"Widening the Panama Canal"	Panama	Panama Canal expansion project	Completed	June 4, 2003 (2003-06-04)
Activity since original air date: Completed

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
11	1	"Turning Torso"	Sweden	Turning Torso skyscraper	Completed	July 7, 2004 (2004-07-07)
Activity since original air date: Completed
12	2	"Venice Flood Gates"	Italy	Venice Tide Barrier Project (MOSE Project)	Under construction	July 14, 2004 (2004-07-14)
Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion 2022)
13	3	"Container Ships"	Norway	Adrian Mærsk (Maersk Line)	Completed	July 28, 2004 (2004-07-28)
Activity since original air date: Completed
14	4	"Oakland Bay Bridge"	United States	Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge	Under construction	August 4, 2004 (2004-08-04)
Activity since original air date: Completed
15	5	"Iceland Tunnels"	Iceland	Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant	Under construction	September 1, 2004 (2004-09-01)
Activity since original air date: Completed
16	6	"Off-shore Oil Platforms"	N/A	Tarzan Class oil rigs	Under construction	September 25, 2004 (2004-09-25)
Activity since original air date: Completed
17	7	"Cooper River Bridge"	United States	Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina	Under construction	October 5, 2004 (2004-10-05)
Activity since original air date: Completed
18	8	"Millau Viaduct"	France	Millau Viaduct in Southern France	Completed	November 15, 2004 (2004-11-15)
Activity since original air date: Completed
19	9	"Excavators"	United States	Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota	Completed	November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)
Activity since original air date: Completed

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
20	1	"The Snøhvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform"	Norway	Snøhvit platform / MV Blue Marlin in the Norwegian Sea	Completed	October 19, 2005 (2005-10-19)
Activity since original air date: Completed
21	2	"The El Cajon Dam"	Mexico	El Cajon Dam in Mexico	Completed	November 10, 2005 (2005-11-10)
Activity since original air date: Completed
22	3	"Hong Kong's Cable Car"	Hong Kong	Ngong Ping 360	Completed	December 2, 2005 (2005-12-02) (?)
Activity since original air date: Completed
23	4	"Woodrow Wilson Bridge"	United States	Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Washington, D.C.	Under construction	December 9, 2005 (2005-12-09) (?)
Activity since original air date: Completed
24	5	"Gotthard Tunnel"	Switzerland	Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland	Under construction	January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
Activity since original air date: Completed
25	6	"Dubai's Ski Resort"	United Arab Emirates	Ski Dubai	Under construction	January 21, 2006 (2006-01-21)
Activity since original air date: Completed

Extreme Engineering

Origins of the show

Episodes

Series overview

Pilot

Season 1: 2003

Season 2: 2004

Season 3: 2005–06

Season 4: 2006

Season 5: 2006

Season 6: 2007

Season 7: 2009

Season 8: 2010

Season 9: 2011

See also

References

External links

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No. overall	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
60	1	"Singapore Sky Park"	Singapore	Singapore Sky Park	Under construction	April 8, 2010 (2010-04-08)
Singapore Sky Park (now Marina Bay Sands) will hang 650 ft (198 m) in the air on top of three skyscrapers. Activity since original air date: Completed
61	2	"Rio de Janeiro's Power Island Project"	Brazil	Simplício Hydroelectric Complex	Completed	April 15, 2010 (2010-04-15)
Rio de Janeiro has frequent widespread blackouts. So Brazil is building one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world, the Simplício Hydroelectric Complex. Activity since original air date: Completed
62	3	"Kuwait Tower"	Kuwait	Al Hamra Tower	Under Construction	April 29, 2010 (2010-04-29)
Kuwait's Al Hamra Tower is the world's tallest twisting structure. Activity since original air date: Completed
63	4	"New Orleans Surge Barrier"	United States	New Orleans storm surge barrier	Under construction	May 9, 2010 (2010-05-09)
In an attempt to save the city from another disaster, New Orleans is building the world's strongest hurricane protection system, including the largest storm surge barrier ever built and radical hurricane-resistant homes. Activity since original air date: Completed
64	5	"South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine"	South Africa	Mponeng Gold Mine	Under construction	May 13, 2010 (2010-05-13)
Johannesburg, South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine is the deepest place on Earth. Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion N/A)
65	6	"Overhauling the Bay Bridge"	United States	Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge	Under construction	May 20, 2010 (2010-05-20)
Overhauling the San Francisco Bay Bridge is one of the biggest construction projects in the US. Activity since original air date: Completed
66	7	"Melbourne Stadium"	Australia	Melbourne Rectangular Stadium	Under construction	May 27, 2010 (2010-05-27)
Melbourne, Australia is building one of the most innovative stadiums ever built. With its unprecedented geodesic roof and advanced cladding, it will be the ultimate fan experience, and an icon for a city known as the sporting capital of the world. Activity since original air date: Completed
67	8	"Gotthard Base Tunnel"	Switzerland	Gotthard Base Tunnel	Under construction	May 30, 2010 (2010-05-30)
The Swiss government is spending 18 billion dollars to create the Gotthard Base Tunnel – the longest tunnel in the world, getting people and goods through the Alps up to three times faster and ultimately changing European transit forever. Activity since original air date: Completed
68	9	"Abu Dhabi Central Market"	United Arab Emirates	Central Market Project	Under construction	June 17, 2010 (2010-06-17)
Abu Dhabi's $15 billion Central Market will be a new cultural hub for an emerging world destination, complete with offices, parks, luxurious shops, and hotels – and all centered around the world's tallest residential tower, over 1250 feet high. Activity since original air date: Completed
69	10	"Port of Rotterdam"	Netherlands	Port of Rotterdam	Under construction	July 1, 2010 (2010-07-01)
Danny Forster goes behind the scenes at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, where crews are in the middle of the largest earth-moving project in history – all to triple the port's capacity, and help it serve the biggest ships on the planet. Activity since original air date: Completed

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original release date
70	1	"Rebuilding New York City's Subway"	United States	New York City subway expansion	Under construction	April 8, 2011 (2011-04-08)
Examining subway work under New York City, where crews are expanding the transit systems of Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access as part of a large public works project. Activity since original air date: Second Avenue Subway: Completed (Phase 1); East Side Access: Completed 2023
71	2	"Drought-Proofing Australia"	Australia	Wonthaggi desalination plant	Under construction	April 15, 2011 (2011-04-15)
After 13 years of record-breaking droughts Melbourne looks to secure its future with a $3.5 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant that will turn saltwater into freshwater. Danny joins crews as they build two undersea tunnels, 29 buildings and 52 miles of pipeline. Activity since original air date: Completed
72	3	"Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation"	Azerbaijan	Flame Towers and Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre	Under construction	April 22, 2011 (2011-04-22)
After decades of neglect under the Soviet Union, 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 Centre. Activity since original air date: Completed
73	4	"London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium"	United Kingdom	London Aquatics Centre	Completed (Not publicly open until 2014)	April 29, 2011 (2011-04-29)
The London Aquatics Centre will host 44 swimming and diving events during the 2012 Summer 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. Activity since original air date: Completed
74	5	"Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge"	Serbia	Ada Bridge	Under construction	June 18, 2011 (2011-06-18)
Danny Forster joins crews as they construct Serbia's newest national icon. The Sava River Bridge in Belgrade is the world's largest single pylon cable stayed bridge, upgrading a critical freight corridor connecting Central Europe to the East. Activity since original air date: Completed
75	6	"Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City"	Netherlands	Netherlands land expansion	Under construction	June 25, 2011 (2011-06-25)
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, The new city of IJburg is to create real estate where none exists. Activity since original air date: Partially completed
76	7	"Building Mumbai's Modern Airport"	India	Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport	Under construction	July 2, 2011 (2011-07-02)
The $2 billion Mumbai Airport expansion project is one of India's most ambitious undertakings aiming to improve Mumbai's Infrastructure for economic growth. If they succeed to build this breathtaking piece of engineering, it could completely change the way airports are designed. Activity since original air date: Completed
77	8	"Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam"	Turkey	Deriner Dam	Under construction	July 9, 2011 (2011-07-09)
Crews are now carving out Turkey's largest construction site in the country's most challenging terrain by building one of the tallest and strongest dams ever made, the Deriner Dam. Activity since original air date: Completed