Mega Builders is a documentary television series appearing on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel. Each episode takes a look into the people and the machines involved into the construction of many huge engineering projects.
Discovery Channel Taiwan broadcast a version of the series in 2022 that covered how the residential high-rise building Tao Zhu Yin Yuan was built over 11 years.
Episode list Season 1 EpisodeNameAirdateS01E01 Spanning the Harlem 19/Sep/2005 S01E02 Fantasy Islands 19/Sep/2005S01E03 The Big Collider 24/Nov/2005 S01E04 World's Fastest Wheels 09/Dec/2005
Season 2 EpisodeNameAirdateS02E01 Racing to Power Up 24/Aug/2006 S02E02 Quake-Proofing an Icon 25/Oct/2006S02E03 Roller Coaster 09/Nov/2006 S02E04 Mega Bridge 22/Nov/2006 S02E05 Moving Mountains 29/Nov/2006S02E06 Madrid's Big Dig 10/Jan/2007S02E07 Crossing Colorado 17/Jan/2007 S02E08 Sinking Wings 24/Jan/2007S02E09 Extreme Elevation 31/Jan/2007
Season 3 EpisodeNameAirdateS03E01 Raising The Roof 05/Sep/2007 S03E02 The Big Lift 12/Sep/2007 S03E03 Worlds Biggest Wave Machine 19/Sep/2007 S03E04 Stolen Power 26/Sep/2007 S03E05 Mighty Shovel 03/Oct/2007S03E06 Ice Hotel 10/Oct/2007 S03E07 Arctic Ice Crusher 17/Oct/2007
Season 4 EpisodeNameAirdateS04E01 Big Rig 14/Oct/2009 S04E02 Blockbuster Bridge 21/Oct/2009S04E03 Floating Bridge 28/Oct/2009S04E04 Glitz City 04/Nov/2009S04E05 Hard Rock Park 11/Nov/2009 S04E06 King of the Container Ships 18/Nov/2009 S04E07 Venice Code Red 25/Nov/2009
Season 5 EpisodeNameAirdateS05-E01 Bosphorus Tunnel 28/Oct/2010S05-E02 Illogical Crossing 04/Nov/2010 S05-E03 Peak Power 11/Nov/2010 S05-E04 World Class Stadium 18/Nov/2010S05-E05 Spanning the Saigon River 02/Dec/2010S05-E06 London Aquatics Centre 09/Dec/2010 S05-E07 Gautrain 16/Dec/2010
Reception Noting that the show covers the Bhumibol Bridge, Gotthard Base Tunnel, and North American and Madrid initiatives to reduce traffic congestion, The Daily Telegraphs Kirsty Heysen said, "This great series some of these hugely ambitious undertakings." Brad Newsome of The Age praised the show, writing, "It's not your average construction-telly yawn tonight as we follow the annual building of Sweden's famed ice hotel." The Sunday Mail stated, "Colourful characters and bigger-than Ben Hur projects fill this latest series about the world's largest and most mind-boggling engineering challenges." The Brazilian newspaper wrote that Mega Builders "is quite enlightening about the reasons why Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic city, is currently left without any good-quality stadium in working order".
See also Extreme Engineering Megastructures (TV series) Ultimate Factories
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