Season 8
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Season 8

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Episodes (10)

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Ep 1

Singapore Sky Park

2010-04-08N/A
Singapore's Skypark will hang 650 feet in the air on top of 3 skyscrapers.
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Ep 2

Rio De Janerio's Power Island Project

2001-04-15N/A
Rio de Janeiro has frequent widespread blackouts. So Brazil is building one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world, consisting of two hydroelectric dam's (Anta and Simplício).
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Ep 3

Kuwait Tower

2010-04-29N/A
The world's tallest twisting structure, Kuwait's Al Hamra Tower, is looked at.
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Ep 4

New Orleans Surge Barrier

2010-05-09N/A
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.
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Ep 5

South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine

2010-05-13N/A
Travel to the deepest place on Earth, Johannesburg, South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine.
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Ep 6

Overhauling the Bay Bridge

2010-05-20N/A
Overhauling the San Francisco Bay Bridge is the biggest construction projects in the US.
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Ep 7

Melbourne Stadium

2010-05-27N/A
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.
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Ep 8

Gotthard Base Tunnel

2010-05-3060m
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 3 times faster and ultimately changing European transit forever.
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Ep 9

Abu Dhabi Central Market

2010-06-17N/A
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.
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Ep 10

Port of Rotterdam

2010-07-01N/A
Danny Forster goes behind the scenes at the Port of Rotterdam, 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.