They tower over urban landscapes, spread across city blocks and span mountainous regions, each a modern marvel of technological innovation. But how are the world's most remarkable superstructures built? This series showcases key aspects, with footage filmed during construction along with CGI to reveal building processes with astonishing detail. Take, for example, the 71,000 seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. The $1.4 billion stadium is hailed as an architectural wonder because of its eight-petal retractable roof. Other episodes include a look at a cruise ship that holds more than 7,000 passengers and crew members; a flood barrier in Venice designed to prevent the ancient city from sinking into the ocean; an ambitious circular subway system running directly underneath Copenhagen, Denmark; and the world's longest suspension bridge ever built in the Arctic Circle.

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Season 510 of 10 Episodes

They tower over urban landscapes, spread across city blocks and span mountainous regions, each a modern marvel. This series showcases how the world's most remarkable superstructures are built, with construction footage and CGI.
Tackle icy seas and powerful currents in Denmark as crews build a four-kilometre-long megabridge; watch engineers swing 4,000-tonne girders over a shipping lane and install tensioned cables on a span that will connect Scandinavia to mainland Europe.
In Liverpool, England, a 52,000-seat stadium is under construction on a former dock.
In Germany, engineers battle groundwater, tight spaces and complex logistics to build Frankfurt Airport's Terminal Three, a mega hub designed to handle 19 million passengers a year.
The engineers in the Netherlands race to build a state-of-the-art cargo ship designed to supply the remote islands in the South Pacific.
Following the race to build the world's next generation of engineering wonders - structures and machines that are more ambitious and more advanced than anything that has ever been seen.
Following the race to build the world's next generation of engineering wonders - structures and machines that are more ambitious and more advanced than anything that has ever been seen.
In Poland, engineers contend with unstable mountains and methane gas while constructing a new high-speed railway through the Carpathian foothills.
Following the race to build the world's next generation of engineering wonders - structures and machines that are more ambitious and more advanced than anything that has ever been seen.
In Greece, engineers want to build the country's first real skyscraper; they have to take into account earthquakes, unstable ground, and strong winds from the Mediterranean.

Engineers are breaking records as they build Beijing's tallest skyscraper, a 1,500-foot-tall behemoth designed to withstand one of the world's most dangerous earthquake zones.
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Engineers build a cutting-edge skyscraper in a busy area of New York City; this impossibly tall and thin tower must be built with a strange diagonal framework, posing unique challenges for some of the world's best builders.
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Engineers use cutting-edge technology and the latest construction methods to build the world's longest underground railroad.
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In Barcelona, Spain, the Sagrada Família has taken more than 140 years to build; today, engineers are nearing completion of the world's tallest church, designed by maverick architect Antoni Gaudí.
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The most cutting-edge venue in the world, Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Stadium, hosts the greatest athletes in the world, and engineers show how this state-of-the-art arena was designed and constructed.
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Venice faces the threat of flooding if there is a powerful storm in the Adriatic; construction begins on a gigantic storm wall to save the city, but the project goes beyond protection and attempts to repair the damage that has already been done.
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Julian Barratt, Erleen Hatfield, Avrey Martin

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