Extreme Engineering

Extreme Engineering is the story of large-scale, 21st century construction projects. Building a new bridge or skyscraper, a tanker or a fighter jet involves ambitious designs, vast amounts on money and fraught tempers. Engineers, builders and architects attempt to deliver on time and to budget as the story and dramatic action arise from the project itself - a dream awaiting realisation.

Imagine driving across a bridge from the North Pole to Siberia; or visiting a city built within a pyramid in Tokyo Bay; or speeding from New York to London in just an hour through a tunnel under the Atlantic Ocean. These are just some of the projects that come to life as builders and engineers design and construct the largest, most outrageous and awe-inspiring projects ever conceived.

Extreme Engineering exposes the challenges of designing and building the largest andmost outrageous and awe-inspiring projects ever conceived. No project is too large or complex. Watch computer animations of amazing structures taking shape, and follow the efforts of engineers and scientists taking on what to most of us would seem impossible.

Extreme Engineering is the story of large-scale, 21st century construction projects. Building a new bridge or skyscraper, a tanker or a fighter jet involves ambitious designs, vast amounts on money and fraught tempers. Engineers, builders and architects attempt to deliver on time and to budget as the story and dramatic action arise from the project itself - a dream awaiting realisation.