Extreme Engineering Season 1 Episodes

10 Episodes 2003 - 2003

EXTREME ENGINEERING explores the most ambitious and spectacular architectural projects of our time. Some are purely theoretical, while others are in motion; however all are incredibly feats of human ingeniuity, looking to the future and building legacies that will endure forever.

Episode 1

Tokyo's Sky City

Sun, Apr 13, 2003 60 mins

Examining plans for a building that would be a mile high and incorporate 24 steel, concrete and glass "plateaus," each 40 stories high and stacked on top of each other.

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Episode 2

Subways in America

Tue, Apr 15, 2003 60 mins

Examining the transit system of New York City.

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Episode 3

Transatlantic Tunnel

Wed, Apr 16, 2003 45 mins

Examining the potential of intercontinental rail travel that would incorporate floating tunnels with 300mph magnetically levitated trains travelling between Newfoundland and Scotland.

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Episode 4

City in a Pyramid

Wed, Apr 23, 2003 60 mins

Examining plans for a pyramid-shaped city one and a quarter miles high, covering 10 square miles and containing dozens of 100-story skyscrapers.

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Episode 5

Bridging the Bering Strait

Wed, Apr 30, 2003 45 mins

Examining plans to build a bridge across the Bering Strait that would link Asia and North America. Included: special reinforcements to allow the bridge to withstand the Arctic weather.

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Episode 6

Tunneling Under the Alps

Wed, May 7, 2003 60 mins

Detailing a 56-mile tunnel through the Swiss Alps, and the technology required to penetrate the mountains safely.

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Episode 7

Building Hong Kong's Airport

Wed, May 14, 2003 45 mins

Examining construction of Hong Kong's massive Chek Lap Kok airport, where the main terminal is 3/4 of a mile long. Also: a giant seawall around the airport to deflect storm surges caused by typhoons.

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Episode 8

Holland's Barriers to the Sea

Wed, May 21, 2003 60 mins

Examining the Delta Works and Measlandkering in Holland, computer-controlled sea barriers, floodgates and dams designed to protect against sea surges and hurricanes.

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Episode 9

Boston's Big Dig

Wed, May 28, 2003 60 mins

Examining the Massachusetts Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project, an $11.6-billion undertaking designed to replace Boston's highways with roadways that run underground and beneath the waterways. Included: new construction technologies.

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Episode 10

Widening the Panama Canal

Wed, Jun 4, 2003 60 mins

Examining plans to modernize the Panama Canal by widening it, removing 105 million cubic feet of earth by blasting and drilling, ultimately allowing two ships to pass side-by-side.

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