MegaStructures S00E25 · Dubai Mega Mall

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Hoover Dam is regarded as an engineering masterpiece and an American icon. But what if it did not exist today? How would engineers build it today? In this one-hour program, we ask a team of engineers what they would do the same, and what they would do differently...as we re-invent Hoover Dam.

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1. 1 1. World's Biggest Tent2003-06-06 · 1h 0mWith its vibrant diversity of attractions and facilities and the ground-breaking design that creates maximum visual impact, Singapore's Marina Bay Sands development is bound to bec
2. 2 2. Machines of War: Tanks2006-03-08 · 1h 0mNGC steps into the world of garbage in California's Puente Hills landfill, America's biggest landfill, to uncover the inner-workings at LA's filthiest suburb.
3. 3 3. World Island Wonder · 1h 0mDubai is on a mission: to become to top tourist destination on the planet. This Emirate has almost tripled its coast line, by building a palm-shaped city at sea. Now Dubai plans to
4. 4 4. Super Pipeline · 1h 0mWe look at one of the gas industry’s riskiest projects ever undertaken. By 2008, Britain will be connected to Norway via a 1,200 km super pipeline. It’s composed of over one millio
5. 5 5. Hawaii Super Ferry · 1h 0mA team of workers in Alabama is creating the largest aluminium vessel of its kind for the waves of Hawaii. This 'super ferry' will hold shops, restaurants and 300 cars.
6. 6 6. South Africa Stadiums2003-06-06 · 1h 0mTake an eye-popping look at the greatest structures and machines ever created as we focus on some of the world's modern-day miracles of construction. Go behind the terraces to see
7. 7 7. China's Ultimate Port (Yangshan Deep Ocean Port) · 1h 0mIn 2002, Chinese engineers and workers tackled one of the biggest construction projects on earth, the Yangshan Deep Water Port. Thirty km out to sea, with 20 km of quay and fifty b
8. 8 8. 747 Breakdown · 1h 0mWorld's Largest Casino follows the construction of the world's biggest casino and its second biggest building. It's being sited in Macau, in Southern China, which is being groomed
9. 9 9. 747 Breakdown · 1h 0mFor years, when a jumbo jet reached the end of its 30-year lifespan, it'd end up in a scrap yard, or rotting at the end of a runway. But at the Evergreen Air Center in Marana, Ariz
10. 10 10. Money Factory · 1h 0mOne hundred billion dollars in bullion. Monster money-making machines, impenetrable subterranean vaults. An army of protectors. All supporting the world's most powerful economy. Ex
11. 11 11. China's Ultimate Port (Yangshan Deep Ocean Port) · 1h 0mThe Piacenza bridge, 40 miles south of Milan. This steel and concrete bridge3 has connected the cities of Piacenza and Lodi, spanning a remarkable 3,300 feet across the Po River. B
12. 12 12. World's Biggest Casino · 1h 0mGo inside the construction of China's three ultimate bridges: the Lupu, the world's longest arch bridge; the Runyang, the country's largest suspension bridge; and the Sutong, soon
13. 13 13. Constantinople Rescue · 1h 0mIt is one of the most ambitious construction projects of modern times: building the world’s deepest submarine tunnel beneath one of the busiest shipping lanes on the planet, just 1
14. 14 14. Sun Engine (Man Made Sun) · 1h 0mThe world of Concentrated Solar Power (CSP), an evolving technology to harness the sun's rays on a massive scale to power entire communities.
15. 15 15. Mega Breakdown: Italian Bridge · 1h 0mIn the intense glare of the Texas sun, a team of demolition experts attempt to cut down and recycle the Navy's "first and finest fast attack oiler," the U.S.S. Savannah AOR-4. This
16. 16 16. Impossible Bridges: China · 1h 0mGo inside the construction of China's three ultimate bridges: the Lupu, the world's longest arch bridge; the Runyang, the country's largest suspension bridge; and the Sutong, soon
17. 17 17. Deep Earth Drillers · 1h 0mBehind the scenes of geothermal power complexes in California and Iceland, and a look at how scientists hope to expand its use by digging deeper into the Earth's crust.
18. 18 18. Mega Breakdown: Navy Tanker · 1h 0m
19. 19 19. Smart Tunnel2012-06-03 · 1h 0mNational Geographic Megastructures: Mega Breakdown - Yankee Stadium: Home to the New York Yankees for more than eight decades, host to 37 World Series and a Mecca for baseball fans
20. 20 20. Deep Earth Drillers2008-12-20 · 1h 0mBehind the scenes of geothermal power complexes in California and Iceland, and a look at how scientists hope to expand its use by digging deeper into the Earth's crust.
21. 21 21. Dubai Mega Mall · 1h 0mCentral to Dubai’s reputation as a leisure capital is: the Dubai Mall. With an indoor aquarium, ice rink, roller coaster and 1,200 shops, it must be completed by a nearly impossibl
22. 22 22. Mega Breakdown: Yankee Stadium · 1h 0mFor over 12 years, more than 2500 people have been working at temperatures above 40 degrees centigrade, on a project that’s intended to become a national icon. The construction of
23. 23 23. World's Biggest Shredder2013-01-20 · 1h 0mThis metal-chomping monster takes up the floor space of an entire factory and it can reduce the equivalent of 450 cars an hour to little more than pulp.
24. 24 24. Building Green Beijing · 1h 0mEngineers discuss the construction of the Bahrain World Trade Centre's two 50-storey, sail-shaped skyscrapers and the ambitious plan to power the buildings using wind turbines.
25. 25 25. Dubai Mega Mall · 1h 0mHoover Dam is regarded as an engineering masterpiece and an American icon. But what if it did not exist today? How would engineers build it today? In this one-hour program, we ask
26. 26 26. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque · 1h 0mMegastructures: Deep Sea Drillers follows an attempt to tap some of the most inaccessible natural gas on the planet, in which five high-tech mega vessels will complete a 1,800 squa
27. 27 27. World's Biggest Shredder2013-01-20 · 1h 0mThis metal-chomping monster takes up the floor space of an entire factory and it can reduce the equivalent of 450 cars an hour to little more than pulp.
28. 28 28. Reinventing the Hoover Dam · 1h 0mHoover Dam is regarded as an engineering masterpiece and an American icon. But what if it did not exist today? How would engineers build it today? In this one-hour program, we ask
29. 29 29. Mega Breakdown: Speed · 1h 0mIt's one of the flattest places in North America, a giant expanse of salt so vast you can see the curvature of the earth. Each year thousands of hot-rudders make the pilgrimage to
30. 30 30. Deep Sea Drillers2013-01-20 · 1h 0mThe F-4 Phantom has flown in Air Force squadrons from the United States, Europe and Asia. Its speed, agility, and firepower make it one of the most accurate and lethal fighter jets
31. 31 31. Earthquake Glasshouse · 1h 0mBuilt in the middle of the desert, the new Meydan racecourse will define raceday luxury. But will it be finished in time for the Dubai World Cup?
32. 32 32. Extreme Railway · 1h 0mThis is the story of the battle to build a railway across one of the most extreme environments on Earth. To lay down over a thousand kilometres of track in a remote wilderness. To
33. 33 33. Mega Breakdown: Speed · 1h 0mIt's one of the flattest places in North America, a giant expanse of salt so vast you can see the curvature of the earth. Each year thousands of hot-rudders make the pilgrimage to
34. 34 34. Mega Breakdown: Phantom Jet · 1h 0mThe F-4 Phantom has flown in Air Force squadrons from the United States, Europe and Asia. Its speed, agility, and firepower make it one of the most accurate and lethal fighter jets
35. 35 35. The Leaning Tower of Abu Dhabi2011-01-28 · 1h 0m
36. 36 36. Dubai's 5-Star Racecourse2012-05-10 · 1h 0mBuilt in the middle of the desert, the new Meydan racecourse will define raceday luxury. But will it be finished in time for the Dubai World Cup?
37. 41 41. World Record Cruise Ship2010-11-18 · 1h 0mRoyal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, one of the world's largest cruise ships, which features 16 decks and can accommodate 5400 passengers.