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Extreme Engineering

释义

Origins of the show
Episodes
Series overview Pilot Season 1: 2003 Season 2: 2004 Season 3: 2005–06 Season 4: 2006 Season 5: 2006 Season 6: 2007 Season 7: 2009 Season 8: 2010 Season 9: 2011
See also
References
External links

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}}Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program featured futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. The series' last season aired in July 2011. Danny Forster first hosted the series in season 4 and has been the host since season 6.^[1]

Origins of the show

Engineering the Impossible was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the {{convert|9|mi||adj=mid|-long|spell=in}} Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the over {{convert|4000|ft||adj=mid|-long}} Freedom Ship. This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery's second-highest weeknight rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned Powderhouse to produce the first season of the 10-part series, Extreme Engineering, whose episodes were written by Alan Lindgren, Ed Fields and several other Powderhouse writer-producers. Like Engineering the Impossible, the first season of Extreme Engineering focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world.

Episodes

Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
Season		Episodes	Season premiere	Season finale
	Pilot	1	TBA}}
	1	10	2003\|4\|13}}	2003\|6\|04}}
	2	9	2004\|7\|7}}	2004\|11\|22}}
	3	6	2005\|10\|19}}	2006\|1\|21}}
	4	6	2006\|2\|19}}	2006\|7\|12}}
	5	6	2006\|10\|11}}	2006\|11\|15}}
	6	14	2007\|7\|10}}	2007\|10\|17}}
	7	8	2009\|4\|20}}	2009\|6\|26}}
	8	10	2010\|4\|8}}	2010\|7\|1}}
	9	8	2011\|4\|8}}	2011\|7\|9}}

Pilot

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 0	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Engineering the Impossible	Aux1 = Europe/Africa United States China	Aux2 = Gibraltar Bridge Freedom Ship Millennium Tower (Hong Kong)	Aux3 = Proposed	200?\|mm\|dd}} -->	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Millennium Tower on-hold/cancelled due to Central Reclamation Phase III lawsuit	LineColor = DBE9F4 }}

Season 1: 2003

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 1	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Tokyo's Sky City	Aux1 = Japan	Aux2 = Tokyo's Sky City	Aux3 = Proposed	2003\|4\|13}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Proposed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 2	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Subways In America	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = East Side Access	Aux3 = Proposed	2003\|4\|15}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion 2022)	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 3	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Transatlantic Tunnel	Aux1 = United States United Kingdom	Aux2 = The Transatlantic tunnel	Aux3 = Proposed	2003\|4\|16}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Proposed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 4	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = City in a Pyramid	Aux1 = Japan	Aux2 = The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid over Tokyo Bay	Aux3 = Proposed	2003\|4\|23}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Proposed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 5	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Bridging the Bering Strait	Aux1 = United States Russia	Aux2 = The Bering Strait crossing	Aux3 = Proposed	2003\|4\|30}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Proposed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 6	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Tunneling Under the Alps	Aux1 = Switzerland	Aux2 = Gotthard Base Tunnel	Aux3 = Under construction	2003\|5\|7}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 7	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Building Hong Kong's Airport	Aux1 = Hong Kong	Aux2 = Hong Kong International Airport	Aux3 = Completed	2003\|5\|14}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 8	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Holland's Barriers to the Sea	Aux1 = Netherlands	Aux2 = Maeslantkering and Oosterscheldekering storm surge barriers	Aux3 = Completed	2003\|5\|21}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 9	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = Boston's Big Dig	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Boston's Big Dig underground highway and bridge project	Aux3 = Under construction	2003\|5\|28}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = C28B6C }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 10	EpisodeNumber2 = 10	Title = Widening the Panama Canal	Aux1 = Panama	Aux2 = Panama Canal expansion project	Aux3 = Completed	2003\|6\|4}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = C28B6C }}

Season 2: 2004

Season 2 was the first season produced in HDTV for HD Theater.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 11	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Turning Torso	Aux1 = Sweden	Aux2 = Turning Torso skyscraper	Aux3 = Completed	2004\|7\|7}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 12	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Venice Flood Gates	Aux1 = Italy	Aux2 = Venice Tide Barrier Project (MOSE Project)	Aux3 = Under construction	2004\|7\|14}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion 2018)	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 13	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Container Ships	Aux1 = Norway	Aux2 = Adrian Mærsk (Maersk Line)	Aux3 = Completed	2004\|7\|28}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 14	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Oakland Bay Bridge	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge	Aux3 = Under construction	2004\|8\|4}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 15	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Iceland Tunnels	Aux1 = Iceland	Aux2 = Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Plant	Aux3 = Under construction	2004\|9\|1}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 16	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Off-shore Oil Platforms	Aux1 = N/A	Aux2 = Tarzan Class oil rigs	Aux3 = Under construction	2004\|9\|25}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 17	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Cooper River Bridge	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Cooper River Bridge in Charleston, South Carolina	Aux3 = Under construction	2004\|10\|5}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 18	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Millau Viaduct	Aux1 = France	Aux2 = Millau Viaduct in Southern France	Aux3 = Completed	2004\|11\|15}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 19	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = Excavators	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota	Aux3 = Completed	2004\|11\|22}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 3198FF }}

Season 3: 2005–06

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 20	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = The Snøhvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform	Aux1 = Norway	Blue Marlin}} in the Norwegian Sea	Aux3 = Completed	2005\|10\|19}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 21	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = The El Cajon Dam	Aux1 = Mexico	Aux2 = El Cajon Dam in Mexico	Aux3 = Completed	2005\|11\|10}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 22	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Hong Kong's Cable Car	Aux1 = Hong Kong	Aux2 = Ngong Ping 360	Aux3 = Completed	2005\|12\|2}} (?)	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 23	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Woodrow Wilson Bridge	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Woodrow Wilson Bridge in Washington, D.C.	Aux3 = Under construction	2005\|12\|9}} (?)	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 24	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Gotthard Tunnel	Aux1 = Switzerland	Aux2 = Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|1\|1}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 25	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Dubai's Ski Resort	Aux1 = United Arab Emirates	Aux2 = Ski Dubai	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|1\|21}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = A12D42 }}

Season 4: 2006

Powderhouse Productions produced six episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster. It currently airs under the Build It Bigger name on HD Theater, The Science Channel, and Discovery Channel.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 26	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = SuperStadium	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|2\|19}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 6EA635 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 27	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = MegaTunnel	Aux1 = Malaysia	Aux2 = Storm Management And Road Tunnel (SMART) in Kuala Lumpur	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|3\|8}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 6EA635 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 28	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Biggest Warship	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = USS George H.W. Bush	Aux3 = Completed	2006\|5\|31}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 6EA635 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 29	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Sakhalin Oil & Ice	Aux1 = Russia	Aux2 = Sakhalin-II on Sakhalin Island	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|6\|28}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 6EA635 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 30	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Big Easy Rebuild	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Reconstruction of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|7\|5}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion N/A)	LineColor = 6EA635 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 31	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Space Tower	Aux1 = Spain	Aux2 = Madrid's Torre Espacio	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|7\|12}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 6EA635 }}

Season 5: 2006

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 32	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = South Ferry Subway Station	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = The New York City Subway's new South Ferry station	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|10\|11}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 159DEC }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 33	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = World's Biggest Arch Bridge	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Mike O'Callaghan – Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge (the Hoover Dam Bypass) over the Colorado River	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|10\|18}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 159DEC }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 34	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = JFK: JetBlue Terminal	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Reconstruction of John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 5 in New York City	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|10\|25}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 159DEC }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 35	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong	Aux1 = Hong Kong	Aux2 = Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|11\|1}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 159DEC }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 36	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = California Academy of Sciences	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = The rebuilding of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|11\|8}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 159DEC }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 37	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel: Sweden	Aux1 = Sweden	Aux2 = Hallandsas railway tunnel	Aux3 = Under construction	2006\|11\|15}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed (December 2015)	LineColor = 159DEC }}

Season 6: 2007

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 38	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Coaster Build Off	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Griffon steel rollercoaster in Busch Gardens Williamsburg and the Renegade in Valleyfair	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|7\|10}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 39	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Battle Machines	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = An M1 Abrams tank undergoing maintenance at Anniston Army Depot, Alabama	Aux3 = Completed	2007\|7\|17}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 40	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = World's Tallest Skyscraper	Aux1 = China	Aux2 = Shanghai World Financial Centre in Shanghai, China	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|7\|24}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 41	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Super Fast Warship	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Building an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer for the U.S. Navy	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|8\|7}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 42	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Boot Camp	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Training to use construction equipment in Boston, Massachusetts.	Aux3 = Completed	2007\|8\|14}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 43	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Fault Zone Tunnel	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Inland Feeder pipeline project to supply freshwater to Southern California	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|8\|21}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 44	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Hurricane-Proof Homes	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Building heavy duty modular homes	Aux3 = Completed	2007\|8\|28}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 45	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Floating City	Aux1 = Bahamas	Aux2 = MS Independence of the Seas for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|9\|4}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 46	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = Biggest Casino	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Construction of The Palazzo hotel casino in Las Vegas	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|9\|11}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 47	EpisodeNumber2 = 10	Title = High Risk Tower	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Construction of Trump's Tower in Chicago	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|9\|18}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 48	EpisodeNumber2 = 11	Title = Turbo-Charged Boats	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Rebuilding and practice test of an offshore racing boat	Aux3 = Completed	2007\|9\|25}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 49	EpisodeNumber2 = 12	Title = Mountain of Steel	Aux1 = Spain	Aux2 = City of Culture of Galicia in Galicia	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|10\|3}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed (Final two buildings cancelled.)	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 50	EpisodeNumber2 = 13	Title = Deepest Tunnel	Aux1 = Turkey	Aux2 = Construction of Marmaray underwater tunnel in Istanbul	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|10\|10}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 51	EpisodeNumber2 = 14	Title = Major League Stadium	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Construction of Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington, D.C.	Aux3 = Under construction	2007\|10\|17}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = AE1C23 }}

Season 7: 2009

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 52	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Dallas Cowboys Stadium	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Building the new Cowboys Stadium for American Football in Arlington, Texas, USA	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|4\|20}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 53	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = CityCenter, Las Vegas	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = The CityCenter development in Las Vegas aspires to change the desert vacationland into a continental metropolis	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|4\|21}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 54	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Hong Kong Bridge	Aux1 = Hong Kong	Aux2 = Building the Stonecutters Bridge in Hong Kong.	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|4\|27}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 55	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = Navy Amphibious Warship	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = The LPD17 class of warship for the U.S. Navy.	Aux3 = Completed	2009\|5\|4}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 56	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Panama Canal	Aux1 = Panama	Aux2 = New $5.25 billion expansion projects.	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|5\|11}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 57	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Peru Dam & Tunnel	Aux1 = Peru	Aux2 = Construction of the Limon Dam in Peru and one of the deepest tunnels ever attempted.	Aux3 = Completed and operational	2009\|5\|18}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 58	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Abu Dhabi	Aux1 = United Arab Emirates	Aux2 = Al Raha Beach Development in Abu Dhabi	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|6\|1}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 005E80 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 59	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = NASA	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Transition from the Space Shuttle program to the Constellation program.	Aux3 = Under construction	2009\|6\|26}}	ShortSummary = Activity since original air date: Partially canceled	LineColor = 005E80 }}

Season 8: 2010

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 60	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Singapore Sky Park	Aux1 = Singapore	Aux2 = Singapore Sky Park	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|4\|8}}	650\|ft\|m\|0\|abbr=on}} in the air on top of three skyscrapers. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 61	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Rio de Janeiro's Power Island Project	Aux1 = Brazil	Aux2 = Simplício Hydroelectric Complex	Aux3 = Completed	2010\|4\|15}}	ShortSummary = Rio de Janeiro has frequent widespread blackouts. So Brazil is building one of the largest hydroelectric projects in the world, the Simplício Hydroelectric Complex. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 62	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Kuwait Tower	Aux1 = Kuwait	Aux2 = Al Hamra Tower	Aux3 = Under Construction	2010\|4\|29}}	ShortSummary = Kuwait's Al Hamra Tower is the world's tallest twisting structure. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 63	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = New Orleans Surge Barrier	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = New Orleans storm surge barrier	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|5\|9}}	ShortSummary = 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. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 64	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine	Aux1 = South Africa	Aux2 = Mponeng Gold Mine	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|5\|13}}	ShortSummary = Johannesburg, South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine is the deepest place on Earth. Activity since original air date: Under construction (estimated completion N/A)	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 65	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Overhauling the Bay Bridge	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|5\|20}}	ShortSummary = Overhauling the San Francisco Bay Bridge is one of the biggest construction projects in the US. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 66	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Melbourne Stadium	Aux1 = Australia	Aux2 = Melbourne Rectangular Stadium	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|5\|27}}	ShortSummary = 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. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 67	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Gotthard Base Tunnel	Aux1 = Switzerland	Aux2 = Gotthard Base Tunnel	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|5\|30}}	ShortSummary = 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 three times faster and ultimately changing European transit forever. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 68	EpisodeNumber2 = 9	Title = Abu Dhabi Central Market	Aux1 = United Arab Emirates	Aux2 = Central Market Project	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|6\|17}}	ShortSummary = 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. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 69	EpisodeNumber2 = 10	Title = Port of Rotterdam	Aux1 = Netherlands	Aux2 = Port of Rotterdam	Aux3 = Under construction	2010\|7\|1}}	ShortSummary = Danny Forster goes behind the scenes at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, 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. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = 1E4D2B }}

Season 9: 2011

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Country	Project	Status at production	Original air date{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 70	EpisodeNumber2 = 1	Title = Rebuilding New York City's Subway	Aux1 = United States	Aux2 = New York City subway expansion	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|4\|8}}	ShortSummary = Examining subway work under New York City, where crews are expanding the transit systems of Second Avenue Subway and East Side Access as part of a large public works project. Activity since original air date: Second Avenue Subway: Completed (Phase 1); East Side Access: Under construction (estimated completion 2019–23)	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 71	EpisodeNumber2 = 2	Title = Drought-Proofing Australia	Aux1 = Australia	Aux2 = Wonthaggi desalination plant	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|4\|15}}	ShortSummary = After 13 years of record-breaking droughts Melbourne looks to secure its future with a $3.5 billion Wonthaggi desalination plant that will turn saltwater into freshwater. Danny joins crews as they build two undersea tunnels, 29 buildings and 52 miles of pipeline. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 72	EpisodeNumber2 = 3	Title = Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation	Aux1 = Azerbaijan	Aux2 = Flame Towers and Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|4\|22}}	ShortSummary = After decades of neglect under the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is reinventing itself. With a $6 billion a year renovation and over 500 new developments, Danny Forster goes behind the scenes of Baku's construction projects: the Flame Towers and Heydar Aliyev Cultural Centre. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 73	EpisodeNumber2 = 4	Title = London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium	Aux1 = United Kingdom	Aux2 = London Aquatics Centre	Aux3 = Completed (Not publicly open until 2014)	2011\|4\|29}}	ShortSummary = The London Aquatics Centre will host 44 swimming and diving events during the 2012 Summer Olympics and live on as a new addition to the London landscape. Danny Forster goes with crews as they construct one of the most advanced swimming facilities ever built. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 74	EpisodeNumber2 = 5	Title = Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge	Aux1 = Serbia	Aux2 = Ada Bridge	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|6\|18}}	ShortSummary = Danny Forster joins crews as they construct Serbia's newest national icon. The Sava River Bridge in Belgrade is the world's largest single pylon cable stayed bridge, upgrading a critical freight corridor connecting Central Europe to the East. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 75	EpisodeNumber2 = 6	Title = Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City	Aux1 = Netherlands	Aux2 = Netherlands land expansion	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|6\|25}}	ShortSummary = The Netherlands is running out of land. Nearly 70% of its land, which comprises half its population lies beneath sea level. Rather than fight back the sea, engineers are radically making it an ally, The new city of IJburg is to create real estate where none exists. Activity since original air date: Partially Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 76	EpisodeNumber2 = 7	Title = Building Mumbai's Modern Airport	Aux1 = India	Aux2 = Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|7\|2}}	ShortSummary = The $2 billion Mumbai Airport expansion project is one of India's most ambitious undertakings aiming to improve Mumbai's Infrastructure for economic growth. If they succeed to build this breathtaking piece of engineering, it could completely change the way airports are designed. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}{{Episode list	EpisodeNumber = 77	EpisodeNumber2 = 8	Title = Turkey's Mammoth Hydropower Dam	Aux1 = Turkey	Aux2 = Deriner Dam	Aux3 = Under construction	2011\|7\|9}}	ShortSummary = Crews are now carving out Turkey's largest construction site in the country's most challenging terrain by building one of the tallest and strongest dams ever made, the Deriner Dam. Activity since original air date: Completed	LineColor = FFFF00 }}

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/meet/meet.html|title= Discovery Channel::Meet the Host|accessdate=July 23, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070105214729/http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/meet/meet.html|archivedate=January 5, 2007}}

External links

Powderhouse Productions homepage
WAGtv homepage
[https://web.archive.org/web/20060206112719/http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/engineering/engineering.html Extreme Engineering official website at Discovery Channel]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061022082043/http://shopping.discovery.com/product-41853.html?rel_productId=59639 Extreme Engineering episode guide at Discovery Channel]
Build It Bigger official website at Science Channel
{{IMDb title|0364806|Extreme Engineering}}
{{IMDb title|1056754|Build It Bigger}}
{{tv.com show|extreme-engineering|Extreme Engineering}}
Extreme Engineering at epguides.com
"Woodrow Wilson Bridge Featured On Discovery Channel Tonight" (Washington Post article)
Symposium W.S.V Simon Stevin, student association of the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the Eindhoven University of Technology

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