Building Giants Series Two

Episodes

Arctic Ice Hotel

A specialist team of designers and engineers battle the brutal arctic winter, in a race to build the ultimate ice hotel

Mountain Mega Tunnel

An expert team of engineers burrow through the heart of the mighty Alps to build the world’s longest rail tunnel

New York Super Tower

In New York, workers battle to build the world’s tallest residential building – a gravity-defying 472-metre tall skyscraper with the highest roof in America

Record Breaking Mega Bridge

An elite team of engineers race to build the biggest bridge in Ireland

Triple Tower Skyscraper

In Chicago, workers battle high winds, arctic cold and dizzying heights to build the Vista Tower with a clever stabilising system to withstand the ‘Windy City’s’ notorious storms

Floating Mega Hotel

In Amsterdam, an international team of engineers battle to build a huge, ultra-modern hotel that seems to float in thin air

World's Biggest Cargo Ship

Ship builders in South Korea have just one year to build the world’s biggest container ship – measuring 400-meters long, and capable of carrying 23,000 shipping containers

World's Fastest Dive Rollercoaster

Engineers at Canada’s biggest theme park battle extreme cold and terrifying heights to build and test the world’s tallest, fastest and longest ‘dive’ rollercoaster

Record Breaking Skyscraper

In tropical Malaysia, an international team of engineers battle searing heat, and deadly lightning storms to build the tallest skyscraper in Asia

Underground Mega Road

An expert team of engineers blast through the solid granite below Stockholm to build one of the world’s longest road tunnels

Earthquake Proof Mega Metro

Engineers battle earthquakes and explosive gas to build three new subway lines beneath the traffic-choked streets of Los Angeles

Los Angeles Mega Stadium

A fearless team of engineers and iron workers battle to construct the 2.5 billion-dollar SoFi Stadium

Mega Ice City

A team of workers have just 15 days to create a breath-taking 750,000-square metre city of ice

Super Fast Train

Mechanics and engineers are racing to build 19 brand-new, high-speed passenger trains to revolutionise Turkey’s ageing railways

Earthquake Proof Mega Bridge

city planners and engineers are attempting to build a new 1066-metre long bridge in place of the iconic 6th Street Bridge

Mega Ice Ship

An international team of ship builders and designers are attempting to build the largest fully-fledged polar expedition vessel in the world

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The Series

This landmark action and CGI-driven series reveals the extraordinary innovations that help record-breaking superstructures to be built and uncovers the inner secrets ofhow they work.

BUILDING GIANTS Series Two will transform our understanding of the super structures around us revealing the secrets of how these giant structures are built and how they work.

Credits

Series Producer

Executive Producer

GFX Producer

Line Producer

Production Managers

Alexia Cheinoporou
Olivia Badnell

Production Coordinator

Lily Kiang

16 x 60' for Channel 4, Discovery Science, Viasat, Servus, Red Bull, ITV Global, RMC, N-TV Germany