Mega Builders

Country of origin| Canada
Original language(s)| English
No. of series| 5
No. of episodes| 36
Production
Running time| 45 minutes (without commercials)
Production company(s)| Barna-Alper Productions
Mega Builders III Productions
Release
Original network| Discovery Channel
Original release| 19 September 2005 (2005-09-19) –
16 December 2010 (2010-12-16)

Mega Builders is a documentary television series appearing on the Discovery Channel and Science Channel. Each episode takes a look into the people and the machines involved into the construction of many huge engineering projects.

Discovery Channel Taiwan broadcast a version of the series in 2022 that covered how the residential high-rise building Tao Zhu Yin Yuan was built over 11 years.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Episode list
* 1.1 Season 1
* 1.2 Season 2
* 1.3 Season 3
* 1.4 Season 4
* 1.5 Season 5
* 2 Reception
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Episode list

### Season 1

Episode  | Name  | Airdate

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S01E01 | Spanning the Harlem | 19/Sep/2005
S01E02 | Fantasy Islands | 19/Sep/2005
S01E03 | The Big Collider[2] | 24/Nov/2005
S01E04 | World's Fastest Wheels | 09/Dec/2005

### Season 2

Episode  | Name  | Airdate

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S02E01 | Racing to Power Up | 24/Aug/2006
S02E02 | Quake-Proofing an Icon | 25/Oct/2006
S02E03 | Roller Coaster | 09/Nov/2006
S02E04 | Mega Bridge[3] | 22/Nov/2006
S02E05 | Moving Mountains | 29/Nov/2006
S02E06 | Madrid's Big Dig | 10/Jan/2007
S02E07 | Crossing Colorado | 17/Jan/2007
S02E08 | Sinking Wings | 24/Jan/2007
S02E09 | Extreme Elevation | 31/Jan/2007

### Season 3

Episode  | Name  | Airdate

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S03E01 | Raising The Roof | 05/Sep/2007
S03E02 | The Big Lift | 12/Sep/2007
S03E03 | Worlds Biggest Wave Machine | 19/Sep/2007
S03E04 | Stolen Power | 26/Sep/2007
S03E05 | Mighty Shovel | 03/Oct/2007
S03E06 | Ice Hotel | 10/Oct/2007
S03E07 | Arctic Ice Crusher | 17/Oct/2007

### Season 4

Episode  | Name  | Airdate

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S04E01 | Big Rig | 14/Oct/2009
S04E02 | Blockbuster Bridge | 21/Oct/2009
S04E03 | Floating Bridge | 28/Oct/2009
S04E04 | Glitz City | 04/Nov/2009
S04E05 | Hard Rock Park | 11/Nov/2009
S04E06 | King of the Container Ships | 18/Nov/2009
S04E07 | Venice Code Red | 25/Nov/2009

### Season 5

Episode  | Name  | Airdate

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S05-E01 | Bosphorus Tunnel | 28/Oct/2010
S05-E02 | Illogical Crossing | 04/Nov/2010
S05-E03 | Peak Power | 11/Nov/2010
S05-E04 | World Class Stadium | 18/Nov/2010
S05-E05 | Spanning the Saigon River | 02/Dec/2010
S05-E06 | London Aquatics Centre | 09/Dec/2010
S05-E07 | Gautrain | 16/Dec/2010

## Reception

Noting that the show covers the Bhumibol Bridge, Gotthard Base Tunnel, and North American and Madrid initiatives to reduce traffic congestion, The Daily Telegraph's Kirsty Heysen said, "This great series some of these hugely ambitious undertakings."[4] Brad Newsome of The Age praised the show, writing, "It's not your average construction-telly yawn tonight as we follow the annual building of Sweden's famed ice hotel."[5] The Sunday Mail stated, "Colourful characters and bigger-than Ben Hur projects fill this latest series about the world's largest and most mind-boggling engineering challenges."[6] The Brazilian newspaper Correio 24 Horas (pt) wrote that Mega Builders "is quite enlightening about the reasons why Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic city, is currently left without any good-quality stadium in working order".[7]

## See also

* Extreme Engineering
* Megastructures (TV series)
* Ultimate Factories

## References

1. ↑ Chen, Jianxing 陳建興 (2022-12-13). "Discovery革新獻映《建築巨擘：陶朱隱園》" (in zh). China Daily News. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20240307095615/https://www.cdns.com.tw/articles/713882. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
2. ↑ Anderson, Doug (2011-09-21). "Television". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://archive.today/20240307093416/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/139E337AD9033A90&f=basic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
3. ↑ "TV Guide". Sunday Mail. 2007-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://archive.today/20240307092939/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/116CDF54720E50D8&f=basic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
4. ↑ Heysen, Kirsty (2011-06-05). "Best on Foxtel". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://archive.today/20240307092922/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/137A92375A149320&f=basic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
5. ↑ Newsome, Brad (2008-05-08). "Green Guide's Critical View". The Age. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://archive.today/20240307092932/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/120874CC59F222B8&f=basic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
6. ↑ "TV Guide". Sunday Mail. 2008-05-04. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://archive.today/20240307092857/https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/12075363451D9200&f=basic. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
7. ↑ "Victor Uchôa: Lembretes de um país que não é sério" (in pt). Correio 24 Horas (pt). 2013-03-30. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20240307094947/https://www.correio24horas.com.br/colunistas/victor-uchoa-lembretes-de-um-pais-que-nao-e-serio-0313. Retrieved 2024-03-07.

## External links

* Mega Builders on IMDb
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