Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel which features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt in one fashion or another to " Document " reality A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and Science Channel is a cable and satellite television network produced by Discovery Communications. The future is commonly understood to contain all events that have yet to occur Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and As of 2007, the show aired its sixth season. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The show has been hosted by Danny Forster since season 4. Danny Forster is the host of the Discovery Channel shows Extreme Engineering and Build It Bigger. [1] The show was renamed Build It Bigger in the US but retains its name when broadcast in Europe. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
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Origins of the show
Engineering the Impossible was a pilot produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel that discussed incredible engineering projects. Origins As early as 1986, Powderhouse co-founders Joel Olicker and Tug Yourgrau met while working to produce a documentary for WGBH, the Public This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery's third highest Monday night rating for 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned the first season of Extreme Engineering. 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.
WAGtv Ltd. produced 6 episodes for Discovery that were also broadcast in the US as part of the 4th season of Extreme Engineering. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Episode List [2]
Engineering the Impossible
- Gibraltar Bridge (being proposed)
- Freedom Ship (being proposed)
- Millennium Tower (Hong Kong) (on-hold/cancelled due to Central Reclamation Phase III lawsuit)
Season 1: 2003
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at Production | Current Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo's Sky City | 2003-04-13 | Tokyo's Sky City | Proposed | Proposed | |
| Subways In America | 2003-04-15 | East Side Access | Proposed (some construction related to other project completed) | Under Construction | |
| Transatlantic Tunnel | 2003-04-16 | The Transatlantic Tunnel | Proposed | Proposed | |
| City in a Pyramid | 2003-04-23 | The Shimizu Mega-City Pyramid | Proposed | Proposed | |
| Bridging the Bering Strait | 2003-04-30 | The Bering Strait Bridge | Proposed | Proposed | |
| Tunneling Under the Alps | 2003-05-07 | Gotthard Base Tunnel | Under Construction | Under Construction | |
| Building Hong Kong's Airport | 2003-05-14 | Hong Kong International Airport | Completed | Completed | |
| Holland's Barriers to the Sea | 2003-05-21 | Maeslantkering and Oosterscheldekering storm surge barriers | Completed | Completed | |
| Boston's Big Dig | 2003-05-28 | Boston's Big Dig | Under Construction | Completed | |
| Widening the Panama Canal | 2003-06-04 | Panama Canal expansion project | Under Construction | Completed |
Season 2: 2004
9 episodes were produced for season 2. The Gibraltar Bridge is a conceptual structure spanning the Strait of Gibraltar that would connect Europe to Africa. Freedom Ship was a floating city project initially proposed by Norman Nixon in the late 1990s Central and Wan Chai Reclamation is a project launched by the Hong Kong Government since the 1990s to reclaim land for different purposes officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. Sky City 1000 is a possible future urban Supertall Skyscraper project aimed at helping put an end to major Congestion and lack of Greenspace A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway East Side Access is a public works project being undertaken by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA in New York City, designed to bring the Long Island The IND 63rd Street Line is a Rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway system A transatlantic tunnel is a theoretical Tunnel which would span the Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe and would carry Mass The Shimizu TRY 2004 Mega-City Pyramid is a proposed project for construction of a massive pyramid over Tokyo Bay in Japan. The Bering Strait bridge or Bering Strait tunnel, if ever constructed would be a Bridge or Tunnel spanning the Bering Strait between Cape The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT is a Railway Tunnel under construction in Switzerland. Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. The Maeslant Barrier The initial plan The construction of the Maeslantkering was a part of the "Europoortkering"-project which in turn was the final stage The Oosterscheldekering ( Eastern Scheldt Storm surge barrier between the islands Schouwen-Duiveland and Noord-Beveland, is the largest of the The Big Dig is the unofficial name of the Central Artery/Tunnel Project ( CA/T) a Megaproject that rerouted the The Panama Canal is a man-made Canal in Panama which joins the The Panama Canal Expansion, or--> Third Set of Locks Project is a Megaproject that will expand the Panama Canal. It is also the first season produced in HDTV for HD Theater. HD Theater is a High-definition television network from Discovery Communications Inc
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at production | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turning Torso | 2004-07-07 | Turning Torso | Under construction | Completed |
| Venice Flood Gates | 2004-07-14 | Venice Tide Barrier Project (MOSE Project) | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Container Ships | 2004-07-28 | Adrian Mærsk (Maersk Line) | Completed (In service) | |
| Oakland Bay Bridge | 2004-08-04 | San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge | Under construction | Under construction |
| Iceland Tunnels | 2004-09-01 | Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project | Completed (in service) | |
| Oil Rigs | 2004-09-25 | Jack up oil rigs in Louisiana | ||
| Cooper River Bridge | 2004-10-05 | Cooper River Bridge | Under construction | Completed |
| Millau Viaduct | 2004-11-15 | Millau Viaduct | Under construction | Completed |
| Excavators | 2004-11-22 | Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine |
Season 3: 2005
WagTV produced 6 episodes that were acquired by Discovery for season 3. HSB Turning Torso is a Skyscraper in Malmö, Sweden, located on the Swedish side of the Öresund strait The MOSE Project ( Acronym for Mo dulo S perimentale E lettromeccanico — in English, Experimental Electromechanical Module is a project Container ships are Cargo ships that carry all of their load in truck-size containers in a technique called Containerization. The A P Moller-Maersk Group ( AP Møller-Mærsk Gruppen) is an international Business conglomerate more commonly known simply as Maersk. The Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project, located at, involves Damming two rivers in eastern Iceland —the Jökulsá í Fljótsdal source to the famous "Milky Lake" The Arthur Ravenel Jr Bridge, also known as the Cooper River Bridge, is a Cable-stayed bridge over the Cooper River in South Carolina, The Millau Viaduct (le Viaduc de Millau) is a large cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the River Tarn near Millau The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at production | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Snøhvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform | 2005-10-19 | Snøhvit platform / MV Blue Marlin | Under Construction | Completed |
| The El Cajon Dam | 2005-11-10 | El Cajon Dam (Mexico) | Under Construction | Completed |
| Hong Kong's Cable Car | 2005-12-02 (?) | Ngong Ping 360 | Under Construction | Completed |
| Woodrow Wilson Bridge | 2005-12-09 (?) | Woodrow Wilson Bridge | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Gotthard Tunnel | 2006-01-01 | Gotthard Base Tunnel | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Dubai's Ski Resort | 2006-01-21 | Ski Dubai | Under Construction | Completed |
Season 4: 2006
Powderhouse Productions produced 6 episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster. Snøhvit is the name of a Natural gas field in the Barents Sea, situated 140 km northwest of Hammerfest, Norway. MV Blue Marlin and her sister ship ''Black Marlin'' comprise the Marlin class of semi-submersible heavy-lift ship. El Cajón Dam is a Hydroelectric dam in the Mexican state of Nayarit. Ngong Ping 360 is a tourism project in Lantau Island, Hong Kong, consisting of Ngong Ping Cable Car and Ngong Ping Village. The Gotthard Base Tunnel (GBT is a Railway Tunnel under construction in Switzerland. Ski Dubai is claimed to be one of the largest indoor Ski resorts in the world with 22500-square metres of indoor ski area It currently airs under the Build It Bigger name on HD Theater, The Science Channel & Discovery Channel
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at production | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SuperStadium | 2006-02-19 | University of Phoenix Stadium | under construction | completed |
| MegaTunnel | 2006-03-08 | Storm Management And Road Tunnel (SMART) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | under construction | completed |
| Biggest Warship | 2006-05-31 | USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77) | under construction | Christened |
| Sakhalin Oil & Ice | 2006-06-28 | Sakhalin-II | under construction | |
| Big Easy Rebuild | 2006-07-05 | Reconstruction of New Orleans | under construction | under construction |
| Space Tower | 2006-07-12 | Madrid's Torre Espacio | under construction | Almost complete |
Season 5: 2006
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at production | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Ferry Subway Station | 2006-10-11 | The New York City Subway's new South Ferry station | Under construction | |
| World's Biggest Arch Bridge | 2006-10-18 | Hoover Dam Bypass | Under construction | Under construction |
| JFK: JetBlue Terminal | 2006-10-25 | Reconstruction of John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 5 | Under construction | Under construction |
| Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong | 2006-11-01 | Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge | Under construction | Under construction |
| California Academy of Sciences | 2006-11-08 | The rebuilding of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California | Under construction | Under construction |
| Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel: Sweden | 2006-11-15 | Sweden's Hallandsas railway tunnel | Under construction | Under construction |
Season 6: 2007 [3]
| Episode name | Premiere | Project | Status at production | Current Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building a Destroyer | 2007-10-16 | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Maine | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Fault Zone Tunnel | 2007-10-23 | Freshwater pipeline to support Southern California. Extreme Engineering is a documentary Television series aired on the Discovery Channel and The Science Channel which features HD Theater is a High-definition television network from Discovery Communications Inc Science Channel is a cable and satellite television network produced by Discovery Communications. Discovery Channel is an American Satellite and Cable TV channel (also delivered via IPTV, Terrestrial television and University of Phoenix Stadium is a multipurpose football Stadium located in Glendale Arizona. The " Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel " or " SMART Tunnel " is a storm drainage and road structure in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur (ˈkwɑːləlʊmˈpʊər Malay /kwɑlɑlʊmpʊ/ and locally /kwɑləlʊmpɔ/ or even /kɔlɔmpɔ/ or often abbreviated as K For the biogeographical region see Malesia Malaysia (məˈleɪʒə or /məˈleɪziə/ is a country that consists of thirteen states and Features of CVN-77 Several features differentiate CVN-77 from other ships in the Nimitz class The Sakhalin II (Сахалин-2 project is one of the biggest oil and gas developments in the world The Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans were catastrophic due to failure of the Federal flood protection system designed to protect the city (see 2005 levee Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. The Torre Espacio ( Spanish for Space Tower) is a Skyscraper in Madrid, Spain. The New York City Subway is a Rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency South Ferry is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Hoover Dam Bypass refers to the construction of the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and connecting roads for a new route across the Colorado River for John F Kennedy International Airport is an International airport located in Queens County on Long Island in southeastern New York City about 12 miles (19 The TWA Flight Center was the original name for Terminal 5 at New York City 's Idlewild Airport (now John F Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Stonecutters Bridge ( Traditional Chinese: 昂船洲大橋 Simplified Chinese: 昂船洲大桥 Cantonese Yale: ngong5 syun4 jau1 daai6 The California Academy of Sciences is one of the ten largest Museums of natural history in the world and one of the oldest in the United States consisting of a coral The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Hallandsås Tunnel (Hallandsåstunneln also known as the Hallandsås Ridge Tunnel or Scanlink, is a Railway Tunnel under construction in The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy Shipyard located in Kittery on the southern The State of Maine ( is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Watch a TBM at work. A tunnel boring machine ( TBM) is a machine used to excavate Tunnels with a circular cross section through a variety of soil and rock strata. | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Boot Camp | 2007-10-30 | With Excavators in Boston, Massachusetts. An excavator is an Engineering vehicle consisting of an articulated arm (boom stick bucket and Cab mounted on a Pivot (a rotating platform like a The Commonwealth of Massachusetts ( is a state located in the New England region of the northeastern United States. | ||
| World's Tallest Skyscraper | 2007-11-06 | Shanghai World Financial Centre | Under Construction | Under Construction |
| Battle Machines | 2007-11-13 | An M1 Abrams tank undergoing maintenance at Fort Knox, Kentucky | ||
| Coaster Build Off | 2007-11-20 | Griffon a steel rollercoaster in Busch Gardens Europe and the Renegade in Valleyfair | Under Construction | Complete |
| Mountain of Steel | 2007-11-27 | City of Culture of Galicia | Under Construction | Under Construction |
See also
- Building the Biggest
- Frontiers of Construction
- MegaStructures, a similar show on the National Geographic Channel
- Mega Builders
- Mega Machines
External links
- Powderhouse Productions homepage
- Discovery Channel page
- Discovery Channel episode guide
- Extreme Engineering at TV.com
- Extreme Engineering at epguides.com
- Woodrow Wilson Bridge Featured On Discovery Channel Tonight (Washington Post article)
- WAGtv homepage
- Symposium W.S.V Simon Stevin, student association of the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the Eindhoven University of Technology
References
- ^ Discovery Channel::Meet the Host (July 23, 2007). The Shanghai World Financial Center ( Abbr: SWFC;) is a Supertall Skyscraper in Shanghai, China. The M1 Abrams is a main battle tank produced in the United States. Fort Knox is a United States Army post in Kentucky south of Louisville and north of Elizabethtown. The Commonwealth of Kentucky ( is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Griffon is a roller coaster announced on August 23, 2006, at Busch Gardens Europe, located in Williamsburg Virginia. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first Busch Gardens Europe is a Theme park located in James City County, Virginia about 3 miles (5 km southeast of Williamsburg. Renegade is a wood Roller coaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee Minnesota that was designed by Great Coasters International. Valleyfair is a 90 acre (05 km² Amusement park located in Shakopee Minnesota, USA and is currently the largest amusement park in the Upper Midwest City of Culture of Galicia ( Cidade da Cultura de Galicia) is a complex architectural environment under construction in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, MegaStructures is a Documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel and Five in the United Kingdom and National Geographic Channel, also called Nat Geo, is a subscription television network that features Documentaries produced by the National Geographic Society Retrieved on 2007-07-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.
- ^ Discovery Channel::Extreme Engineering (July 23, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-23. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France.
- ^ Discovery Channel::Extreme Engineering (November 21, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-21. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 164 BC - Judas Maccabaeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family restores the Temple in Jerusalem.
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