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Mega Builders

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Mega Builders
Country of originCanada
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes36
Production
Running time45 minutes (without commercials)
Production companiesBarna-Alper Productions
Mega Builders III Productions
Original release
NetworkDiscovery Channel
Release19 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]

Episode list

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Season 1

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Episode Name Airdate
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

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Episode Name Airdate
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

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Episode Name Airdate
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

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Episode Name Airdate
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

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Episode Name Airdate
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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Chen, Jianxing 陳建興 (2022-12-13). "Discovery革新獻映《建築巨擘:陶朱隱園》" [Discovery innovatively presents "Mega Builders: Tao Zhu Yin Yuan"]. China Daily News (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  2. ^ Anderson, Doug (2011-09-21). "Television". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". Sunday Mail. 2007-01-21. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  4. ^ Heysen, Kirsty (2011-06-05). "Best on Foxtel". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. 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. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  6. ^ "TV Guide". Sunday Mail. 2008-05-04. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  7. ^ "Victor Uchôa: Lembretes de um país que não é sério" [Victor Uchôa: Reminders of a country that is not serious]. Correio 24 Horas [pt] (in Portuguese). 2013-03-30. Archived from the original on 2024-03-07. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
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