Build It Bigger

An architect explores the world's ultimate construction projects.
Rebuilding New York City's Subway
S6 E1

A 15 billion dollar expansion of the NYC transit system is the largest public works project in the country.

Drought-Proofing Australia
S6 E2

After 13 years of record-breaking droughts, Melbourne looks to secure its future with a $3.5 billion desalination plant that will turn saltwater into freshwater.

Azerbaijan's Amazing Transformation
S6 E3

Azerbaijan is reinventing itself after decades of Soviet occupation; Danny Foster goes behind the scenes of Baku's construction projects.

London's Olympic Aquatic Stadium
S6 E4

Danny Forster explores the construction of the London Aquatics Centre; it hosts 44 swimming and diving events in the 2012 Olympics.

Constructing Serbia's Largest Bridge
S6 E5

Danny Forster explores the Ada Bridge in Belgrade, Serbia; the Sava River Bridge in Belgrade will be the world's largest single-pylon cable-stayed bridge.

Amsterdam's Futuristic Floating City
S6 E6

Danny explores the construction of IJburg, in Amsterdam; a radical new real estate project uses the sea to build a floating city in the Netherlands.

Turkey's Mammoth Hydropowered Deriner Dam
S6 E8

Building one of the tallest and strongest dams ever made.

Singapore SkyPark
S5 E1

The Sands SkyPark rests 650 feet in the air, built on top of three skyscrapers in Singapore.

Rio de Janeiro Power Grid
S5 E2

Danny Forster explores a massive, one of the world's largest hydroelectric projects in Brazil.

New Orleans Surge Barrier
S5 E4

The city of New Orleans works on constructing the world's strongest hurricane protection system.

South African Gold Mine
S5 E5

South Africa's Mponeng gold mine; deepest place on earth; workers brave high temperatures and frequent earthquakes.

Melbourne Stadium
S5 E6

Danny Forster explores a stadium in Melbourne, Australia; it builds one of the most innovative stadiums.

San Francisco Bay Bridge
S5 E7

Danny Forster explores renovations of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge; crews work to earthquake-proof the bridge.

Gotthard Base Tunnel
S5 E8

Danny Forster explores the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland; the longest tunnel changes European transit forever.

Port of Rotterdam
S5 E9

Danny Forster is behind the scenes of an Earth-moving project to serve the biggest ships on the planet.

Abu Dhabi Central Market
S5 E10

Centered around the world's tallest tower, this central market will be a new cultural hub for an emerging world destination.

Dallas Cowboys Stadium
S4 E1

Architect Danny Forster explores the new, $1.1 billion Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the largest football stadium ever constructed in the U.S.

CityCenter, Las Vegas
S4 E2

Danny Forster explores the CityCenter; the CityCenter development in Las Vegas, Nev., aspires to change the desert vacationland into a continental metropolis.

Hong Kong Bridge
S4 E3

Danny Forster heads to China's south coast to climb aboard the nearly completed Stonecutters in Hong Kong; this $343 million dollar engineering marvel has a 3,340-foot main span, making it the world's 2nd longest cable-stayed bridge.

Navy Amphibious Warship
S4 E4

The LPD17 amphibious assault ship for the U.S. Navy.

Panama Canal
S4 E5

Danny Forster explores the $5.25 billion Panama Canal expansion project.

Abu Dhabi
S4 E7

Host Danny Forster visits the Al Raha Beach development in Abu Dhabi.

NASA
S4 E8

The transition from the Space Shuttle to the Constellation Program.

Coaster Build Off
S3 E1

Danny Forster designs, builds and rides some of the world's greatest roller-coasters; he explores the construction of two roller coasters.

Battle Machines
S3 E2

The U.S. Army's M-1 Abrams tank.

Super Fast Warship
S3 E4

An exploration of the construction of a U.S. Navy destroyer; Danny gets put to work around the ship through its war games; he gets a closer look at how this high-tech ship works.

Boot Camp
S3 E5

Danny Forster gets a crash course in using heavy equipment and getting lunch for the foreman.

Fault Zone Tunnel
S3 E6

Danny Forster explores a tunneling project; he joins miners who attempt to dig two huge tunnels that will supply fresh water to Southern California.

Hurricane-Proof Homes
S3 E7

Danny checks out the construction of heavy-duty modular homes and their journey from factory to final site.

Floating City
S3 E8

Danny Forster travels from Finland to Florida; he examines how the world's biggest cruise ships are created.

Biggest Casino
S3 E9

Danny Forster lends a hand in the construction of the Palazzo, a high-end hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

High Risk Tower
S3 E10

Danny Forester goes inside the building of Trump's Tower in Chicago; it is made entirely of reinforced concrete, making it the tallest formwork structure on the planet.

Turbo-Charged Boats
S3 E11

Danny travels down to Florida to participate in the rebuilding and practice test of an offshore racing boat.

Mountain of Steel
S3 E12

A cultural center overlooks the medieval city of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Deepest Tunnel
S3 E13

Engineers construct an underwater tunnel in Istanbul, Turkey.

Mega-Tunnel
S1 E2

A storm drain doubles as an expressway in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Biggest Warship
S1 E3

The construction of the USS George H.W. Bush supercarrier.

Sakhalin Oil & Ice
S1 E4

Danny explores the world's biggest project, the Sakhalin oil and gas complex; it is being built on a remote Russian island.

Big Easy Rebuild
S1 E5

Danny Forster explores the recovery of New Orleans from Hurricane Katrina; it struggles to repair its levee system.

Space Tower
S1 E6

Danny Forster explores the construction of the Torre Espacio in Spain; Madrid's Torre Espacio is set to be the tallest skyscraper in Spain, featuring a unique floor plan on each level.