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Dubai's Impossible Island
Episode number: 1
Overview: The man-made islands of Dubai are modern-day engineering marvels that turn the Arabian Sea into high-priced real estate. Today, a team of expert engineers use cutting-edge technology to build a brand-new city district where there was once only water.
World's Toughest Tunnels
Episode number: 2
Overview: A team of engineers are overhauling London's underground infrastructure to build a world-class sewer system. Using cutting-edge tech and the latest construction methods, they work to transform a centuries-old network into a modern-day masterpiece.
F-35 Fighter Jet
Episode number: 3
Overview: The F-35 is the most advanced fighter jet on the planet. Special access into the most expensive military program ever reveals how engineers use cutting-edge tech to outfit this 1,200 mile-per-hour aircraft with a state-of-the-art stealth system.
NYC Mega Tower
Episode number: 4
Overview: The skinniest skyscraper in the world will soon become New York's third tallest, and using an innovative, gravity-defying design, this colossal megastructure is breaking all the rules of engineering.
World's Biggest Airport
Episode number: 5
Overview: Behind every seemingly impossible marvel of modern engineering is a cast of historic trailblazers who designed new building techniques, took risks on untested materials and revolutionized their field.
Spy Plane Declassified
Episode number: 6
Overview: A state-of-the-art NATO airplane is one of the most complex surveillance tools in the world. Special access inside the behemoth reveals how cutting-edge engineering and a hi-tech midair refueling system helps its crew defend against security threats.
World's Highest Bridge
Episode number: 7
Overview: The world's highest bridge impossibly spans an 1,800-foot chasm known as the Crack in the Earth, and to build this engineering marvel, experts use cutting-edge construction technology that can conquer the deadly cliffs of this rugged environment.
Conquering Avalanche Country
Episode number: 8
Overview: Deadly avalanches and catastrophic flooding are ever-present threats at one of the world's busiest ski resorts, but new technology and cutting-edge construction methods help engineers conquer the elements to keep this mountain-top getaway safe.
Infantry Assault
Episode number: 9
Overview: A look at the incredible machines built to get troops directly to the front line, on land, at sea and in the air.
The Independent
Episode number: 10
Overview: The Independent, a residential skyscraper in Austin, Texas. At 690ft, it is the tallest building in the city, surpassing the 683ft Austonian, another residential skyscraper.
Supertanker Europe
Episode number: 11
Overview: A look at the world's biggest oil tanker - the mighty Supertanker Europe of the record-breaking TI Class of ship.
Beijing Daxing
Episode number: 12
Overview: A look at the Beijing Daxing, set to become the biggest airport in the world, designed to accommodate a staggering 100 million travellers each year.
111 W. 57th Street
Episode number: 13
Overview: The skinniest skyscraper on earth is being built in New York City. Can engineers find a way to build this ultra-tall slender building?
South-North Water Diversion
Episode number: 14
Overview: Chinese authorities attempt a huge infrastructure project as they try to move vast amounts of water from the wet south of the country to the dry north.
The Falkirk Wheel
Episode number: 15
Overview: The Falkirk wheel is the first and only rotating boat lift, capable of moving 600 tonnes of boat and water over a 25-metre height difference in just minutes.
Stratolaunch
Episode number: 16
Overview: Stratolaunch is designed to lift rockets, spacecraft and experimental high-speed hypersonic planes into the stratosphere, then release them for their onward journey into space.