
Extreme Engineering
Replacing a busy bridge.

Replacing a busy bridge.

Because of the size of modern cargo vessels, ports and canals need updating.

Venetians attempt to prevent the city from submerging.

The largest residential structure is being constructed in Sweden.

If a giant roach motel can trap a human; if a spider's web is really stronger than steel.

Using a fire extinguisher to propel a person in space; no one in space can hear one scream.

Vince Gilligan challenges the Busters to prove just how destructive a giant magnet can be.

Seeing if Adam's gas can launch a rocket; did a patient's flatulence light up an operating room.

The team investigates if a paper shredder plus canned air is a recipe for disaster.

The team tackles two tabletop gaming myths, involving a Jenga move and the domino effect.

Adam and the team put a slinky to the test and try to use it to hoist a car.

Danny Forster is behind the scenes of an Earth-moving project.

Centered around the world's tallest tower; new cultural hub for an emerging world destination.

Danny explores the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland; it changes European transit forever.

Crews work to earthquake-proof the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge.

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

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

The Al Hamra Tower in Kuwait City, Kuwait, is designed to be the world's tallest twisting structure.

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

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