
Heavy Metal Task Force
Super tugs prevent disasters; a heavy-lift crane that has to build itself.

Super tugs prevent disasters; a heavy-lift crane that has to build itself.

The longest road-going vehicle brings electricity to an isolated region; tunneling behemoth.

A crane vessel pieces together an oil rig; digging a tunnel beneath a peaceful village.

Investigating if duct tape can be used as a viable parachute and as a quick fix for a flat tire.

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

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

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

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

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

Testing if old batteries can set off a dangerous chain reaction; diabolically difficult trick shot.

The longest cable-stay bridge in the United States is located in Charleston, S.C.

The largest residential structure is being constructed in Sweden.

Miners use a $10 million excavator in the world's largest open-pit iron mine.

Designers and engineers plan to link Spain, Italy and France.

The dangerous work of offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

Venetians attempt to prevent the city from submerging.

Replacing a busy bridge.

Tunnelers carve through solid rock under Iceland's Eastern Highlands.

Mattresses become knives; retired billboards become surfboard bags; snack bags become penguin pens.

Mining trumpets from photocopiers; making egg cartons from potatoes; milk jugs become park benches.