Mega Builders

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Mega Builders
Country of origin Canada
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes36
Production
Running time45 minutes (without commercials)
Production companies Barna-Alper Productions
Mega Builders III Productions
Original release
Network Discovery 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.

Episode list

Season 1

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E01Spanning the Harlem19/Sep/2005
S01E02Fantasy Islands19/Sep/2005
S01E03The Big Collider24/Nov/2005
S01E04World's Fastest Wheels09/Dec/2005

Season 2

EpisodeNameAirdate
S02E01Racing to Power Up24/Aug/2006
S02E02Quake-Proofing an Icon25/Oct/2006
S02E03Roller Coaster09/Nov/2006
S02E04Mega Bridgel22/Nov/2006
S02E05Moving Mountains29/Nov/2006
S02E06Madrid's Big Dig10/Jan/2007
S02E07Crossing Colorado17/Jan/2007
S02E08Sinking Wings24/Jan/2007
S02E09Extreme Elevation31/Jan/2007

Season 3

EpisodeNameAirdate
S03E01Raising The Roof05/Sep/2007
S03E02The Big Lift12/Sep/2007
S03E03Worlds Biggest Wave Machine19/Sep/2007
S03E04Stolen Power26/Sep/2007
S03E05Mighty Shovel03/Oct/2007
S03E06Ice Hotel10/Oct/2007
S03E07Arctic Ice Crusher17/Oct/2007

Season 4

EpisodeNameAirdate
S04E01Big Rig14/Oct/2009
S04E02Blockbuster Bridge21/Oct/2009
S04E03Floating Bridge28/Oct/2009
S04E04Glitz City04/Nov/2009
S04E05Hard Rock Park11/Nov/2009
S04E06 King of the Container Ships 18/Nov/2009
S04E07Venice Code Red25/Nov/2009

Season 5

EpisodeNameAirdate
S05-E01Bosphorus Tunnel28/Oct/2010
S05-E02Illogical Crossing04/Nov/2010
S05-E03Peak Power11/Nov/2010
S05-E04World Class Stadium18/Nov/2010
S05-E05Spanning the Saigon River02/Dec/2010
S05-E06London Aquatics Centre09/Dec/2010
S05-E07Gautrain16/Dec/2010

Reception

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