← Extreme Engineering

Season 3

6 episodes · 2005

  1. 1The Snohvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform

    19 Oct 2005

    Europe's first liquefied natural gas plant sits on a floating platform. The platform was transported by ship from southern Spain to the coast of Norway.

  2. 2The El Cajon Dam

    10 Nov 2005

    The dam, which is the largest ongoing construction project in Latin America, is designed to rise 186 meters above the Rio Grande de Santiago river in Mexico. Upon completion, it will provide for two percent of the entire country's electricity needs.

  3. 3Hong Kong's Cable Car

    02 Dec 2005

    Engineers are building the Ngong Ping 360, the world's longest detachable cable car system, on Hong Kong's mountainous Lantau Island, spanning the South China Sea.

  4. 4Woodrow Wilson Bridge

    09 Dec 2005

    The 40-year-old Woodrow Wilson Bridge is being replaced by a new span crossing the Potomac River between Maryland and Virginia, just south of Washington, D.C.

  5. 5Gotthard Tunnel

    01 Jan 2006

    The Gotthard Base Tunnel underneath the Swiss Alps will be the world's longest rail tunnel upon completion in 2015.

  6. 6Dubai's Ski Resortfinale

    21 Jan 2006

    How do you make your mall stand out? By building one of the world's largest indoor ski resorts--in the deserts of Dubai! Ski Dubai features snow-making machines and slopes ranging in difficulty from easy to "black diamond."