Series

Build It Bigger

2006 · 5 seasons · Documentary

IMDb

7.6

Architect Danny Forster takes you inside some of the most head-scratching builds in the world. Join Danny as he meets the men and women tackling the unique challenges of constructing the tallest buildings, the most effective military tanks, the largest luxury cruise ships, and the most extreme thrill rides. How do you build a 3,113-foot-long wooden roller coaster in winter temperatures of minus 40 degrees? Or get your workers safely to and from a worksite on a skyscraper that's 1,614 feet above street level? Or dig a water tunnel - along the San Adreas Fault and 1,000 feet below the earth's surface - without it collapsing on itself ... or flooding? Our intrepid host answers these puzzles and more. Don't miss the big stories behind these even bigger engineering marvels.

First aired

February 19, 2006

Last aired

July 9, 2011

Status

Returning Series

Original language

English

Episodes

46

Rated

12

Genres

Documentary

• 
  Season 16 episodes · 2006
• 
  Season 214 episodes · 2007
• Season 38 episodes · 2009
• Season 410 episodes · 2010
• Season 58 episodes · 2011