Extreme Engineering

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Extreme Engineering is a series on the Discovery Channel which features futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. The show is now airing in its fifth season.

1 Origins of the show
2 Episode List
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Origins of the show

Engineering the Impossible was a pilot produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel that discussed incredible engineering projects. This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery's third highest Monday night rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned the first season of Extreme Engineering. Like Engineering the Impossible, the first season of Extreme Engineering focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world.

WAGtv Ltd. produced 6 episodes for Discovery U_ that were also broadcast in the US as part of the 4th season of Extreme Engineering.

[edit] Episode List

[edit] Engineering the Impossible

The Gibraltar Tunnel (being planned)
Freedom ship (being proposed)
Hong Kong Mega Tower (on-hold/cancelled due to Central Reclamation Phase III lawsuit)

[edit] Season 1: 2003

Episode name	Premiere	Project	Status at production	Current Status
Tokyo's Sky City	2003-04-13	Tokyo's Sky City	proposed
Subways In America	2003-04-15	New York's new subway (???)	proposed
Transatlantic Tunnel	2003-04-16	The Transatlantic Tunnel	proposed
City in a Pyramid	2003-04-23	The Pyramid City	proposed
Bridging the Bering Strait	2003-04-30	The Bering Strait Bridge	proposed
Tunneling Under the Alps	2003-05-07	Gotthard Base Tunnel	under construction
Building Hong Kong's Airport	2003-05-14	Hong Kong International Airport	completed	completed
Holland's Barriers to the Sea	2003-05-21	Maeslantkering and Oosterscheldekering storm surge barriers	completed	completed
Boston's Big Dig	2003-05-28	Boston's Big Dig	under construction	completed
Widening the Panama Canal	2003-06-04	Panama Canal expansion project	proposed	Approved/ Design phase

[edit] Season 2: 2004

9 episodes were produced for season 2. It is also the first season produced in HDTV.

Episode name	Premiere	Project	Status at production	Current Status
Turning Torso	(?)	Turning Torso	Under construction	Completed
Venice Flood Gates	(?)	Venice Tide Barrier Project (MOSE Project)
Container Ships	(?)	Shanghai Express
Iceland Tunnels	2004-09-01	Kárahnjúkar Hydropower Project		Under construction
Oakland Bay Bridge	2004-10-05	San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge	Under construction	Under construction
Cooper River Bridge	(?)	Cooper River Bridge
Millau Viaduct	(?)	Millau Viaduct	Under construction	Completed
Excavators	2004-11-22	super shovel
Oil Rigs	(?)	Jack up oil rigs in Louisiana

[edit] Season 3: 2005

WagTV produced 6 episodes that were acquired by Discovery for season 3.

Episode name	Premiere	Project	Status at production	Current Status
The Snøhvit Arctic Gas Processing Platform	2005-10-19	Snøhvit platform
The El Cajon Dam	2005-11-10	El Cajon Dam (Mexico)
Hong Kong's Cable Car	2005-12-02 (?)	Ngong Ping 360	under construction	completed
Woodrow Wilson Bridge	2005-12-09 (?)	Woodrow Wilson Bridge	under construction	under construction
Gotthard Tunnel	2006-01-01	Gotthard Base Tunnel	under construction	under construction
Dubai's Ski Resort	2006-01-21	Ski Dubai	under construction	completed

[edit] Season 4: 2006

Powderhouse Productions produced 6 episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster.

Episode name	Premiere	Project	Status at production	Current Status
SuperStadium	2006-02-19	Arizona Cardinals Stadium	under construction	completed
MegaTunnel	2006-03-08	Storm Management And Road Tunnel (SMART) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	under construction
Biggest Warship	2006-05-31	USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)	under construction
Sakhalin Oil & Ice	2006-06-28	Sakhalin-II	under construction
Big Easy Rebuild	2006-07-05	Reconstruction of New Orleans	under construction	under construction
Space Tower	2006-07-12	Madrid's Torre Espacio	under construction	Almost complete

[edit] Season 5: 2006

Episode name	Premiere	Project	Status at production	Current Status
South Ferry Subway Station	2006-10-11	The New York City Subway's new South Ferry station		Under construction
World's Biggest Arch Bridge	2006-10-18	Hoover Dam Bypass	Under construction	Under construction
JFK: JetBlue Terminal	2006-10-25	Reconstruction of John F. Kennedy International Airport's Terminal 5	Under construction	Under construction
Stonecutters Bridge: Hong Kong	2006-11-01	Hong Kong's Stonecutters Bridge	Under construction	Under construction
California Academy of Sciences	2006-11-08	The rebuilding of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California	Under construction	Under construction
Hallandsas Ridge Tunnel: Sweden	2006-11-15	Sweden's Hallandsas railway tunnel	Under construction	Under construction