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S1 E2 China's Smart Tower

Instructional & Educational

TV-PG

50m

Dec 31, 2009

Take 60,000 tons of steel, 260,000 cubic meters of concrete, 2,000 dedicated Chinese workers, and some of the best design brains in the business, and the Shanghai World Financial Center is what you get.

Season 1, 5 Episodes

season 1 (5 episodes)

Bejing Water Cube,

China has erected some of the greatest monuments on Earth. When they held the Olympic Games in Beijing, the main stadium was a feat of architectural beauty. It was up to engineers to design the Beijing Water Cube to match it.

China's Smart Tower,

Take 60,000 tons of steel, 260,000 cubic meters of concrete, 2,000 dedicated Chinese workers, and some of the best design brains in the business, and the Shanghai World Financial Center is what you get.

China's Ultimate Port,

In 2002 Chinese engineers and workers tackled one of the biggest construction projects on Earth. Thirty kilometers out to sea, in the middle of the ocean, is the location for Yangshan Deep Water Port.

Shanghai Super Tower,

Typhoon winds to withstand, a rigid deadline to meet, and a towering goal no skyscraper has ever reached. The Pearl River Tower even generates its own power; it is the holy grail for mechanical engineers.

World's Tallest Tower,

Building one of the world’s tallest TV towers, the Guangzhou Sightseeing and TV Tower (now called the Canton Tower).

Details

Megastructures

Instructional & Educational

TV-PG

1 Season

50m

An educational look into the construction, operation, and staffing of various megastructures and construction projects.

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