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Build It Bigger

Architect Danny Forster gets up close and personal with mega-construction. Along with designers, engineers, and builders, he'll find the most dangerous, most spectacular, most difficult, and most inventively executed aspects of the job.
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  1. S2 E1 - Super Fast Warship

    August 6, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster goes aboard to see the construction of a US Navy destroyer. He's put to work around the ship through its war games and gets a behind-the-scenes look at how this high-tech ship works.
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  2. S2 E2 - Fault Zone Tunnel

    August 20, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster explores one of the most dangerous tunneling projects in the world. Outside Los Angeles, Danny goes alongside miners who attempt to dig two huge tunnels that will supply fresh water to Southern California.
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  3. S2 E3 - Boot Camp

    August 13, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Danny Forster has been on job sites all over the world, but to really learn how to operate construction machinery, he's going to get a crash course in everything from heavy equipment operation to getting lunch for the foreman.
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  4. S2 E4 - World's Tallest Skyscraper

    July 23, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster climbs into the frame of the Shanghai World Financial Center, the tallest building in the world at its completion, and ventures inside the construction of this massive skyscraper.
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  5. S2 E5 - Battle Machines

    July 16, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster heads to Anniston Army Depot to rebuild an M1 Abrams tank. He helps build components of this fighting machine, and after rolling off the assembly line, he tests the tank on the firing range.
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  6. S2 E6 - Coaster Build-Off

    July 9, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster explores the design and construction of the greatest roller coasters on the planet. He works with two teams who create every exacting detail to make these rides both scary and safe.
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  7. S2 E7 - Mountain of Steel

    October 2, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster lends a hand erecting six buildings in the City of Culture of Galicia, a monumental cultural center in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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  8. S2 E8 - Floating City

    September 3, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Danny Forster ventures from Finland to Florida to see how the world's biggest cruise ships are created. He explores the construction of one of these floating cities and then boards a working ship for a behind-the-scenes look.
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  9. S2 E9 - Hurricane-Proof Homes

    August 27, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster explores the construction of heavy-duty modular homes and the journey they take from factory to their final site.
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  10. S2 E10 - Biggest Casino

    September 10, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster participates in the construction of the Palazzo, the latest and greatest high-end hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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  11. S2 E11 - Deepest Tunnel

    October 9, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster explores a daring engineering project in Istanbul, Turkey, the construction of the third largest subway system in the world.
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  12. S2 E12 - High Risk Tower

    September 17, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forester goes inside the building of Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago, a super-skyscraper made entirely of reinforced concrete, making it the tallest formwork structure on the planet.
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  13. S2 E13 - Turbo-Charged Boat

    September 24, 2007
    44min
    TV-PG
    Architect Danny Forster travels to AMF Offshore Racing to participate in the repair and practice test of an offshore racing boat.
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Directors

Craig BordersDaniel S. MillerChris Gidez

Cast

Danny Forster

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