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More descriptions: 2006 episodes
MAJOR LEAGUE STADIUM
In Washington, DC, 800 workers attempt to design and build a $650 million baseball stadium in less than two years. Danny Forster finds out if they can finish the 41,000-seat Nationals stadium, complete with the largest scoreboard in the US, on schedule.
Premiere: Oct. 17, 2007
DEEPEST TUNNEL
Danny goes back to the future in Istanbul, Turkey, to find out how to tunnel through water — and history. The city is now home to one of the most daring engineering projects on the planet that is soon to be the third largest in the world.
Premiere: Oct. 10, 2007
TURBOCHARGED BOATS
This week Danny travels to Palm Beach, Fla., where he links up with AMF Offshore Racing, one of the top teams in the offshore racing circuit. He'll help the team rebuild one of their battleworn boats, which must be ready to race again in just two weeks. In the pits there is no margin of error if you expect to come in first, so Danny will have to be at the top of his game.
Premiere: Sept. 26, 2007
HIGH-RISK TOWER
Donald Trump's new tower in Chicago, Ill., is not your ordinary skyscraper. Made entirely of reinforced concrete, it will be the tallest formwork structure on the planet. Danny helps the construction crew build the 30th floor. He also does time in the building's tower crane, and works with the "curtain team" to install some of the 8,200 windows that will enclose the tower's curving facade. They don't have much time, because Trump's International Hotel plans to open its doors in just five months' time — it's the fastest move-in ever attempted!
Premiere: Sept. 19, 2007
SUPER STADIUM
View the construction of the new Arizona Cardinals' Super Stadium! The NFL is betting that the Cardinals' new home will help re-brand the 'Cards' as a winner, and kick-start a new era in sports arenas — away from the nostalgia of baseball parks.
Premiere: Sept. 15, 2007
BIGGEST CASINO
Danny Forster participates in the construction of the Palazzo, Las Vegas' latest and greatest high-end hotel and casino.
Premiere: Sept. 12, 2007
SPACE TOWER
The tallest skyscraper in Spain is under construction! The 700 foot tall Torre del Espacio (Space Tower) is unlike any other tall building. Danny will ascend to dizzying heights to join the crew in a week-long struggle to repair one level of the building.
Premiere: Sept. 8, 2007
FLOATING CITY
The biggest cruise ships on earth are longer than an aircraft carrier and twice the height of the Statue of Liberty. Danny hops aboard the Freedom of the Seas in the Caribbean to find out how this self-sufficient floating city feeds, sleeps and entertains over 4,000 guests. He then heads to a remote, icy port in Finland, to help build Freedom's sister ship, Independence of the Seas, and finds himself driving a 600-ton gantry crane and drinking a lot of Finnish coffee. He discovers that everything is oversized when you're dealing with these supercruisers.
Premiere: Sept. 5, 2007
HURRICANE-PROOF HOMES
A new, high-tech method of construction is replacing homes damaged by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast. Danny will join a team of 100 factory workers as they race to build an entire house that can withstand 160-mph winds in just five days. When they finish, two halves of the finished house will be shrink-wrapped and loaded onto trucks for delivery. Danny will embark on a 200-mile journey in Mississippi to deliver the home to its new owners, and he will help with the final installation.
Premiere: Sept. 1, 2007
FAULT ZONE TUNNEL
Go inside one of the most difficult and dangerous tunneling projects in the world. Outside Los Angeles, Danny heads underground with the team attempting to dig two huge tunnels that will supply freshwater to Southern California. Burrowing 1,000 feet under a mountain range, the project has faced cave-ins and floods — not to mention being prone to earthquakes as it's being constructed along the San Andreas Fault.
Premiere: Aug. 21, 2007
BOOT CAMP
Danny Forster's been on job sites all over the world. He's smart as a whip and he's great at figuring out and explaining how the toughest jobs in the world get done. Now Danny goes to construction boot camp. For one week, Danny's going to get a crash course in everything from heavy equipment operation to how to use a shovel. Under the skeptical eye of guys who know what it's like to take a green kid, break him down and then build him up again, Danny will gain a new appreciation for the sheer skill and persistence it takes to master the building trades.
Premiere: Aug. 14, 2007
SUPER FAST WARSHIP
Get a behind-the-scenes look at the high-tech world aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer. Then, join Danny at the famed Bath Iron Works in Maine, and watch as the workers at this high-security shipyard place the finishing touches on a new warship.
Premiere: Aug. 7, 2007
WORLD'S TALLEST SKYSCRAPER
Soon to be the tallest skyscraper in the world, the Shanghai World Financial Center now stands 77 stories tall — and it's growing a floor a week. But the job of building this monster is incredibly tough. Besides a near crippling fear of heights, Danny has to contend with the onset of frigid winter winds born on an approaching typhoon — all while hanging on the outside of the skyscraper, 1,000 feet in the air.
Premiere: July 24, 2007
BATTLE MACHINES
At Kentucky's Fort Knox Armor Center, Danny gets behind the wheel of the U.S. Army's most potent land weapon: the $5 million M1 Abrams tank. He also visits the Anniston Army Depot in Alabama, where in just 55 days a battleworn Abrams can be made good as new. Find out if Danny has what it takes to become a tanker — the special breed of soldier that operates this 70-ton machine.
Premiere: July 17, 2007
COASTER BUILD OFF
Buckle up with Danny Forster as he takes us on a wild ride into the realm of roller-coaster construction. He meets with engineers who create every exacting detail and goes on site to lend a hand in building world-class coasters.
Premiere: July 10, 2007
