Season 9 • Episode 4
LatestExperience the mighty mega shredder. The world's largest recycling machine takes the floor space of an entire factory. It will reduce the equivalent of 450 cars an hour to an unrecognizable pulp.
MegaStructures is a documentary television series appearing on the National Geographic Channel in the United States and the United Kingdom, Channel 5 in the United Kingdom, France 5 in France, and 7mate in Australia. Each episode is an educational look of varying depth into the construction, operation, and staffing of various structures or construction projects, but not ordinary construction products. Generally containing interviews with designers and project managers, it presents the problems of construction and the methodology or techniques used to overcome obstacles. In some cases this involved the development of new materials or products that are now in general use within the construction industry. MegaStructures focuses on constructions that are extreme; in the sense that they are the biggest, tallest, longest, or deepest in the world. Alternatively, a project may appear if it had an element of novelty or are a world first. This type of project is known as a Megaproject.
Production
Access to sites you'll never see otherwise
Editing
Satisfying before/after construction reveals
Direction
Drama from concrete pouring—somehow works
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The show helped popularize 'megaproject' as a mainstream term, influencing how we discuss infrastructure from HS2 to SpaceX.
Many episodes feature projects that later failed, were abandoned, or caused massive cost overruns—making rewatching oddly prophetic.
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