Wed, May 12, 2010
Travel to the deepest place on Earth, Johannesburg, South Africa's Mponeng Gold Mine. South Africa's economy depends on gold, but recently, productivity has plummeted. Now, Mponeng is fighting back by digging deeper than man has ever gone, towards an untapped gold reef worth $10 billion. Setting a new depth record every day, workers blast through super-heated rock nearly 3 miles down, in the most remote and dangerous construction site on the planet.
Wed, Apr 14, 2010
Host Danny Forster visits the world's tallest twisting structure, Kuwait's Al Hamra tower. Al Hamra's innovative twisting design and complex cladding enable it to combat Kuwait's harsh desert conditions like no other building. This massive feat of engineering features 2000 tons of limestone, advanced curved glass panels, and is capped by a 17-story open restaurant with amazing views of the Persian Gulf.
Wed, Apr 7, 2010
Danny Forster takes us to Singapore, where the tiny island nation is doing something that's never been done before - building the first ever Skypark. A modern version of the hanging gardens of Babylon, this 7000-ton urban oasis will hang 650 feet in the air on top of 3 soaring skyscrapers.