MegaBuilders: Sheikh Zayed Bridge (2010)

Discovery Channel - MegaBuilders: Sheikh Zayed Bridge (2010) 720p HDTV x264-HILSWALTB
English | 00:44:50 | H264 | 1280x720 | 25.00fps 3234 Kbps | AC3 384 Kbps 48.0khz | 1.01 GiB
Genre: Documentary

Buildingthe Sheikh Zayed Bridge, the stunning grand gateway to the worldsrichest city, Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, is a kingsize headache for Mark Jones, the engineer assembling its giantsignature arches. Its an architects dream, an engineers nightmare,he says .The bridge is millions over budget and years behind schedule.Its as much sculpture as structure, and when art meets engineering,worlds collide. No one has ever built a bridge like this. Mega Builderscameras follow Jones and his crew as they solve one frustratingchallenge after another, lifting and joining together 600 tonne steelsegments bigger than houses with the largest crane in the Middle East tocomplete the South Marina Arch at the worlds most difficult bridge.