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If you are a budding Civil Engineer or a construction enthusiast and you have the
urge to really understand what you are getting into, and visual representations of
complicated and sophisticated information serve better to your brain cells, this
article is meant for you.
Civil Engineering means nothing if you are not executing what you are studying.
Efficient execution of construction projects demands extreme poise, patience,
experience, and composure. This comes with time and getting to witness the
execution of immense projects vicariously by putting yourself into the
construction arena may give you a tinge of the feel and weather you a bit for the
future. There are multiple TV shows and documentaries out there capturing the
immensity as well as the niceties involved in the construction projects.
Here is a list of 15 TV shows curated punctiliously for you to leave you in awe
with the intricacies and sophistication involved in the construction arena :
1) Megastructures (TV Series 2004- )
With Jonathan Hart, Tom Goodman-Hill, Greg Stebner, Jay Simon. This
documentary series focuses on extreme construction projects — be they the
biggest, tallest, longest or deepest in the world — and the machines used to
create extraordinary structures.
Bonus mention :
Engineering Connections (TV Series 2008- )
With Richard Hammond, Stephen Ralphs, Hugh Hunt, Tom Bach. Richard
Hammond tells us about extraordinary objects created with science, art &
technologies. Then, also, he reveals the big ideas and/or inspirations to create
that massive masterpiece.