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Building Hong Kong's Airport
Extreme EngineeringDiscovery Channel | Science | Technology
May 14, 2003
Country: Hong Kong
Project: Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong, one of the most wealthiest cities in the world. But, by nineteen this central global commerce found itself under siege from the air. The city has grown up around its tiny airport but has long since outgrown it. Now, the constant onslaught of huge commercial jetliners was endangering the lives of the resident and the airports tiny size was threatened to choke off to life flood of the city. Hong Kong desperately needed a new world-class airport, but where to put it.
There was only one option that is to build it sixteen miles out at sea. But that would require the largest engineering project in history. It would mean building the longest bridges in the world and massive new longer water tunnels, 22 miles of new superhighway and hight-speed rail. Builder estimated the project would take decades but they were given only seven years. Could engineers and builder working on an absurdly tight deadline pull of a project this extreme? And would building such colossal structures only invite disaster in the future?
Find out all the answer here with Watch Documentaries 360 in the series of Extreme Engineering in this episode Building Hong Kong's Airport.
Project: Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong, one of the most wealthiest cities in the world. But, by nineteen this central global commerce found itself under siege from the air. The city has grown up around its tiny airport but has long since outgrown it. Now, the constant onslaught of huge commercial jetliners was endangering the lives of the resident and the airports tiny size was threatened to choke off to life flood of the city. Hong Kong desperately needed a new world-class airport, but where to put it.
There was only one option that is to build it sixteen miles out at sea. But that would require the largest engineering project in history. It would mean building the longest bridges in the world and massive new longer water tunnels, 22 miles of new superhighway and hight-speed rail. Builder estimated the project would take decades but they were given only seven years. Could engineers and builder working on an absurdly tight deadline pull of a project this extreme? And would building such colossal structures only invite disaster in the future?
Find out all the answer here with Watch Documentaries 360 in the series of Extreme Engineering in this episode Building Hong Kong's Airport.
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