Building Mumbai's Modern Airport

Season 09

Episode 07

Build It Bigger

Extreme Engineering

Discovery Channel and the Science Channel

Mumbai has a two-billion-dollar plan to rebuild the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in order to accommodate a double capacity in the near future. One of the unique challenges that architects and engineers have to overcome is the limited space for building a new terminal with biggest membrane roof. The construction site condition is so special that the builders cannot use any crane to lift up many elements of the building. Therefore they invent a unique temporary structure to move an enormous roof frame to 30 megacolumns.  Let’s enjoy the movie to see new technologies in erecting a modern airport.

Youtube trailer: http://youtu.be/HqkgbPMzw6s

(Movie copyright: Discovery Channel and Science Channel)

K.D.