Extreme Engineering is a documentary television series that aired on the Discovery Channel and the Science Channel. The program featured futuristic and ongoing engineering projects. After ending of season 3 it airs under the Build It Bigger name. The series last season aired in July 2011. Danny Forster first hosted the series in season 4 and has been the host since season 6. Origins of the show Engineering the Impossible was a 2-hour special, created and written by Alan Lindgren and produced by Powderhouse Productions for the Discovery Channel. It focused on three incredible, yet physically possible, engineering projects: the Gibraltar Bridge, the 170-story Millennium Tower and the over Freedom Ship. This program won the Beijing International Science Film Festival Silver Award, and earned Discovery's second-highest weeknight rating for 2002. After the success of this program, Discovery commissioned Powderhouse to produce the first season of the 10-part series, Extreme Engineering, whose episodes were written by Alan Lindgren, Ed Fields and several other Powderhouse writer-producers. Like Engineering the Impossible, the first season of Extreme Engineering focused on extreme projects of the future. Season 2 (and all seasons since) featured projects already in construction around the world. Episodes Series overview Pilot Season one episode 4, Icarus' Dream. Master's of Engineering. Amazon Prime Television. Season 1: 2003 Season 2: 2004 Season 2 was the first season produced in HDTV for HD Theater. Season 3: 2005–06 Season 4: 2006 Powderhouse Productions produced six episodes for season 4 with host Danny Forster. After ending of season 3 it airs under the Build It Bigger name on HD Theater, The Science Channel, and Discovery Channel. Season 5: 2006 Season 6: 2007 Season 7: 2009 Season 8: 2010 Season 9: 2011 See also Mega Builders Megastructures, a similar show on the National Geographic Channel Impossible Engineering References External links Powderhouse Productions homepage WAGtv homepage Extreme Engineering official website at Discovery Channel Extreme Engineering episode guide at Discovery Channel Build It Bigger official website at Science Channel "Woodrow Wilson Bridge Featured On Discovery Channel Tonight" (Washington Post article) Symposium W.S.V Simon Stevin, student association of the Mechanical Engineering faculty of the Eindhoven University of Technology 2003 American television series debuts 2011 American television series endings 2000s American documentary television series 2010s American documentary television series Documentary television series about industry Engineering projects Discovery Channel original programming