The Best Building Sites Documentaries

Engineering & Megastructures - 77 free documentaries about building sites.

Start with Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? (59 min, Absolute History), then The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction (21 min, Practical Engineering). All 77 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on building sites is Built by Roma Agrawal.

• Could A 13th Century Castle Be Built Today? | Secrets Of The Castle (59 min, Absolute History)
• The Hidden Engineering Behind Texas's Top Tourist Attraction (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• Is the World Really Running Out of Sand? (20 min, Practical Engineering)
• The Castle Builders: Masters & Masons - How Medieval Castles Were Built (48 min, Free Documentary - History)
• The Grid That Doubles the Strength of the Ground (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• So You Want to Build a Tunnel... (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Construction Projects Always Go Over Budget (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• Fixing The Largest Construction Equipment On The Planet | Mega Mechanics (143 min, Spark)
• Mega Cranes | Exceptional Engineering (50 min, Free Documentary)
• HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 1 (19 min, Practical Engineering)
• HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 4 (27 min, Practical Engineering)
• HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 2 (21 min, Practical Engineering)
• 4 Myths About Construction Debunked (15 min, Practical Engineering)
• Extreme Constructions: The Paris Metro (52 min, Free Documentary)
• HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 5 (24 min, Practical Engineering)
• HEAVY CONSTRUCTION of a Sewage Pump Station - Ep 3 (24 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why Greenland's Airport Is Being Built With Explosives (12 min, The B1M)
• The Weirdest Tool in Underwater Construction (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• Extreme Constructions: Singapore's Field of Dreams (46 min, Free Documentary)
• Extreme Constructions: Thunder Boat (51 min, Free Documentary)
• Why Buildings Need Foundations (15 min, Practical Engineering)
• Why These Billionaire Skyscrapers Are Sinking (15 min, The B1M)
• Huge Swimming Pool in One Week | Giant Pop-Up Constructions - Las Vegas, USA (48 min, Free Documentary)
• What Makes Strasbourg Cathedral An Architectural Masterpiece? | Extreme Constructions (52 min, Spark)
• Construction Fails: When Big Budgets Go Wrong (74 min, The B1M)
• The Race to Build in Antarctica (16 min, The B1M)
• The $42BN Plan to Rebuild the World’s Unluckiest City (11 min, The B1M)
• 170M Tower Implosion & Worlds Most Dangerous Demolitions | The Demolition Man (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Explosive Bridge Demolitions | The Demolition Man (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Gigantic Pop-Up Fair: Oktoberfest | Giant Pop-Up Constructions - Germany (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Edda Freya: The State-Of-The-Art Undersea Construction Vessel (46 min, Spark)
• How To Build An 80,000 Ton Ocean Liner | Extreme Constructions (52 min, Spark)
• Inside Intuit Dome: LA’s New $2BN NBA Arena (10 min, The B1M)
• Construction Fails: When Projects Go Wrong (60 min, The B1M)
• Andrew Carnegie: Prince of Steel (S1, E1) | Biography (47 min, HISTORY)
• Liebherr LTM 1750: The World's Largest Mobile Crane (53 min, Spark)
• Inside the World’s Densest City (17 min, The B1M)
• Megastructures out of 300 Tons Snow | Giant Pop-Up Constructions - Japan (48 min, Free Documentary)
• The Engineering Behind The Colosseum Still Inspiring Modern Stadium Construction (50 min, Spark)
• Mega Shippers: Mini Mega Move, Steel, Immingham Containers (47 min, Free Documentary)
• Mega Shippers: HMS Prince Of Wales, Steel Cable, Yacht Move (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Ancient Church Designs That Still Control Architecture (50 min, Odyssey)
• Constructing The World's Largest Festival (48 min, Spark)
• Destroying A Tower Block | Demolition Squad (24 min, Spark)
• The Key To Perfect Design | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• Singapore’s New Metro Line is Construction Hell (10 min, The B1M)
• The World's Most Epic Railway Construction Projects (92 min, The B1M)
• How Engineers Tackle Large-Scale Demolition Projects (172 min, Spark)
• 2+ Hours Of Incredible Demolition Videos (147 min, Spark)
• Satisfying Montage Of Controlled Demolitions To Relax/Study To | Demolition and Destruction (52 min, Spark)
• Uncovering Construction’s Biggest Killer - Part 1 (18 min, The B1M)
• Destroying A Crane With Explosives | Demolition Squad (24 min, Spark)
• Composite Core Construction (15 min, Tech Ingredients)
• From Sketch To Space: Los Angeles-Based Architect Reveals Design In Singapore | Metropolis - Part 2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• Demolishing An Office Block | Demolition Squad (23 min, Spark)
• How Do Architects Use Underground Spaces? | How Did They Build That (24 min, Spark)
• The World's Most Extreme Construction Site (15 min, The B1M)
• The World’s Most Powerful 3,000 Ton Mega Crane (50 min, Wonder)
• Season 5, Episode 13: Why Tate’s on strike; Amrita Sher-Gil; and the secrets of gothic architecture (70 min, ZCZ Films)
• How Do You Blow Up A Power Station? | Demolition Squad (24 min, Spark)
• Building The Biggest Concrete Structures | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• $7.7 Million Heist: They Burned Through 3ft of Concrete (42 min, Wonder)
• The Demolition Of Blyth Power Station | Demolition Squad (23 min, Spark)
• The Materials That Changed Construction Forever | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• How Do Foundations Defy Gravity? | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• Uncovering Construction's Biggest Killer - Part 2 (13 min, The B1M)
• Is This London's Most Complex Construction Project? (10 min, The B1M)
• 9 Construction Tech Trends to Watch in 2019 (13 min, The B1M)
• How Do We Use The Power Of Nature? | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• How Construction Technology Could Solve The Climate Emergency (12 min, The B1M)
• What Happens When a 30-Ton Monster Machine Strikes Concrete? (44 min, Wonder)
• From Colosseum To Stadium | How Did They Build That? (24 min, Spark)
• How do architecture and art interact in a museum? (89 min, The National Gallery)
• Step Inside the Connected Construction Site (14 min, The B1M)
• Floors and Closets (26 min, PBS)
• 8 Construction Tech Trends To Watch in 2018 (9 min, The B1M)
• David Miller Architects: Building a Practice with BIM (12 min, The B1M)

Top-Rated Books About Building Sites

1. Built by Roma Agrawal - View on Amazon
2. The Great Bridge by David McCullough - View on Amazon
3. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
4. Cathedral by David Macaulay - View on Amazon
5. Site Planning by Kevin Lynch - View on Amazon