Modern Marvels

Season 11 Episode 37: Building a Skyscraper: The Human Environment

In hour three of our crash course on mega-skyscraper construction, we learn about the human element and development of systems that make us comfortable. And we’ll see the evolution from freight hoists to today’s fastest high-speed pressurized elevators and, on the cooler side, the evolution from ice refrigeration to 3,000-ton chillers. We meet Bobby, the manlift operator and the building site’s standup comedian, and travel to Taiwan to visit the world’s fastest elevators in the TAIPEI 101.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

23

Episodes:

707

Quality:

HD

Status:

Returning Series

First Air:

1993

IMDb:

8.1