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In this new television series, Big, Bigger, Biggest, now showing on SBS television on Saturday evenings at 7.30pm, discover the evolutionary engineering leaps that enabled structures to expand in size and scale.  How did bridges evolve in size from tiny bamboo walkways spanning streams to long suspension bridges connecting distant islands? How did buildings surge in stature from ground-hugging houses to cloud-busting skyscrapers? This documentary reveals the evolutionary engineering leaps that enabled different types of structures to explode from big to bigger to biggest.
This series will be recorded offair by the Library Multimedia Service for inclusion in the DHPSE Library collection.