Online Video Guide

In the 1990s, the government of Hong Kong undertook the largest civil engineering project in history: building a new international airport 16 miles out to sea. They had no other choice. The old airport, Kai Tak, was stuck in the middle of downtown Hong Kong. Air cargo and traffic is the economic lifeblood of this island territory, and with no room to grow, the old airport had to be replaced. A site was selected off the coast of a rocky island, and a gigantic platform was built by leveling two small islands and reclaiming the rest from the ocean floor. A huge terminal was built on top of the new island, the largest enclosed space in the world. To reach the new airport, a completely new transportation infrastructure had to be built, including a series of world-class highways, bridges, tunnels, and railways. And everything was completed in record time, as engineers raced against a formidable deadline -- Britain's return of Hong Kong to the Chinese. Finished on time and under budget, the p