Rebuilding Sichuan (2011)

In May 2008, a massive earthquake struck Sichuan, China. It claimed 80,000 lives and left 5 million homeless. A race is now on to design and build safe, earthquake-proof cities for its survivors. We track the journey of designers, engineers and contractors who are dedicating their lives to building the new city of Beichuan in a record breaking two years. We follow the survivors' stories as they reflect on the past and prepare for their new lives in a safer city. Can the city be finished on time? It would be as much a challenge in design and engineering as in sheer implementation; and its success could mean surviving future earthquakes for generations to come.