From a 23-year-old to a septuagenarian, from the depths of a tunnel to the roof of a ballpark, from Chicago to London—the lives and times of construction professionals are rich with extremes: A teacher. A crane operator. A development manager for a 92-story highrise. A drilling superintendent. An overseer of the London Underground's reconstruction. A plumbing contractor. A structural engineer pushing steel quality. An architect. Builders of a ballpark, a casino, a biotechnology campus and a transmission line. A transportation planner in Beijing. A surveyor. A safety manager. An inspector.
The "lucky 16." Men, women, the young and the old. Their careers and daily lives are all over the map. Yet they have much in common. They are all dedicated and passionate about their work.