L.A. Hard Hats

Follow a crew of ironworkers as they construct a groundbreaking new building in downtown L.A., and who are up against an impossible deadline from day one.

Join the masters of mud and find out what it takes to pour 94 million pounds of concrete. We follow a crew of form carpenters and concrete finishers over the nearly two years it takes them to construct a high rise in downtown Los Angeles.

Follow a team of electricians across the two years it takes them to run over two million feet of wire to over 20,000 outlets, receptacles, and lights.

Follow crews of plumbers over the two years it takes them to build the immensely complex system of pipes that will bring hot and cold water to over 6000 faucets, showers, toilets, and appliances inside a high rise condo in Los Angeles.

We join the team in charge of the building’s exterior. In the year it takes a crew of “glaziers” to install a 3,425 piece curtain wall, they encounter all sort of setbacks and disasters, from design failures to exploding concrete pumps.

We join workers who turn bare concrete decks into high-end, high-rise homes and go behind the scenes to join the drama of contractors struggling to achieve a standard of near perfection while sticking to a schedule that’s near impossible.