Construction Site is a live action children's television series created by The Jim Henson Company in 1999, featuring a group of seven anthropomorphic construction vehicles. It was originally produced for and shown on CITV starting on September 10, 1999. In March 9, 2002, it was nominated for a Children's BAFTA for the Best Pre-School Live Action. Two 13-episode seasons were produced. Episodes are packaged as 52 x 10’ or 13 x 26’. The show is similar in concept to Thomas & Friends and Bob the Builder, albeit without any human characters and in a more realistic, less toylike visual style. The show had a range of video releases by Universal Australia.
The characters
The main characters consist of a range of different construction equipment. They are as follows:
Diggs is a male blue Backhoe loader
Bozer is a male red Bulldozer
Scooch is a male orange Dumper
Carrie is a female purple Forklift
Carl is a male green Crane
Lug is a male yellow Dump truck
Maxine is a female brown Cement Mixer
There were also mentioned/visiting characters: Flatty the Flatbed Skatch the Dumper Big Rig the Large Dump truck Dumper the Jumper Truck Big Rig the "Supertruck" Kevin the Crane Truckzilla the Monster Truck
There are also other vehicles and machines: The Low Loader The Tall Crane The Conveyor Belt The Wrecking Ball Crane
Episodes
Season 1 (1999) "Who's the Boss" – Carrie thinks she'd make just as good a boss as Bozer and when he gives her the chance she's determined to prove it. "Cool Fuel" – The machines must clear an old dumpsite to make way for a new car park in just one day. "What I Do Best" – When Diggs starts treating everyday jobs on the construction site as a competition, Bozer decides to introduce a real contest—the Machine Challenge "Carnival Capers" – On Maxine's mileage day, Bozer enlists the help of the others to organize a party to celebrate. "Big Bozer Is Watching" – Scooch is terrified to work on top of a tall building after spilling salt earlier in the day, as he believes it's bad luck. "Big Rig" – Lug scoffs when he sees the new machines pretending to be a superhero named Big Rig, but he might need some of those powers. "Listening Troubles" – When Bozer tells Diggs that he's full of good ideas he thinks he'll share them with Scooch and Carrie—but Carrie has her own ideas, and they bicker. "The Way of the Bodger" – Diggs learns the merits of doing a job properly after he does mediocre work to save time. "Look What I've Got" – Diggs is proud of his shiny new attachment. But when Bozer tells him it's needed on an important job, Diggs realizes that he doesn't know what it does. "Tread Carefully" – Diggs wears some new, fashionable treads, but his quest for fashion leaves Scooch in a tight spot. "A Good Mixer" – The new machines have a lot of bricks to move, so many in fact that Diggs thinks they could use a little help from Maxine. "Almost Famous" – When Diggs, Carrie and Scooch dig a trench in the wrong place they think they've struck oil and dream of riches. "Sunk" – When the younger machines accidentally knock a load of oil drums into the dock they are too scared to own up to their mistake.
Season 2 (2000)