Construction work in the 3rd Millenium

It'll be going on two days from work when this pulled muscle heals and two things are certain.
1) I've been brought to my knees by a relatively minor back injury - a pulled muscle that started swelling several days ago and that I ignored until it whimsically kicked my butt.
2) Being outdoors every day rocks.

Construction is akin to the army in its merger of heavy machinery, reckless personalities, and occasional fubar scenarios. Herein is a sampling of the events that result in the construction here in the lawdy lovin US of A,

Despite the age of supercomputers, robots on mars, and no end of other great geek stuff there's a world building America's infrastructure - and it is rad. From the felons and freaks to the immigrants and artisans there is a realm of industrial American culture working together 24/7/365 to build the great follies of the early third millennium.