Watch as a crew of 350 construction workers attempt to pour the top floor of a skyscraper in the middle of Manhattan, in less than 90 minutes. From the second water is added to the concrete mix, its already starting to harden and if it doesn't make it from the plant to the site, reach the 60th floor, get poured and smoothed out all in 90 minutes, its useless and a day of work is lost. Can this crew get the concrete into Manhattan and up 700-feet in the air to get the job done before their 90-minute deadline dries up?

I hear they use a double ended tip hose. Shame Shame. I am sure they do a lot of things right but they are supposed to do what is right. Its when they do not do what is right is when we get a bit upset at them. They should know better an represent our industry with a bit more safety in mind.

Although I only caught a short piece of it at the end I have to question several area's of wisdom.

It's all about creating a 'show'.  The technical details of the process would be lost on the layman, but the tension that they create between the 'characters' is what draws the audience in.

 
It's just another 'reality' show, it ain't a 'how-to'.

Same with 'Extreme Home Makeover'.  The deadline is the drama, the home and family are incidental to the 'storyline'.

How much do you suppose doctors , lawyers, and police (CSI/NCIS/FBI/....) criticise those types of shows?

Well when one gets to watch that episode again look beyond the hype.Look at the same things an insurance risk assesor would look at.Turn the volume off and just look.

What channel or network is or was this gonna be on??  I'd like to check it out.

Link for History Channel

http://www.history.com/shows.do?episodeId=524066&action=detail