A new documentary series takes viewers behind the scenes at massive excavation and drilling projects in Alabama, Wisconsin and Toronto.

If you haven’t seen “Six Figures, No Suits”, you’ll want to take a look. The three-part documentary series takes a look at three large North American drilling projects (including Mirvish Village in Toronto). It takes viewers behind the scenes with detailed interviews with site staff to experience life working with heavy equipment on massive construction projects.

The series is produced by the Construction Channel, a 24-hour construction media network that focuses on construction industry news, markets and materials, stories and people. The group’s mission is to provide a new way for those outside the industry to see the complex inner workings of this industry.

Episode 1 of “Six Figures, No Suits” takes viewers to Auburn, Alabama where crews are deploying drilled shafts technologies to create deep foundations for a condo building. The episode looks at the advances in shaft technology in the past 150 years, and demonstrates how a four-foot wide auger uses more than 100,000 ft lbs of torque to drill shafts up to 200 feet deep.

Episode 2 travels to Wisconsin where crews are stabilizing the Prairie Du Sac Dam. The crew is installing nearly 1,000 micropiles to save the dam from catastrophic failure due to rotting wood timber.

In Episode 3, the crew is onsite at Mirvish Village in Toronto. Construction teams are drilling deep holes to shore up the walls in a huge excavation project. 

“Six Figure, No Suits” was produced by the Construction Channel in conjunction with the Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors (ADSC) and the International Association of Foundation Drilling (IAFD) as a way of raising awareness about the variety of careers available to young workers in the foundation drilling industry. Since its release, “Six Figures, No Suits” has won several awards, including the Grand Prize at the 2019 New Media Film Festival, Best Web Series at the 2019 Olympus Film Festival, and the Best TV Pilot at the 2019 United States Film Festival.