Have you ever passed a construction site You may have seen many men and women with hard hats and tool belts on Maybe they were moving things around pouring concrete or looking over blueprints You may think that there’s no way this new building will ever be completed Yet day by day week by week the building goes up It’s amazing For some people watching from afar is fun For others getting up close is a must And so it is with the curious and clumsy Jeremiah Oliver Baumgartner The kid’s initials are J O B so his friends call him Job for short His parents like his nickname because sometimes it is hard work parenting a kid like Job As much as he enjoys watching the construction of his new school from his math classroom window he wants to be closer a lot closer So with his math teacher’s help he forms a club called the Construction Crew Each month a few kids and Mr Tony are allowed to tour the site and watch the construction people build their school Read on and you’ll learn a lot about many of the fun and challenging jobs at a construction site Unlike Job you can leave your hard hat at home for now Builder Bits More than 6 million people work in construction in the United States 4
Chapter 1 Job Joins the Construction Crew Neat That outfit makes him look like a superhero 5
