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 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: There were also mentioned/visiting characters: There are also other vehicles and machines:

Episodes

Season 1 (1999)

Season 2 (2000)

Season 3 (2001)

Season 4 (2002)

Setting

The series was set around a large construction site, and the machines are rarely seen leaving its boundaries. There were no human characters due to the use of Muppet-like vehicles. The site consists of factories, a battery charge bay, a park, a dock, a few sheds, a tall bridge, a scrapyard, a mountain, a forest, and more.

Production

The models

The vehicle models are used by live-action animatronic puppet models. This is the first time The Jim Henson Company have used these, as these type of puppets were restricted to movies like Babe and Labyrinth.