If you stick around while you finish your popcorn, you’ll notice that the credits offer an interesting glimpse behind the scenes of a film’s production.

You’ll see hundreds of people involved in making a blockbuster movie. Everyone from the “best boy,” to the studio accountant, to the “assistant to Meryl Streep” contributes to a film’s success.

If credits rolled on restoration projects, they’d include the owner, the architect/engineer, and the contractor. They’d include subcontractors, specialized subconsultants, attorneys, project managers, project accountants, managing agents, product reps, and DOB expediters. Note that, thus far, we haven’t included those who perform the actual hands-on work or manufacture products or materials. So, let’s include riggers, laborers, supervisors, mechanics, craftsmen, delivery drivers, equipment operators, and material manufacturers.

As with films, the whole team will never physically meet, and no individual has sufficient knowledge or capacity to accomplish the task alone. But everyone knows their job, where their responsibilities end, and where they interface with others.

In its role as Engineer/Architect, SUPERSTRUCTURES typically receives top billing. And while we might not be able to tell you exactly what a key grip does, we appreciate and respect the role that everyone plays in a successful restoration project.