Tearing the house down took about an hour. Hauling away all the debris and rubble: a bit longer. Lots of great folks helped clear the site for the builders.

One of those groups: Baney Construction.

There’s a never-ending buzz of activity humming through the Extreme Makeover site. Look around at any moment of the day and work crews are hauling, digging or installing something.

And the sponsors and contractors are spread far and wide.

From the building site, where Wiley & Sons Construction helped with the demolition of the house:

To Sullivan Excavating beginning the rebuilding process before all the rubble is moved away:

Across the street to the spectator’s area, where D Ashley Design worked on building posh tents where just a few days before bean fields grew.

The most exciting thing for the social media team (we’ll break the Fourth Wall a bit here) was the arrival of the Best Buy team:

Logistically speaking, Hallmark Homes and ABC have created the infrastructure for a small town in Bunker Hill. Trailers, tents, parking, food, cellular towers, wireless Internet. You name it, it’s probably here.

And it appeared virtually overnight. One of the mainstays: tent areas (complete with carpeting) to help with the long days and nights.

Volunteers work to build the wood floor of the spectator tent Thursday afternoon on the location of the new home site of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Later, the volunteers and contractors worked to install carpeting, creating a spacious atmosphere for everyone. An important facet as the rainy Fall weather creeps in.

The Reveal, the day the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition family sees their new house, is always heartwarming. But few folks truly understand what it takes to pull this off.

Building a house in four and one-half days — a job that normally takes six months — is nothing short of miraculous. Nameless crews work around the clock, tearing down, cleaning and building.

But it’s not just about the house. Companies from across the state and the nation chip in to create a temporary city, complete with wireless and cellular access. In the coming weeks, we’ll take you behind the scenes to introduce you to the selfless people who are making Extreme Makeover: Home Edition possible.

While the ABC crew kicked off its even, the folks from Omnicity began constructing a media area.

Of course, it’s not just about the WiFi. Coordinating such a large event requires cell phones. And connectivity isn’t always the best in rural areas. For that, Hallmark Homes turned to Midwestern Underground Cellular.

Mike Elmer, a field supervisor for Midwest Underground Technology Inc., waits to install a temporary cell phone tower. Elmer and his crew are installing a cell tower to boost cell service in the rural area where the Cowan-Brown family lives. The tower belongs to US Cellular, which is the company that provides service for the area.

Regardless of the type of infrastructure being built, it takes a fleet of hardworking trucks to move all of the furniture and light equipment to and from the site. For that, the folks at Two Men and a Truck stepped up.

For more pictures of the contractors, please visit our Flickr site.