Building Alaska

Three teams kick off their builds in remote settings; Adam Tschappat begins building a cabin in the Wrangell Mountains; Mike Williams begins building a guest cabin in Eagle Song; Steve Box and his friends begin an island getaway on Shelter Island.

Adam and his family stake out an area for their "Family Legacy" cabin; Mike and his daughter, Meghan, finally make it off Alaska's frozen highway; Dave and Hans complete their supply runs and dig holes for their foundation.

Alaskan builder Adam Tschappat's team is cut in half, and his build is delayed in the Wrangell Mountains; a temperature change forces Mike Williams to focus on the farm; Dave and Hans face rough seas, while some bad math puts them further behind.

Adam and his brothers deal with record-breaking spring temperatures at their build site; Mike keeps one eye on his crops and the other on his build; Dave and Hans nearly get stranded due to receding tides.

Mike Williams scrambles to save his peonies; building materials arrive unharmed at Dave and Hans' Island Getaway build on Shelter Island; Adam Tschappat does some precision work for his Family Legacy cabin in the Wrangell Mountains.

Mike Williams' plans backfire while he is preparing the cabin for earthquakes; Dave and Hans have fun at their client's expense; Adam Tschappat battles 100 years of brush.

Mike and his team gain some ground while laying plywood over the cabin's foundation; Dave and Hans realise how much work they have left on Shelter Island; Adam comes face to face with his biggest fear.

Mike Williams' son, Cody, comes up with a solution for the pressure-washer problem in order to peel logs; Dave and Hans hoist heavy beams into place; Adam Tschappat is a bag short of cement when it comes to completing the foundation for his cabin.

Mike gets all of his logs peeled and starts to stack and insulate his cabin; Dave and Hans contend with heavy fog while trekking to Shelter Island, then they struggle to lift heavy logs; Adam saves the day with an extra bag of cement.

Mike falls further behind due to wet weather; Dave and Hans receive much needed help; Adam disassembles his cabin at the log yard and begins transporting it to his build site.

Mike and his team work on the cabin's rafters and roofing; Dave and Hans are on their own with setting the heavy ridge beam until help arrives; Adam successfully transports all of his logs and gets the cabin's massive floor laid out.

On Shelter Island, Dave and Hans have two 700-pound ridgepoles to set; Mike forges ahead in dodgy weather; everything comes to a screeching halt at Adam's site after two crucial logs go missing.

It's do or die time for Dave, Hans, Steve, and the other builders; Adam and his family finish building their legacy cabin; Mike races the first snowfall to finish his build.