"The Dam Builders tells the true story of the people who between 1980 and 1984 came together and struggled against nature and human adversity to carve out one of the largest dams in Thailand in the rugged mountainous terrain and verdant tropical jungle of Kanchanaburi. At times more like a drama than a story of construction, human interest and relationships fill the pages of The Dam Builders as a group of diverse people, often not even understanding each other, form a successful team to complete the dam on time even with the adversity of constant danger and death that nobody from the laborer to the management are safe from. Touching on the points of what is lost as well as gained in terms of environment and culture, the history of the building of the Khaolaem Dam is, as well as a commentary on cross cultural cooperation, also a thoughtful account of the construction and issues that surround both dam implementation and the catchment areas along the Thai-Burma border."