All this week I’ve been observing destructive testing at a high rise. At a building across the street, workers are taking down scaffolding from a 20+ story condo project after repairs were made to the building’s exterior.
More than a few times over the past several days my colleagues and I have observed workers not tied off to proper fall protection performing extreme acrobatic feats while carrying fairly large and unwieldy sections of scaffolding using both hands.
Watching these hard working folks putting their life on the line with every step has been eye-opening and terrifying, while at the same time providing me a real sense of gratitude that my job isn’t nearly as risky.
And then I saw this:
(Via Construction Junkie)
AEC Forensics 