China are at it again...

[henpecked]

Assembling the tallest building in the world in ............


90 days !

All 'off site modular' but what a feat. 5 times as energy efficient, one tenth the cost of the 'Burj al Arab' and most importantly, 5 tames as earthquake resistant than current buildings


Talk about 'forcing the leading edge' . :O

[lutonlagerlout]

so what happens when some one flies a plane into it?
no need to go so high
just build a radio antenna 1000m high then lets forget about it
i have been up the eiffel tower and the stratosphere tower and they are plenty high enough at 1000ft
LLL

[mickg]

this video set the ground breaking speed constructing a 30 storey high modular hotel in only 360 hours

30 storey hotel constructed in only 15 days

[haggistini]

Crazy shit... I'm happy on the ground boys ain't got the head for heights I'm like bambi on scaffolding....

[henpecked]

Crazy shit... I'm happy on the ground boys ain't got the head for heights I'm like bambi on scaffolding....

I'm the opposite, the higher the better

[Tony McC]

My dad would get dizzy on the first rung of a ladder; I'm ok, but feel happier on the ground; while my back was turned, my 3-yr old granddaughter scuttled all the way up a double extension ladder at the weekend to see what it was like when grandad scraped the leaves from the gutters!

Is vertigo genetically inherited or learned?

[Carberry]

Is vertigo genetically inherited or learned?

Not sure but you would probably find this experiment interesting

Visual Cliff experiment

[rab1]

to be honest I personally think that if your scared of heights and have to work at height you get used to it but have a more carefull attitude and a greater respect of the dangers.

[lutonlagerlout]

never bothered me,but when you have been on the monkey for 3 years you just have to get used to ladders and such.
I have seen grown men freeze on roofs and scaffolds,and it can hit you at anytime
danny the groundworker who was with us recently froze on a ladder,he couldnt get off onto a flat roof 2 storeys up
he just stood there stuck to the ladder,poor sod
it must be a "what you are used to thing"
i like getting up high and having a good look around
LLL

[mickg]

>>>>when you have been on the monkey for 3 years
go on I give up what does this means

[Mikey_C]

>>>>when you have been on the monkey for 3 years
go on I give up what does this means

+1

[rab1]

think it means scaffolder

[lutonlagerlout]

hod carrier
round these parts it is known as being on the monkey
the hod is often referred to as a monkey
i guess it is a monkey on your back
LLL

[mickg]

we just called them hod carriers

[GB_Groundworks]

god do you remember the double sized mortar hods, i remember cutting my teeth during school holidays as a 15 yr old carrying them up the ladders i do love telehanders and mortar skips