Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:22 pm
Dont look down !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVLzVhnYE0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWVLzVhnYE0
The Brew Cabin
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Video from top of new burj tower
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Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:30 pm
wow
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:42 pm
On the amazing views from height theme-heres a great nasa pic from todays times:
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:33 pm
WOW! I knew Blackpool tower was high but I didnt know it was that high. Oh yeh, you spelt Blackpool wrong. 
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:14 am
I was reading a couple of days ago it sways up to 4 feet - like 2 feet each way
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 11:38 am
The scale of that building is just incredible. I find it hard to get my head around the morals and ethics of the whole UAE /Abu Dhabi developments though. It's all built on fake credit in a place that is becoming unihabitable and the exploitation of labour would make the slave trade look acceptable. At least 1 Indian or Bangladeshi labourer was killed every week during it's construction but because of their ranking on the pecking order work wouldn't stop and the bodies weren't repatriated. People are prepared to turn a blind eye to whats happening out there so they can have their slice of luxury it's not right.
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:39 pm
have to say was out there last year for a weeks holls looked at lots of building sites and over the tops and gaps where they did not want you looking health and safety a joke working conditions even worse from what i could see of canteen and living space was a big eye oppener did not see any happy faces or workers having the craic did think of working there but would have to say am not desprate enough good for diomond buying and gold hence the trip wedding bells were calling :p :;): :;):
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 1:35 pm
I was there for a holiday 2 years ago and it was just one big building site - I loved it
the tower was up to floor 88 when I arrived and gained 3 more floors in height whilst i was there
where i stayed they was building 200 tower blocks all at the same time around the Dubai marina, health and safety was an issue then but the place was kept very clean and tidy and the standard of workmanship on the paving was very high
Granite Setts and Flags being pointed
the sad bit was every evening there was 1000's of guys sat or stood on the pavement all wearing overalls and hard hats waiting for the buses to take them home and the next shift to arrive, like cookie said they did not look happy but to have worked all day in the heat for £ 5 you would look pissed off too
when i first arrived I was amazed at the amount of guys all stood around, some working but lots not, was doing quick maths in my head on how much it was costing to lay this bit of pavement or shovel sand into a barrow because you see teams of 5 - 8 men everywhere and its only costing £ 25 - £ 40 a day per team, in the UK it would be 20 - 30 times more cost
the tower was up to floor 88 when I arrived and gained 3 more floors in height whilst i was there
where i stayed they was building 200 tower blocks all at the same time around the Dubai marina, health and safety was an issue then but the place was kept very clean and tidy and the standard of workmanship on the paving was very high
Granite Setts and Flags being pointed
the sad bit was every evening there was 1000's of guys sat or stood on the pavement all wearing overalls and hard hats waiting for the buses to take them home and the next shift to arrive, like cookie said they did not look happy but to have worked all day in the heat for £ 5 you would look pissed off too
when i first arrived I was amazed at the amount of guys all stood around, some working but lots not, was doing quick maths in my head on how much it was costing to lay this bit of pavement or shovel sand into a barrow because you see teams of 5 - 8 men everywhere and its only costing £ 25 - £ 40 a day per team, in the UK it would be 20 - 30 times more cost
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:33 pm
nutter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLFAJQ7SLew
woops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a2QKCmm-m0
lucky lucky boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5FQ_mPlJRI
wouldn't have done his hoses much good
loading a 35 ton adt with a spade....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1dhGP1I9I
haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrw-39v6mME
Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1262976178
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLFAJQ7SLew
woops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a2QKCmm-m0
lucky lucky boy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5FQ_mPlJRI
wouldn't have done his hoses much good
loading a 35 ton adt with a spade....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-1dhGP1I9I
haha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrw-39v6mME
Edited By GB_Groundworks on 1262976178
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:36 pm
your indian sub continant labourer is on less than £1 a day, big money back home.
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:41 pm
even bigger nutter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBrdl2sZWs&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDBrdl2sZWs&feature=related
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:02 pm
my mate works as a QS in riyadh,in 18 months he has not seen 1 woman, a bottle of whisky costs £300 on the black market ,he gets £1200 per week tax free, and his Pakistani servants earn £2 per day
go figure
apparently the best time for dubai is ramadan,you can get the best hotels for reasonable money,but I have been advised to go executive level or all inclusive as drink can be extortionate
i struggle with my conscience going to these sort of places,not right paying $35 for a coffee when lads are grafting for $3 per day
LLL
go figure
apparently the best time for dubai is ramadan,you can get the best hotels for reasonable money,but I have been advised to go executive level or all inclusive as drink can be extortionate
i struggle with my conscience going to these sort of places,not right paying $35 for a coffee when lads are grafting for $3 per day
LLL
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:26 pm
was on the news yesterday 2 guys already base jumped off that bad boy, nutters
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:39 pm