Hawaii highrise construction

[Highrise Tower 20798]

My mom went to Hawaii for a week.  She sent me these pictures. She knew I like highrises so it was sort of a joke.

 

 

 

 

 

[Ross 1141]

I wish I could find my pictures from Bangkok, where the scaffolding on high rise construction was all wood or bamboo lashed together. I guess it works, but it looked pretty scary.

[mollusk 2185]

^^ Of course, the world over all of the major cathedrals, temples, tall viaducts, etc., etc. were built with some sort of plant based staging until ~150 years ago...

[JBTX 346]

On 3/15/2020 at 11:00 AM, Ross said:

I wish I could find my pictures from Bangkok, where the scaffolding on high rise construction was all wood or bamboo lashed together. I guess it works, but it looked pretty scary.

 

Oh man, I gotta look through my old vacation pics now. I remember that horrifying bamboo scaffold with little to no planking being all over Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur.

 

EDIT: I couldn't find the scaffold, but enjoy this OSHA-approved brick throwing line in KL.

Edited March 16 by JBTX