How many people in here have had the privilege to work above fifty stories on a commercial construction project??? Oh btw, I'm not talking about working in the shop for such a large project... I'm talking about hanging steel way up yonder where the winds are blowing enough to blow you off wherever you're standing...
Regardless of the safety equipment they use these days, when one does fall, it's no cakewalk either, yet usually one does survive which makes a big difference in comparison
Count me as one who has worked way up in the sky on many occasions, and on more than one jobsite... The highest I've been was regrettably 92 stories up in the late World Trade Center North Tower to add some reinforcement structures to the floor in order to support a bunch of mainframes (computers) that were installed afterwards, and on the observation deck of the South Tower in order to install "Anti-suicide" fence and railing for the observation deck.
Now if anyone just happens to be visiting NYC and are near the 34th street area where the Empire State Building is located, one can see many of these wonderful photos that John posted in this thread in all their glory up by the observation deck... Thanks for posting those pics John!!! ;) ;) ;)
Respectfully,
Henry