View allAll Photos Tagged constructionworker
#construction #heavyduty #business #mgiconstruction #build #heavyequipment #constructinghistory #mgicorp
Construction workers in Orange Hi Viz waiting to get on site at the Crossrail Development at the new Bond Street Station, Oxford Street, London W1. Tokina 24mm f2.8 RMC MF
#construction #contractorsofinsta #heavyduty #constructionsite #engineer #mgiconstruction #heavycivil #build #heavyiron #civilengineering #heavyequipment #heavyequipmentlife #igdaily #constructinghistory #mgicorp
#WinterLover #SpringLover #Perspective #Questions #NoIdea #Snow #Winter #Google #WhatsInStore #QuestionsWhat #Spring #Life #Think #SweaterWeather #ConstructingHistory #MGIcorp
#Construction #HeavyEquipment #Lifestyle #SkilledTrades #Excavator #SiteServices #HeavyCivil #ConstructingHistory #mgicorp
As I looked across the street I was walking in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, I noticed that there were men working on renovating this apartment building. There were guys literally on EVERY balcony when I first spotted them, but as I was raising my camera, two or three went back into the apartment they were working on and did not re emerge. Oh well....
... across the road from where the old bus station was in Nottingham.
Click on the image to see a larger view.
We don't pay enough tribute to the backbone of Shanghai's construction fervor, as unhappy as Shanghai residents seem to be by all the Expo-driven noise and air pollution.
We crane our necks to identify the peaks of skyscrapers that overrun the city but tend to sweep over the ubiquitous orange and red helmets dotting the sides of streets - hauling concrete, climbing into sewers and soldering windows in unfinished buildings. They are migrant labor that are building the China dream but are rarely able enjoy the luxurious fruits which the well-off take for granted.
They are also the unrecognized residents of Shanghai, and in many cases, looked down upon because they are mostly from out of the city, or “wai di ren” from poorer and far-flung provinces of China. Perhaps they make enough to help the family back home to buy a pig or send their children to school. If they are lucky, they can help their families buy a television with the help of generous rural subsidies that the government recently introduced.
This gentleman, in a group of mingling workers, was most pleased to have his portrait taken with the Shanghai World Financial Centre (SWFC) as his workplace backdrop. Upon looking at the resulting image, he scratched his head and stared back at the building, as if it had never occurred to him to do so.
For having poured their blood, sweat and tears into building Shanghai's skyline for minimum wage, they ultimately have no ownership or belonging in that part of China's dream.
[Part of my Building China's dream series]
[Part of my Shanghai Street Stories series]
#demolition #construction #heavyduty #mgiconstruction #build #heavyequipment #constructinghistory #mgicorp
Photo taken in Times Square, Manhattan, NY.
This sculpture by Sergio Furnari is based on the 1932 classic photograph "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" by Charles C. Ebbets.
Lunch atop a Skyscraper (New York Lunching on a Crossbeam) is a famous black-and-white photograph taken during construction of the RCA Building at 30 Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City, United States.
The full story about the photo is here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunch_atop_a_Skyscraper
(AAA_1657)
One last major project for the year involved adding new maintenance free fascia and soffits to the house. Having some handsome young construction workers doing the job was a side bonus!