Local excitement

Not much happens around our suburb, which is generally a good thing. Last night however it was very windy and the building under renovation next to us lost its roof canopy, meaning several tonnes of scaffolding got picked up and dropped from eight storeys up. As far as I know, no one was injured but the forest has seen better days.

I haven't seen or heard of this happening before in Finland as generally safety is pretty high on the list when it comes to these types of things. Workers are there now cutting the trees away so they can disassemble the scaffold safely.

The pictures aren't the best as access was very limited but the building is around 60 metres long and the entire roof cover is now at the base of the building. This is going to add a fair bit of cost to the project I'd say and push the schedules back. A building renovation of this type can take 8 months or more and the canopy is needed for sealing work on the roof and with winter here, is vital.

A few months ago a friend was going to buy an apartment in this building but decided not to because of the renovation costs.

Despite not much happening around here, there sure is a lot of gossip that goes on so something like this will keep the unofficial neighbourhood watch (a group of old people with nothing better to do) abuzz for awhile.

Perhaps I should get them onto Steem? They'd have a field day. :)

Taraz
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