My Dubai boss asked me to take a cab to his office before continuing on to the worksite. From his thirteenth floor window I was delighted to take in the gorgeous views of the city. Then it was off to the worksite for a few hours. My boss had to make a stop at the world famous Atlantis Hotel on our return. The hotel is situated on the Palm Jumeirah, a large man made island in the shape of a palm tree. I had lunch on the boardwalk overlooking the beautiful Arabian Gulf. I then jumped in a cab for another adventure which I will report on tomorrow...
Irony
Our team created the Galaxyland theme in the amusement park at West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada. It took five years of full time work during the late 90's. During that time it was the largest mall and entertainment center in the world. I always looked in wonder at the five acre indoor water park. While the park was amazing, what made it so unusual was the fact that during the very cold winter months, the temperature inside the waterpark was a balmy 80 degrees with very high humidity. Outside the glass roof it was a bitterly cold, minus 40 degrees.
Yesterday, I walked through the Mall of Dubai. The mall itself looked like many malls I've been in through the years, albeit much larger. What made it remarkable to me however, was the opposite of West Edmond Mall. Dubai is well noted for it's hot summer temperatures of well over a hundred degrees with extreme humidity. But inside the mall is the massive attraction - Ski Dubai, complete with sub zero temperatures and penguins (of course).
Post and Beam
While Dan has been galavanting across the globe we have been busy working on NEB's Mezzanine wall. The first load of arches is a hair's breadth from being ready to ship and we are very excited about having room to move around the shop again!
We bolted one of the posts onto an arch to take a few measurements and Lenny couldn't resist giving us his best Vanna White impersonation.