Oh Yeah, The Reason We're Here

We've been here for almost seven months and I although I mention Sulzer, the trips Larry takes and his coworkers I've never written anything about the factory. I mean it is the reason we're over here. To be perfectly honest I kind of forgot about it. Well, not really, but Larry's been working in Dalian at the Sulzer plant and the guys have their little hole-in-the-wall temporary office here in Suzhou. Last week, however, I went with Larry to the construction site and, by God, there it was, the shell of it anyways. The weather has turned cold and rainy again. In fact, we only had a couple of decent days before the sun disappeared and freezing temperatures set in. Even with the pouring rain, the construction crew was hard at work. The site was basically a giant mud puddle, but they were pouring the concrete foundation. We didn't stay very long. Larry had to do his weekly safety audit and take some pictures. I took a few of my own.

At all of the major construction sites, there's temporary housing set up for the workers. Four walls and bunk bed cots with a communal sink constitute the housing. By housing standards, evidently, these were of higher quality than most.

My favorite sights were the safety signs. Larry can't take credit for them as they were already in place before we arrived. I've started a little collection of photos; signs that catch my attention. Translations from Chinese to English (and vice versa) sometimes get a bit distorted. A post for another day.