I got up at 5am for an early flight to Jinjiang in Southern China. I had been there a few months earlier and was going back to meet another prospective new client. People often refer to Jinjiang as the “Brand City” as it claims to have the most brands headquartered in the town. The client took us to their new headquarters and factory, which was under construction. It was a huge and impressive building, but what I found interesting was the scaffolding. The builders were using steel scaffolding, but had used bamboo slats for the floor of the walkway. It looked a bit patchy and makeshift in places, but actually bamboo is one of the strongest natural materials. It is still used in Hong Kong and favoured over steel scaffolding for most developments even skyscrapers. I think what amazed me was the confidence of the workers to move around at such heights without much regard to safety. However, this is not uncommon in China, where health and safety conditions lag behind western regulations.
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