Monumental Challenge

The Eiffel Tower has an ambitious regeneration plan which must be finalised, a hydraulic lift to build, a paint job to complete and critical new energy-saving targets to meet.

Teams of workers must paint, monitor and constantly upgrade railway lines while hosting events like breakfast on the bridge, the annual citywide food celebration.

Following her 150th anniversary the keepers of Big Ben must ensure the monument stays clean, timely and most importantly, does not stop at an inopportune moment.

Restorers must race against time as stonework, the famed Portico de la Gloria the Botafumeiro, and relics, all get makeovers.

The workers at the Taj Mahal must restore sandstone archways, clean the famed blue-veined marble safely and replant much of the gardens. All, while they race against the clock.

Gearing up for a six-month long party for World Expo with 70 million visitors expected, Shanghai’s city planners have dared to dream the impossible.