Monumental Challenge
Eiffel Tower
S1 • E2 Jun 16, 2011
More than 7 million people a year visit this icon which has arguably become the world's greatest tourist attraction. But behind the scenes, the Eiffel Tower is facing one of the most challenging periods in its history. Amidst an ambitious regeneration plan which they must finalise, there's a hydraulic lift to build, a paint job to complete and critical new energy-saving targets to meet. To add to this long list many of their tasks will require anything from low-grade acrobatics - like climbing onto the structure 100 feet off the ground to clean pigeon dung from a hard-to-reach corner, to full-scale aerial suspension whilst performing more "challenging" feats from painting to engineering checks.
