Published: 04:54 EDT, 7 February 2013 | Updated: 04:55 EDT, 7 February 2013
Construction workers keep strict safety rules for those who have to climb scaffolding beams and platforms, however, where bolts and steel beams are nowhere to be found, bamboo sticks and rope come in handy. Metal Scaffolding Planks
These pictures of constructions across the world show scaffolding more resembling a child's Jenga game than a building site hundreds of feet above ground.
When Western workers go for hard hats and sturdy platforms, others simply lash bamboo poles together or pile the contents of their garage up against the wall.
The results are anything but stable.
Dizzying heights: Not all steel scaffolding follow the health and safety guidelines such as this construction site where it is hanging off the side hundreds of feet above ground
High rise: Amazing bamboo scaffolding erected during the restoration of a building at the Ekambaranathar temple in Kanchipuram, India, climbing up nearly 200 feet high
Bamboozled: While others rely on steel beams, others take rickety risks, such as in Hong Kong, left, and in Delhi, India, right, and go for bamboo
Safety guidelines: When one cannot get bolts and steel beams one has to turn to bamboo and ropes
Buddha bamboo: Winding scaffolding covers the side of a mountain in Battambang, Cambodia as workers carve out a gigantic Buddha statue from the rocky hillside
Jenga: It looks like this spectacular building is held up by less-than-stable looking wooden scaffolding
DIY: Home made scaffolding created by using odd pieces of wood and plants to climb across
Paint the town: These two sets of painters take some serious risks with one pair working off barrels and planks while the others use a bamboo ladder - and no shoes
It only takes a huff: Fingers crossed the towerblock they are building will become more stable than the stick scaffolding they used for construction
Build as you go: The workers at an undisclosed site climb up the walls to build their scaffolding
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