*It turned out that Sergei Vladilenovich Kiriyenko, head of Rosatom, was planning to visit the construction site of the Baltic Nuclear Power Plant and personally inspect how the work was progressing. The builders, apparently taking into account the tall stature of the distinguished guest and the depth of the muck churned up across the site by Korean (or maybe Swedish) heavy machinery, concluded that they urgently needed to build an observation tower so that the former Prime Minister of Russia could take in, with his commanding gaze, the full grandeur of this ambitious project. In truth, a tower like that could be put together by the grandmother of the next-door neighbor of the assistant director of any company with the word “metal structures” in its list of services. And around this future monster of Russian energy there are more such firms than there are self-tapping screws in the fence surrounding it. So why on earth would the builders turn to a fancy outfit like ours for this tower (that is, to absolutely everyone). As it turned out, a tower 10–12 meters (about 33–39 feet) high for a delegation of 10–12 high-ranking people had to be built IN TWO WEEKS! For those not in the know, let me explain: normally, two weeks is what it takes just to discuss a rough initial price for such an unconventional job. But Vladilenovich dropped onto the builders like a brick to the balls, giving their economic activity quite a boost. *How Kiriyenko Was Received via a link from gaz_v_pol