Feature - Notre-Dame Reconstruction
Patrick Zachmann
Since the devastating April 15th fire, Notre-Dame Cathedral has been undergoing a vast operation to assess the damages and rebuild the structure. A wide range of authorities with different levels of expertise have been mobilized to participate in the effort, including stonemasons, carpenters, rope access technicians, and scaffold-engineers. All have been working under the tight deadline set by President Emmanuel Macron to rebuild the Cathedral within five years.
The fire has also given way to unprecedented information about the building’s characteristics and materials, prompting the French National...