Construction during the winter

I've included these two pictures to show you how the Finns manage to continue their construction projects throughout the winter. The building in Helsinki is entirely shrouded in plastic. The temple is protected with plastic in certain areas as well. In Joensuu there was a building under construction next to the church. We were amazed when the whole project shut down during the month of July for vacation time. As Americans, our view was time is money and July is prime time to get a lot of work completed before the winter hits. As Finns, their view was this is vacation time and we got the winter covered. By the way, American workers have the shortest vacation benefits of any industrialized nation.