Topping Out

Spotted this morning

In building construction topping out (sometimes referred to as topping off) is a builders rite traditionally held when the last beam (or its equivalent) is placed atop a structure during its construction.
Nowadays the ceremony is often parlayed into a media event for public relations purposes.
After topping out, numerous elements of construction remain, including interior finish and most mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

The practice of "topping out" a new building can be traced to the ancient Scandinavian religious rite of placing a tree atop a new building to appease the tree-dwelling spirits displaced in its construction. Long an important component of timber frame building, it migrated initially to England and Northern Europe, thence to the Americas.

SO…Was the tree properly “attended to” by a dog I ask. Oh dear a wasted chance?
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