Brandy Baker / The Detroit News

Dressed in as many as seven layers, a group of iron workers from Ideal Contracting, from left to right, Rich Dassow, Paul Moll and Dan Skura watch a teammate secure a steel beam in place on Feb. 5, 2007. The cold drove out most of the other workers, but their team needed to secure the beam for safety before they could leave for warmer environs.