left alone , garnets thoughts did leap ahead to the proposed itinerary for the inauguration day of the wendelson building , the most important event of which was to be the ascent that he would make - ably assisted by the loyal martin , who had been in intensive training for several months now - up the external , spiral ramp of the structure , culminating in him fixing a small , specially engraved plaque on a small monument on the roof of the building .