Abstract: A system for providing a guard rail has stanchions comprising a vertical member with holes holding cable, and laterally extending reinforcement legs fastened at an angle to the vertical member, the legs and vertical member having base plates in a common plane with each having a vertical through-hole. A plurality of embeds are screwed into a base of a mold for forming a concrete floor, each presenting a vertically-oriented nut, the embeds encased in the concrete floor. The stanchions are bolted through the through holes in the base plates to the nuts presented by the embeds at an upper surface of the concrete floor, and guard rails are formed by passing cable through the holes or openings for holding cable for the guard rail.