Amazing Timelapse of 30-Story Building-- Constructed In Only 360 Hours!
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Via: the-irascible-harry-krishner • 13 years ago • 9 comments
Gizmodo Article:
Gizmodo reader Xian Min Zhang just sent me this impressive timelapse video from his company's latest project: a 30-story tall, 183,000-square-foot hotel built in just 360 hours. Just 15 days! I kept watching it in disbelief. It was erected near the Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province, China, by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company specialized in sustainable architecture. ( Cont'd )
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I'm with you Max! But as you said, it's cool!
Up-up!
Prefab works to save time and money . It helps to not have to hire welders to work at heights . That's expensive .
i would imagine it saves a lot of money that way
(Unless, of course, they could treat their workers the way they do in Dubai).
It shouldn't count as a world record or anything though. They are obviously cheating, look how fast they moved! I suspect steroids!
;^)
That could be a valid point . I guess China is not as bad as Dubai is .
But if you treat the construction workers that badly they are likely to do inferior work . If they ever get high winds in Dubai they may find their high rises falling down ...
I am really surprised that more people haven't anted to comment on this article. If we could get everyone to work faster they would be tired at the end of the day and there would be less mischief and woe in the world.