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China builds complete 57-story skyscraper in record 19 days

  

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Via:  bob-nelson  •  10 years ago  •  6 comments

China builds complete 57-story skyscraper in record 19 days

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Bob Nelson
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link   seeder  Bob Nelson    10 years ago

Wow.

 
 
 
Dowser
Sophomore Quiet
link   Dowser    10 years ago

Remind me not to go into it... Smile.gif

Not that you'll have to, but that's one place I don't want to be in a storm, or an earthquake, etc.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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link   seeder  Bob Nelson    10 years ago

I dunno... The glimpses we got of the steel skeleton being assembled looked pretty serious.

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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link   seeder  Bob Nelson    10 years ago

Did you watch the video?

 
 
 
Bob Nelson
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link   seeder  Bob Nelson    10 years ago

if "everything" was pre-fab and all they had to do was bolt it together, and put a little lipstick on it.

Exactly.

So while they sport this as a 19 day project, there's hundreds of man hours behind the scenes in factories doing the real work.

The title says "builds". That is true. You don't count the time needed to run and to fire your cement blocks, either.

The whole point of the video was the process improvement, through prefab.

 
 
 
Nowhere Man
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link   Nowhere Man    10 years ago

Habitat for Humanity holds the record at under four hours. (1500 sqft 3 bd 2 ba)

BUT,

The foundation was pre-poured, the walls were pre-assembled as was the roof, everything was lifted into place with cranes. Minor wiring and plumbing connections to be made and fixtures to be installed.

It is called modular construction.

The fastest I believe for a completely on site, stick built house, on a pre-poured foundation was done by the masterbuilders association, just under 23 hours. (1600sqft 3bd 2 ba)

They do it every year as I understand it. They have a team of master builders, plumbers, electricians, carpenters, etc., that are invited from all over the country to participate.

Now that, is REALLY amazing.

 
 

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