the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
Amazing feat. The Chinese have built a 30 story hotel in 15 days. Makes the 2 years (nearly) taken by Barretts to build a few 10 story buildings by Lewisham station a little slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxZnl...e_gdata_player
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09-01-2012, 22:58
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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How many died though in building it, as there view on Health and Safety is dire?
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Mind you it is prefab, and it proberly took a couple of years building the components.
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
That's pretty impressive!
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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Mind you it is prefab, and it proberly took a couple of years building the components.
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I think all skyscrapers are prefab. Quicker and cheaper to build. Still an impressive feat building something that size in 2 weeks.
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
amazing. i do take into account the positives in health and safety but surely it hampers a lot of things. builders from parts of asia have been working in scorching temps in Saudi Arabia, Dubai etc. for years, they get things done in next to no time too but I have seen the conditions the workers are in and live in while there yet they still get it done.
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
Apparently,
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A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed this remarkable achievement with no injuries to any worker.
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
How do they get the crane off the roof now?
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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How do they get the crane off the roof now?
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In bits..
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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I think all skyscrapers are prefab. Quicker and cheaper to build. Still an impressive feat building something that size in 2 weeks.
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As far as I know most are built like this (video of 'The Shard'):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13621008
A concrete 'core' shaft built up with each floor plate then built up from the one below
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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I think all skyscrapers are prefab. Quicker and cheaper to build. Still an impressive feat building something that size in 2 weeks.
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Even though its prefab its still very impressive to put up a skyscraper that quickly.
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
I hope it doesn't come down quicker when the next earthquake strikes...
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
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A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed this remarkable achievement with no injuries to any worker.
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... So sayeth Chinese State media?
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
A remarkable feat of engineering.... but you'd feel like building another one just a couple of hours later. 
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Re: the Chinese build a skyscraper in just over two weeks.
That's old, they had a documentary about it a year ago
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