kevinpate
01-09-2012, 12:06 PM
Can we build it?
Yes we can!
Bob the Builder, China style. 30 Story hotel goes up in 360 hours.
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/trending-now/jaw-dropping-timelapse-30-story-hotel-being-built-165629131.html
Yeah, ok, somewhat more than a fortnight, but I struggled with math from an early age
Bunty
01-09-2012, 12:31 PM
I reckon their fast growing economy inspired them to thinking something had to be improvised or invented to spend up construction.
venture
01-09-2012, 12:57 PM
Wow nice. Earthquake resistant up to a 9.0 quake? That's pretty good.
MadMonk
01-09-2012, 03:03 PM
I don't think I'd step foot in that building.
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-04-23/world/china.sentences_1_shanghai-last-year-china-daily-collapse?_s=PM:WORLD
Thunder
01-09-2012, 05:25 PM
Wow, this is embarrassing to Devon. I hope OKC can attempt to compete.
venture
01-10-2012, 03:14 AM
Wow, this is embarrassing to Devon. I hope OKC can attempt to compete.
No it's not. This building is done with modular construction. The Devon building has a more unique shape to it that wouldn't really allow it to be done using pre-constructed modules. Think of it as buying a house that is prefab versus building a custom design.