30 Story Tower Built in 15 Days!

[Bruvyman]

Pretty amazing stuff. It was done in, of course, China.

Both videos are worth watching. Apparently it is built to withstand magnitude 9 earthquakes and is extremely energy efficient.

http://www.geekosystem.com/building-time-lapse/

 

[Bogtrotter]

Not sure it would pass building codes here in TO. There is a bit more on this in the LA Times today: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-china-instant-building-20120308,0,5608518.story

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I saw that on The National last night. Something about it being built in 15 days makes me very uneasy and I don't think I'd sleep well there.

 

[Peepers]

30 story's in 15 days doesn't sound very safe but after watching the video it appears to me that this is actually a very robust building design with its steel frame pre-fabricated off-site under controlled conditions. I would think that it is probably much safer in an earthquake than conventional reinforced concrete buildings.

 

[EMP1729]

Well, it looks like the same builder wants to construct a 2,749 ft tower in 90 days at a cost of 628 million dollars.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/20/sky-city-one-chinese-comp_n_1613521.html