Worlds tallest building to be built in 90 days!

Doom

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552186-1/developer-reaffirms-plan-to-finish-worlds-tallest-building-in-90-days/

One can only shudder at the speed and type of construction been used here, I'd say the safety records will be well buried

My name is URL

A great bunch of scaffolding

onemorechance

Wow! Won't happen!

krudler

Holy crap, be like one of the Mega City towers in Judge Dredd

Grayson

Hopefully they're better a constructing buildings than they are at trains.

My name is URL

Grayson wrote: »

Hopefully they're better a constructing buildings than they are at trains.

They're not

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/gallery/1

soirish

They already did similar project in China, check youtube

franktheplank

What's this a builders estimate, let me guess they'll be round next Tuesday to start?

Grayson

My name is URL wrote: »

They're not

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/gallery/1

That building will flatten a city if it topples over like that one.

Cookie_Monster

but it's not built in 90 days, just erected. how long have they been building it off site?

donmeister

UNDERESTIMATE THE CHINESE AT YOUR PERIL. Good day.

Pottler

Absolutely brilliant. $1500 per sqm, fast, strong, brilliant. Behold the future of construction. It's more like 270 days of work compressed - 24 hr working and no lead times are quoted for the pre-fabrication works, those could take a while... but still a fantatic way to build. Makes sense to me anyway. I'd say a lot of major construction companies are doing a lot of head scratching and studies:D

Pottler

onemorechance wrote: »

Wow! Won't happen!

I bet it will. There's millions if not billions riding on it. (as opposed to the finished product, which will have thousands riding in it).

Lollers

Worlds tallest building in 90 days ?. Bah, a Celtic tiger developer could build 90 units in 1 day with the worlds largest paper trail.

galwayrush

Those guys could have replaced Liberty Hall in 2 weeks.:pac:

Pottler

My name is URL wrote: »

They're not

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/gallery/1

How great would it be to live in one of the other, identical blocks still standing! I can hear the estate agent now -"No, totally safe, that one was a fluke, never happen again in a million years..":D But in fairness, that block was very skinny, and them piles look very skimpy. Surely the Broad groups efforts are a hell of a lot sturdier.

the_syco

I wonder how many political prisoners will happen to be "working" in it the day it collapses?

1ZRed

What an ugly and dull building. By all means build bigger but make something that stands out and is unique. Something memorable and fitting of the world's tallest title, not some scaled up skyscraper from the early 1900s.

nucker

They do have the manpower to do, so it is possible to build that skyscraper in 90 days, whether it is safe to live or work there is another matter

My name is URL

1ZRed wrote: »

What an ugly and dull building. By all means build bigger but make something that stands out and is unique. Something memorable and fitting of the world's tallest title, not some scaled up skyscraper from the early 1900s.

It reminds me of that monstrosity in Pyongyang.

I doubt they care too much about aesthetics anyway.. the fact that they want to do it in 90 days suggests that it's more a show of ability than necessity.

mfceiling

Wrong.........someone said they are having a huge election in 90 days...

Lapin

galwayrush wrote: »

Those guys could have replaced Liberty Hall in 2 weeks.:pac:

After a 17 year wait to hear back from planners.

EoghanIRL

Imagine the elevator needed for a building that tall

Overheal

Not really 90 days if it's all fabricated off site and lego'd together.

Even if they do pull it off it will be like so many other massive building projects china has done - entire vacant cities that just show up out of nowhere just to justify the existence of their construction industry.

RikkFlair

Tom Cruise is gonna be all over this for his next Mission Impossible movie.

Cienciano

It looks like a giant Hawkins House. Horrible thing.

looksee

There was nothing pinning that thing to the ground! It doesn't seem to have any foundations at all.

1ZRed

mfceiling wrote: »

Wrong.........someone said they are having a huge election in 90 days...

Misread that as "huge erection" and I was thinking "China?!"

:pac:

Daithi 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FynWETakS9U

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjGhHl-W8Wg

paddy147

Doom wrote: »

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57552186-1/developer-reaffirms-plan-to-finish-worlds-tallest-building-in-90-days/

One can only shudder at the speed and type of construction been used here, I'd say the safety records will be well buried

Wonder if its plane proof???:pac:

deathrider

Looks like that's going to escalate quickly.

smellslikeshoes

There really is a horrible 1980s look about it. I understand that's it's built that way to make construction as cheap and fast as possible but I have to wonder will the China of 20 years look on it as an embarrassment.

Pottler

smellslikeshoes wrote: »

There really is a horrible 1980s look about it. I understand that's it's built that way to make construction as cheap and fast as possible but I have to wonder will the China of 20 years look on it as an embarrassment.

I don't think China's big on embarassment. If they suddenly become that way, they might have bigger things to be embarrassed about, executions and stuff. Only a certain type of Chinese will be going, "Oh gosh, what terrible dull buildings we built". Bord Planala types.

speedboatchase

It's so ugly and pedestrian though, especially in comparison to the current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. I guess creative expression and eye-catching design has never been part of the Chinese outlook in recent years, instead it's all about pushing the largest amount of people or largest amounts of cash at a project and ensuring it gets done.

intellectual dosser

speedboatchase wrote: »

It's so ugly and pedestrian though, especially in comparison to the current tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. I guess creative expression and eye-catching design has never been part of the Chinese outlook in recent years, instead it's all about pushing the largest amount of people or largest amounts of cash at a project and ensuring it gets done.

I dont think thats fair. Looking at recent years I think the most globally notable buildings the Chinese have constructed would have to be the ones associated with the Olympics. The Birds Nest and the Cube hardly lack creative expression.

CCTV building in Beijing is also pretty cool -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television_Headquarters

I'm not sure who you're comparing them to? The world are breathing down heavy on China for human rights and the quality of living, I don't think they're wrong to be sprouting up buildings as quick as they can to better house their population or serve their economic needs.

I don't think it looks that bad at all.

speedboatchase

intellectual dosser wrote: »

I dont think thats fair. Looking at recent years I think the most globally notable buildings the Chinese have constructed would have to be the ones associated with the Olympics. The Birds Nest and the Cube hardly lack creative expression.

CCTV building in Beijing is also pretty cool -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China_Central_Television_Headquarters

I'm not sure who you're comparing them to? The world are breathing down heavy on China for human rights and the quality of living, I don't think they're wrong to be sprouting up buildings as quick as they can to better house their population or serve their economic needs.

I'm just saying that there's obviously a correlation between the need to get that building completed in 90 days and its absolutely dull LEGO block-style design.

As for the Birds Nest, CCTV building and the Cube, all were designed by architect firms overseas (admittedly, the Burj Khalifa was too). This wasn't, which is why its built for necessity rather than actual creative expression, which seems to be the overall thinking towards most projects in China.

Capt'n Midnight

My name is URL wrote: »

They're not

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-13+story-building-tips-over-in-shanghai/gallery/1

thing that always amazes me is that building stayed intact

RobbieTheRobber

mfceiling wrote: »

Wrong.........someone said they are having a huge election in 90 days...

election communist China

What sort of Election might they need to have in a communist country then?


Anyway the Communist party have already this year had their once in a decade party meeting which choose the new president and standing committees etc.

Funglegunk

1ZRed wrote: »

What an ugly and dull building. By all means build bigger but make something that stands out and is unique. Something memorable and fitting of the world's tallest title, not some scaled up skyscraper from the early 1900s.

Agreed, a very ugly building. Just an enlarged version of these cookie-cutter designs that make Chinese cities difficult to tell apart.

RobbieTheRobber

Pottler wrote: »

I don't think China's big on embarassment. If they suddenly become that way, they might have bigger things to be embarrassed about, executions and stuff. Only a certain type of Chinese will be going, "Oh gosh, what terrible dull buildings we built". Bord Planala types.

They dont dwell on the past so in 20 years if its an embarrasment the building will just be destroyed!

ScumLord

donmeister wrote: »

UNDERESTIMATE THE CHINESE AT YOUR PERIL. Good day.

Having some experience with Chinese manufacturing I'd say it's more like overestimate the Chinese at your peril, or expect the thing to work for more than a week at your peril.. Basically I'm saying the stuff they make breaks really quickly so I'm not to worried.

RobbieTheRobber

ScumLord wrote: »

Having some experience with Chinese manufacturing I'd say it's more like overestimate the Chinese at your peril, or expect the thing to work for more than a week at your peril.. Basically I'm saying the stuff they make breaks really quickly so I'm not to worried.

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