Tuesday 14 June 2011

15 Storey Hotel in SIX Days

A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha has completed a 15-story hotel in just six days.

Six days. That’s how long it took to build this level 9 Earthquake-resistant, sound-proofed, thermal-insulated 15-story hotel in Changsha, complete with everything, from the cabling to three-pane windows. The foundations were already built, but it’s just impressive.

Despite the frenetic pace of construction, no workers were injured — and thanks to the prefab nature of the process, the builders wasted very few construction materials.

Below is a time-lapse video that shows the hotel being built from the ground up in less than a week:

27 comments:

  1. That's... really incredible.

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  2. Any idea how long it took with the foundations included?

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  3. thats crazy it was built that fast!

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  4. ...and yet they've been screwing up the freeway I take to work for the past 3 years.

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  5. Woaaah Timelapses video are the best videos ! ! !

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  6. That's just plain amazing...oh the wonders of prefab. :)

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  7. This is similar to one of those shows where they build a family a new house in a few days. Most of the construction was already completed in factories. The workers simply had to put it all together and do some minor work.

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  8. I could watch videos like this all day.

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  10. I don't think I'd want to be there during an earthquake despite the claims they make.

    If my experience with things made in China is of any relevance, they cut a few corners.

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  11. you post alot of interesting stuff :D followed!

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  12. That's awesome. I wanna see it!

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  13. Man that is really cool. How many of them worked to made it??

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  14. Well, that's China for you.
    We could never put up a building that fast in America, even with the video fps sped up lol.

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  15. Really cool video and amazing feat.

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  16. That's why my family always prefer Chinese contractors, they work quickly and the result is pretty good compared to others that we tried.

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