Chinese Firm Built 30-Storey Hotel From Scratch In Just 15 Days!
They're a 21st century super power with super computers and a super economy that's the envy of the world.
Now China can claim another title – the fastest builders on the planet after putting up a 30-storey 183,000-square-foot hotel in just 15 days, or 360 hours.
A construction crew in the south-central Chinese city of Changsha completed this remarkable achievement with no injuries to any worker.
The Ark Hotel was built on Dongting lake, in the Hunan Province, by Broad Group, a Chinese construction company which specialises in sustainable architecture.
It was built to withstand a magnitude 9
earthquake, as tested by the China Academy
of Building Research, who claim this is five
times more quake-resistant than conventional
buildings.
All the materials were prefabricated and
sections built to specification off-site, so there
was very little wastage. The builders took just
46 hours to finish the main structural
components and another 90 hours to finish
the building enclosure.
All of the structure is soundproofed and
thermal-insulated. They even have air quality
monitoring in every room given the pollution
problem in China.
While the men didn’t work all through the
night, it was often 10pm before they packed
away heir lunchboxes. Their previous record
was a smaller 15-story building constructed in
just six days, but this one is much more
impressive.
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