Chineese build 15-story hotel in 6 days

[pkay]

yeah pretty interesting

[alphacat]

...which I will not be staying in, thank you very much.

There've already been a bunch of horrific reports of buildings collapsing that were rushed up for the Olympics - and when they were investigated, found shit like contractors using cardboard instead of concrete to fill foundation supports, stuff like that... or in the case of the building in the link below, the thing just tipped the fuck over completely and nobody seems to know exactly why (besides sub-shoddy workmanship) -

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-1 ... i/gallery/

[pkay]

...which I will not be staying in, thank you very much.

There've already been a bunch of horrific reports of buildings collapsing that were rushed up for the Olympics - and when they were investigated, found shit like contractors using cardboard instead of concrete to fill foundation supports, stuff like that... or in the case of the building in the link below, the thing just tipped the fuck over completely and nobody seems to know exactly why (besides sub-shoddy workmanship) -

http://gizmodo.com/5304233/entire-new-1 ... i/gallery/

the fact they were erecting it at night with substandard lighting had me worried. Also being developed the compartmental can't be good can it?

its supposedly high grade earth quake proof but i call bullshit

[deadly_habit]

would the foundation even have time to properly settle in that short a time period?

[sigbowls]

would the foundation even have time to properly settle in that short a time period?

i think it takes 2 days

[64hz]

would the foundation even have time to properly settle in that short a time period?

no. it wouldnt.

[pkay]

sounds like foundation was set and large pieces were assembled

i guess its efficient from the standpoint that it wouldn't interfere with the surrounding for very long... but fuck that thing looks like one small micro burst or a tornado would destroy that

[knell]

anyone else think of age of empires while watching this? haha

[pkay]

anyone else think of age of empires while watching this? haha

lol yeah was thinking sim city

[knell]

anyone else think of age of empires while watching this? haha

lol yeah was thinking sim city

damn even better

[deadly_habit]

function over form i guess
would love an engineers take on this

[mickey raus]

ain't lego wonderful?!
alien pimp

[pkay]

[deadly_habit]

[sigbowls]

they lie

[brent]

that's amazing. here in the US, they just put up cones and signs to drive slower, then you rarely see anyone doing any work. projects takes months and years to complete.

[bright maroon]

try worker fatigue - absolutly no benefit in doing this so fast...

no time to even catch a mistake...

[prisoner]

yeah you would think with 80 billion people it would have only taken 3 days.

[mashmash]

proud to be 1/4 chinese

[pkay]

try worker fatigue - absolutly no benefit in doing this so fast...

minus that whole money thing..... which few people in the business world care about