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What's it made out of? A miracle lead/melamine/asbestos/arsenic compound?
In other news, a 15 story hotel in China collapsed today after a child nearby sneezed.
toxic building
If you read the story, it stated that the building was designed to withstand a magnitude 9 earthquake.
I wouldn't stay there.
You'll stay there whether you like it or not. They will be exporting those to the US for all future hotel buildings! :awe:
impressive! I didn't see any welding whatsoever, just wratcheted the whole damn thing together like a kids toy!
Only downside is they probably used chinese drywall...or maybe they keep the nice stuff for domestic use.
I wonder what the vibrations are like for a building with no concrete/rebar whatsoever. US buildings for a period of time used that "parking garage" construction for everything, and it vibrates like mad.
I am all in for pre-fab buildings, simple-easy-efficient-modular!
hope it doesn't end up like this Chinese apartment building
Who cares if this isn't the 100% most safest building ever. If it crumbles they can put another one up in 6 days lol. This shit is tight and is it really any surprise we're falling behind? lol
Don't know if they "completed" anything on the inside (but they did show insulation, drywall (or wallboard with maybe trim between the boards). Can they possibly do plumbing and wiring in that same time span? Prefabbed 15 storey building. Pretty awesome.
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You'll stay there whether you like it or not. They will be exporting those to the US for all future hotel buildings!
While this could be done in the US, it would never be completed in that time frame. Take the fact that OSHA now allows no one to be within the swing radius of the load of a crane (cranes on all sides of that building) the people putting the building together would be the only ones allowed to work. So as they were putting the framework of the building together all of the carpenter, plumbers, electricians, etc wouldn't be allowed on the job. I would say that with all of the time invested in the prefab work of the building that electrical and plumbing were included in the design, basically there was just someone there to "glue" the joints.This shit is tight and is it really any surprise we're falling behind? lol
Safety is the biggest factor as to why we cannot do this in the US. The story stated they were lucky no one was injured **no injuries were reported**.wow.. why cant they do this in the US? ie: prefab buildings new 5story office building is being built near where i live. it's taking them months so far. the concrete for the final floor has been poured. the noise, traffic, and parking spaces taken up by the construction workers. finishing the building in 6 days would have been GREAT!