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19 days to build a 57-storey tower

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Re: 19 days to build a 57-storey tower

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Post by drinchev »

Sometimes I think IT industry is moving slow, because it's so much harder to multiply the efforts with more human power. IT is so much quality over quantity that effects like this would not happen easily.

Although there is no mention of the planning involved in the construction of the building, I think the result is astonishing.

Re: 19 days to build a 57-storey tower

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Post by mmrasheed »

I am fascinated by their construction technique, which is nothing but perfection of management. I was eagerly waiting to see the proposed 220 story, 850 m tall building construction in seven months since 2012, but that plan was halted due to continuous rejection by the authorities and the engineering communities.

I am not a civil engineer, so I can't criticize their construction method. But I wonder if it is traditional civil engineering community's prejudice, or fear of being swept away by any revolutionary technology that keeps them opposing this sort of construction technique?

Re: 19 days to build a 57-storey tower

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Post by _pmf_ »

drinchev wrote: post #3

Sometimes I think IT industry is moving slow, because it's so much harder to multiply the efforts with more human power. IT is so much quality over quantity that effects like this would not happen easily. Although there is no mention of the planning involved in the construction of the building, I think the result is astonishing.

> IT is so much quality over quantity that effects like this would not happen easily.

I hope you are joking.

Re: 19 days to build a 57-storey tower

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Post by jychang »

mmrasheed wrote: post #5

I am fascinated by their construction technique, which is nothing but perfection of management. I was eagerly waiting to see the proposed 220 story, 850 m tall building construction in seven months since 2012, but that plan was halted due to continuous rejection by the authorities and the engineering communities. I am not a civil engineer, so I can't criticize their construction method. But I wonder if it is traditio…

It's a mix of both.

A 220 story building would be an engineering marvel, and at the same time not a threat to civil engineers. The bread and butter for engineers are much smaller buildings, which are less technically challenging and acceptable for new construction techniques to be tested out on. You would expect to see a lot more civil engineering resistance on the smaller targets, not the biggest ones. The biggest issue facing such a monster building is the safety of even going that high, considering wind shear, earthquake risks, etc.

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