15-Story Hotel In Shanghai Built In Just 6 DAYS! (Plus it's level 9 earthquake resistant!)

Business Insider ^ | 11/11/2010 | William Wei

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A 15-story hotel in Shanghai, China was built in six days, according to ArchDaily. What's even more impressive is that this building is apparently "Level 9 Earthquake Resistant."

CLICK ABOVE LINK FOR VIDEO OF ITs CONSTRUCTION

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ANOTHER VIDEO HERE:

http://www.archdaily.com/88245/video-ark-hotel/

[Gapplega]

LOL, sure it is! (sarcasm)

[SAJ]

Well, if you're old enough, I've no doubt you can remember Mao's famous programme of '20 Years Progress in a Single Day'.

Antacids available upon request.

[Andyman]

I think they bought it at Ikea.

[JRandomFreeper]

They couldn't have bought it at Ikea. They would still be sorting through the packing for that little wrench....

/johnny

[Right Wing Assault]

I wonder if it will fare better than this one, also built in Shanghai.

[jessduntno]

“I wonder if it will fare better than this one, also built in Shanghai.”

When they built that one they were holding the plans sideways.

[Slump Tester]

Wow - I’ll bet they really did a good job!

[rogue yam]

Well, to be fair, that one proved quite durable if a tad unstable.

[Revolting cat!]

[keepitreal]

I was close to this area in China when that building toppled. My Chinese guide said proudly “If you notice, none of the windows broke.”

[MulberryDraw]

Earthquake “resistant”, not earthquake proof or did something get lost in the translation? How long will it “resist” a level 9? (milliseconds)

[Rome2000]

CMU block is still green after 9 days

[ClearCase_guy]

"Goooooooooooooood morning, Shanghai!!"

[Sawdring]

Did a poor person with 8 children and a disability own the piece of land before this was constructed and magically Ty Pennington shows up with a beer in one hand and a camera in the other?

[ReformedBeckite]

I can see that being done if it was a bunch of units stacked on top of each other with a crane, each unit being petty much all ready completed before they started stacking them on top of each other, and all they would have to do is go in and connect each units electrical, water, and sewage lines together, and unwrap the furniture, get the hotel open and spend the next couple of years fixing or finishing the rest. The Alaskan Highway was built in like what 9 monthes or so, but they've been fixing, and refixing it ever since.

[KTM rider]

...never heard of "level 9 earthquake resistance". AFIK the International Conference of Building Officils uses earthquake zones , for instance zone 4 is the highest level.

I am inspecting the reinforced concrete on a Los Angeles school right now with 6 large multi story buildings totalling 200,000 sq ft and it usually takes several attempts and a lot of persistence over the span of several days to get even these top notch high bidder sub-contractors to make corrections on structural flaws before they get set in concrete

[MarkeyD]

I thought it was impressive that it didn’t crack and apparently fell as one piece.

[1010RD]

Well done. I’ve seen this done in the US with homes.

[sand lake bar]

This is one reason why I always laughed when the Dems would say, “It’s useless to drill for oil in Alaska because it would take us 10 years to get an oil refinery up and running!”