World's tallest building to be built in only 90 days

Chinese construction company Broad Group has announced ambitious plans to construct the world's tallest skyscraper in an implausibly swift 90 days. If the target is met, the 838-meter (2,750-ft) "Sky City One" will take only a twentieth of the time that the Burj Khalifa, the world's current tallest building, took to build, and standing 10 meters (33 feet) taller upon completion. The secret to the rapid construction is prefabrication. Around 95 percent of the building will have been put together in modular form before work commences on site... Continue Reading World's tallest building to be built in only 90 daysSection: ArchitectureTags: China, Prefabricated, Skyscrapers, Tallest Building Related Articles: World's tallest building proposed for Azerbaijan Saudi Arabia?s Kingdom Tower to claim world?s tallest building title World?s tallest building opens with a new name: Burj Khalifa One kilometer high Nakheel Tower to become world's tallest building Building a 15-story hotel in less than six days The world's h

World's tallest building to be built in only 90 days

Chinese construction company Broad Group has announced ambitious plans to construct the world's tallest skyscraper in an implausibly swift 90 days. If the target is met, the 838-meter (2,750-ft) ...

Mon 18 Jun 12 from Gizmag

World's Tallest Building, Built In 90 Days?

Prefabricated building techniques could raise the Sky City One in a fraction of the time.

Wed 20 Jun 12 from Discovery.com

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Tue 19 Jun 12 from ZME Science

Chinese Construction Company to Build World's New Tallest Building In a Three-Month Timeframe

The world's tallest building took five years to reach its 828-meter, 2,716-foot height, but a Chinese company wants to leave the Burj Khalifa in the dust. Broad Sustainable Building, which already ...

Tue 19 Jun 12 from Popular Science

China plans to put together world's tallest building in 90 days

Dubai's Burj Khalifa is about to get dethroned as the world's tallest building by early 2013. A Chinese company called BSB that specializes in erecting pre-fabricated buildings will begin construction ...

Mon 18 Jun 12 from Dvice

China to erect world?s tallest building in just 90 days

Back in January we reported on a quite unbelievable feat by construction workers in China. They had managed to erect a 30-story building in just 15 days. The key to this rapid construction was ...

Mon 18 Jun 12 from Geek.com

The Burj Khalifa skyscraper stands so tall that visitors can watch the sun set twice in less than a minute

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Thu 14 Jun 12 from Daily Mail

Sky City in Changsa: China plans to build world's tallest tower

As soon as the 220-storey 'Sky City', in Changsa, the provicincial capital of Hunan, is complete, it will be the world's tallest building.

Tue 12 Jun 12 from Daily Mail

Ambition has never scaled such heights: China plans to build the world's tallest tower - in just THREE MONTHS, Tue 12 Jun 12 from Daily Mail

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