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Originally Posted by Tech House
Wow. WOW! That's absolutely phenomenal. Hard to comprehend. It would probably be impossible to replicate such a pace of construction today. While the technology has improved, the process has become enormously complicated for all the reasons with which everyone is familiar.
Anyone have a guess as to which of Austin's skyscrapers went up fastest, and how long it took?
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Since you didn't put in any height qualifiers, I'd say either Skyhouse or Legacy, leaning towards the latter.
Btw, skyscraper frame constructed from iron intead of cement would be quicker so not too surprising the Empire State Building went up so quickly, 4.5 floors per week vs around 1 per week waiting for cement to cure, and as far as built in safety as in today's safety standards, it survived a large plane crashing into it.