Chinese workers build 15-story hotel in six days

[Alxx611]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot...-just-six-days


Looks like modular construction. Do you guys think this thing is stable enough?

[Jonovision]

Holy crap!!!!

[vid]

Why wouldn't it be stable?

They didn't build it quickly because they cheaped out. They built it quickly because they had a half dozen cranes, hundreds if not thousands of workers and pieces that were prefabricated and transported to the site meaning the only work they had to do at the site was putting things together.

[Cleveland Brown]

I imagine that the building is a cheap (quality) on the inside as it is on the outside.

[1ajs]

prolly no cheaper then anything built over here

[Lecom]

Yep, it's quite a feat, but it's prefab, modular construction and the end result is a cheapo commieblock that looks like a Sam Chang hotel in NY.

It's six weeks of assembly, bot construction - to count that, you'd have to count all the time spent at factories fabricating these units, which is normally spent at the construction site.

[Matthew]

I'm guessing this is the future for chain hotels with three or less stars. (The hotels that usually look the same in every city) This would allow them to save time and money. I'm also guessing the assembly line time at the factory is short.

I've seen so many condo towers that look the same and appear cheap, though the units are expensive. A glass condo version is likely in the near future. I wouldn't doubt it if it already exists.

[meh_cd]

Originally Posted by Lecom

Yep, it's quite a feat, but it's prefab, modular construction and the end result is a cheapo commieblock that looks like a Sam Chang hotel in NY.

It's six weeks of assembly, bot construction - to count that, you'd have to count all the time spent at factories fabricating these units, which is normally spent at the construction site.

Haha, so true so true. Everyone loves to bash commieblocks, but NYC is getting plenty of their own with the super cheapo hotels that are going up. Meanwhile, the good buildings in NYC have trouble getting approval. It's a mad mad world we live in.

[vid]

Originally Posted by Matthew

I'm guessing this is the future for chain hotels with three or less stars. (The hotels that usually look the same in every city) This would allow them to save time and money. I'm also guessing the assembly line time at the factory is short.

The smaller ones are made of wood. I am not sure if you can pre-fab wood construction into parts as large as this hotel. Besides, it only takes about 6 months to build one anyway.

[photoLith]

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[Matthew]

Originally Posted by vid

The smaller ones are made of wood. I am not sure if you can pre-fab wood construction into parts as large as this hotel. Besides, it only takes about 6 months to build one anyway.

You're thinking about three-storey roadside hotels. I'm thinking about this (middle-to-lower-end 12-15 storey hotels):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=164691

You can build something like this in a factory and assemble the pieces on site in a week. It could be the future of three stars or less chain hotels.

[Echoes]

Extreme Makeover: Hotel Edition

[alps]

Very cool!

[Coldrsx]

Pretty amazing.

[MolsonExport]

cool. Here, it takes 1000 years to redevelop a highway gas-bar/restaurant (Ontario, along the 401).

[vid]

Not 1,000. But at least 8 years. And counting.

[Flamesrule]

Yeah I'm thinking on the 401 in Ontario they've been doing construction there forever!

[debbymiao]

Perhaps they are really diligent. Many my architecture friends said Chinese workers works really hard. They are so tough to work overseas.