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Chinese Firm Approved To Raise World's Tallest Building In 90 Days

Posted by samzenpus on from the but-I-want-it-now! dept.

kkleiner writes "The long anticipated Chinese construction project called Sky City, a 220-story building that can house 30,000 people, has finally received approval from the central government to break ground. The firm Broad Sustainable Building previously constructed a prefab 30-story building in 15 days, but for Sky City, they have an even more aggressive schedule: 90 days to build 2,750 feet into the air. Once completed, the building will be a place for people to both live and work, with recreational facilities, theaters, a school, and a hospital all within the structure."

12 of 307 comments (clear)

  1. And it takes 100 days to fix a clock? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, that is 10 days less than it takes BBC to fix a clock on their homepage :)

    1. Re:And it takes 100 days to fix a clock? by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well that depends on how you calculate time doesn't it?

    2. Re:And it takes 100 days to fix a clock? by telchine · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well that depends on how you calculate time doesn't it?

      Time is a like a series of tubes, the more tubes you have, the faster time flows.

    3. Re:And it takes 100 days to fix a clock? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Time is an illusion, BBC time doubly so.

  2. A 90 Day Erection by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is something to be wary of.

    1. Re:A 90 Day Erection by OhANameWhatName · · Score: 3, Funny

      Is something to be wary of

      You're a hard, hard man

    2. Re:A 90 Day Erection by c0lo · · Score: 3, Funny

      Wonder how many rhinoceros and tigers were sacrificed?

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    3. Re:A 90 Day Erection by tgd · · Score: 1, Funny

      Is something to be wary of.

      Ah, to be 18 again.

  3. Hive City by Aboroth · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is history in the making, humanity's first hive city. Glory to the Emperor!

  4. 2,750 foot = 3048 african swallow wingspans. by Barryke · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found it very hard to google the average foot size, so i converted it for you all to see.

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    1. Re:2,750 foot = 3048 african swallow wingspans. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      It would have been nice to provide european swallow wingspans in the summary in addition to the african swallow. Yes, I can go and convert them and so can others, but such accumulated waste of time could have been easily avoided.

  5. Re:it's going to fail by daem0n1x · · Score: 2, Funny
    I'm more sorry for all the 1 375 Chinese that will have their feet severed to

    build 2,750 feet into the air