Cool, but I don't know if I would want to stay there. I'd be worried that one of the guys bolting the beams together took a bathroom break, and the wall panel guys paneled over it when it only had one bolt in it.
And this new technic is usefull for what? Lol. Who gives a sh*t if you can build a tower in 6 days, when you take more than 2 years to sell all the apartments (that if you can). We all know for a fact that China has ghost cities (cities built for million of ppl to live) and the occupancy of the buildings is only 30% (according to China government). Well, maybe this magic tech would be usefull in Europe ou America. Not. We have the same problem. There are millions of houses to be selled.No money.
@Moscovo China is also not allowing people in the more Rural areas move into the city so of course there would be ghost cities. They have laws set that if you were born in the country that is were you will die. If they took away these laws I bet they could fill all those cities but they won't because then no one would be there to farm crops and stuff.
Frankly,1)Chinese don't usually work like that, this is an extraordinary work done by top designers in China. 2) This is also a advertising for the construction company. 3) This phenomena happens because Chinese people have to work hard to survive. 4) We don't want to work that hard like 24 hours is all about surviving yet spirit. 5) We dream one day we can work less like Americans and have that much of pay.
I am a Site Manager working at London , and I can say Chinese , east European and other foreigners a much much better and faster that English. English do like drink tea , have a fag chatting all the time ... really lazy bustards , also they want double pay on Sunday :D so I suck all of them end up with East europiens and Chinese guys. PFS Fixers sucks !!!
@jushengkai and kid, plz do research about what you think or least say something you know. as 远大,i dont bullshit anything. i dont care whether you get a master degree of building a lego house but if you dont use concrete perfusion and steel bone then your building will be fuck with wind. dont act like a political freak and there goes your 50 centz. go die painfully thanks
I believe its true. and its built properly! Chinese make their highways in just few days!! I know coz i was in Beijing! They work 24 hrs. night time when we sleep they are working!! nex morning everything done. Thats called knowledge! and not being lazy!!!
I'm Chinese. I went back to my high school 2 years after my graduation. I couldn't believe my eyes, since all the previously empty places around my high school are full of tall buildings now. It's very scary. Everywhere is changing lightning-fast in China...
Oh yeh...Doug Coy I think you and the "hamburgler" Michael Moore would make a good pair. The both of you praise the CHI-COMS. This video just proved to Canada and the world how big of a fool you really are. Only a fool falls for this communist propaganda.
Proof that perception is 9/10ths reality. It's a big puzzle...who "pre-fabricated" the fucking puzzel. Here goes the fucking LEFT WING LUNATICS again building up the chi-coms. Oh...and another thing...spdr2u will you shut the fuck up, you make as much sense as drunken liberal.
15 days my fucking ass. LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT and PRE FABRICATED COMPONENTS. People are suckers to fall for this as being some great feat of mankind. I'll put my country and company against the chi-coms any day. There's millions of man hours into the manufacturing of that equipment. Pre-Stress slabs don't pop out of nowhere. Bring me the pieces, as is done here, and I'll assemble them too. You're all suckers if you believe this shit!!!
Dont be so mad dude. As a chinese i can tell you that this is a shitty work. you see that they were making building by using lego pieces. me no study architecture but i know if you dont use concrete you ll collapse eventually. I dont know why people feel amazing and shit but as a chinese we feel so ashamed. this is a sarcasm
@wangruochuan really, I don't feel ashamed about the building. I feel ashamed of you. You said you don't know architecture, then how can you judge like that? If you don't want to be Chinese, please immigrate and stop calling yourself Chinese. Thanks.
@jushengkai if you want bet your life on those boits and fasteners. even if they use concrete, 6 day wont solidify the body. you get guts to try it out then feel free to do so. Radical hater, USE YOU BRAIN! DONT TRY TO BE A DUMB HATER AND DUMB PATIOT.
@wangruochuan You should use your brain! Because concrete is not used here, so 6 days is possible. Steel/Glass type building is not new invention! If you are questioning it, you have to give a prove, otherwise all your points are just based on GUESSING!
@wangruochuan Ok, if you say so. Throw you cellphone man, sell you computer, these are all products that made from China. Also, these thing use maybe 1hour, I am sorry you will say byebye to you current life. Be sure to leave your life with your poor view.
you take great care of your iphone and mac.a gentle knock might leave your nasty scratch and compare to a 9 meg earthquake? your cheap ass life depends on those tiny bolts and fasteners. use brain. THINK before bitching others. if you dont have any strong points why dont you just STFU. give me a example of skyscraper that dont use concrete.any example??? can you???
Watching it again - it's definitely been faked in some way. That timer doesn't make sense. How can it be daylight and then 24 hours later be night-time? The first daylight period is 20 hours long, the second day is 11 hours long. Day 3 is 13 or 14 hours long. It's all over the place. Night 3 is less than 5 hours long.
i love the presenter....he just cant believe how long its taken for the roof to be erected not how long its taken for the chinese to erect a 15 story building
@roybofmn Agree. but are you suggesting that building material is fabricated onsite in west. what Chinese are doing. Deploying 1000 people on project like this. in west or in NY() I have seen project which goes on for months and year but you don't see 1000 workers on it. So choice is deployed more workers and money you can get it done quickly anywhere. Chinese has upper hand with cheap labor if not the material.
Regardless, I found the whole building process fascinating.
@RajSachdeva In the US we don't fabricate anything at construction site, but we do take into account the time to fabricate everything that goes into a building. Also, here in the US we don't "assemble" exterior shell of an empty square box without any building code and bluffing the whole world that we can build a whole building in 15 days.
Assembly in 6 Days. Well lets be realistic, If it was a normal project there would not be 24 hour per day work. So, the assembly was done in 24 8 hour shifts. Publicity, yes. Oh lets not forget how long it took to prepare all the parts to do the project. I'd like to know how long that was. How much per labor hour to build compared to a 'normal' Chinese building project. With all that said, Would be great if this was something being done more often world wide. Efficient Construction.
@smartcarfor2 6 days to erect the building...any project requires planning...chances are these guys planned all this in a day...you see!!!!!china is one hell of a country...just everything they do is almost amazing...even when you look at them..they look walk behave and speak differently ...unlike porkies and nigros...always divided by whos pink and whos brown..who fat and whose thin..whose straight and whose gay...whos an imigrant and whos native..
This is Vancouver, ask the city mayor what they are doing everyday, just nothing. All the work under the city is what a shame. the BC place its roof is not working, the olympic village is in a mess, poor quality and ill-planned. However, they are every good in one job, tax, tax and tax more....
I would say nowadays chinese are making a hugeadvancement in their work in terms of technology and infrastrusture work. They have excellent wok ethic and a attitude of improving work quality especially for the younger generation. However many people in 'developed' country are still thinking of themselves and igore the fact that many other countries are becoming the economic power house, not just the US alone. In Canada, people are so lay back, back and back, especially the govt workers.
Although I do have one serious question now - having looked at the "time-lapse" footage again. Why is it light at the 0-hour mark, and dark at the 24 hour mark? If it's broad daylight they started at 8am on Monday, 24 hours later it's 8am on a Tuesday - and then 24 hours later (48 hours mark) it's already light again... Barring an eclipse or something else, that implies the timer is either too fast (unlikely) or there's some faking going on.
Obviously it was done as a publicity stunt. You can see them working straight through the night on several of the days - a 24 hours working day (obviously they had shifts) = 3 regular working days. In a random freeze-frame at the start they had 40 builders there, so that puts at least 100 on site. So in terms of man-hours they put up a pre-fab building in around 15,000 man-hours. Seeing as a regular small house can be put up in around 1-2,000 man hours, it's impressive but not incredible.
I guess all the time spent for prefab offsite doesn't count. Or the site enabling, concrete pours, and other processes that can't be sped up by piling on the cheap labor. Also, apparently start up, commissioning and inspections were not required?
Consider about the blocks that they are fixing. The time taken by the blocks/ walls would be more. And if we consider about all the time from the scratch, the time taken will be more only. it's not gr8 thing. But we can appreaciate their way of work.
Consider about the blocks that they are fixing. The time taken by the blocks/ walls would be more. And if we consider about all the time from the scratch, the time taken will be more only. it's not gr8 thing. But we can appreaciate their way of work.
americans are stupid, their reaction on everything they see in their pefetic lives is "wow"... whether is it hotel built in 6 days or or a nun crossing the street in vatican. go china! :) fuck usa
I'm inclined to agree with the others. Much of it was fabricated elsewhere and took a lot of time and engineering. Nice to see they have chemtrails there too. (3:27)
What do I think? I think there's a lot going on that isnt visible to the public/guy with a cam 10 blocks away. Chinas hotel/Lego looks like they spent a month doing pre-fabrication work (cookie cutter design). They've probably built a dozen of these with that same design. The roof/ruff is a massive and very unique design problem with thousands of calculations that consider moments, materials, safety factors, functionality, environment and weather. Like comparing a news anchor to a vlogger.
This thing is a joke, OSHA would've shut it down for hundreds of voilations evident in every shot of the video, the prints would've been rejected by the building commision for not having elevators, they are WAY over maned, and to compare several thousand workers to a 2 man crew on a roof? lol..any body falling for this news propaganda should remember america falls for a one sided, over biased news article before they will use their brain. freedom of speach doesn't mean "told without deception."
@spdr2u Propaganda? Propaganda is believing you live in a free and democratic society with no dictatorship. Propaganda is believing the decisions of your leaders aren't being made in "star chambers" by a pack of thugs. Propaganda is believing the US and Canada aren't guilty of human right atrocities. Propaganda is believing increased bureaucracy and greater regulatory legislation will protect "Joe Six-pack." Just ask the tens of thousands affected by OSHA/Govt. inspector-approved leaky condos.
@ProjectRedPill1 propaganda only carries a message, usually a false message, it's a fool who believes it. I agree with you 100% Project R. P. 1, but leaky condos are not OSHA, they are usually from paid off building inspectors usually at the county level. OSHA is safety only.
Give the Chinese 20 more years and then we will see what they are capable of doing.Putting up a building in 6 days is interesting but it could be organised in any number of countries.I am more concerned about thier political designs and how the Chinese will fit in with the rest of the world. I feel certian history will show they are a take, take, take oriented society while giving very little back to the world..comparatively.If you think Westerners are money orientated...just watch the Chinese.
fuck you bitch! the west stole everything from the world sind 1500s, even now the americans are killing thousands of people in Mideast. Fuck white trash.
Still they did it fast and that is an achievement. No doubt they could also do it in North America to demonstrate just how fast a Box Building can be erected.
Always remember that nearly all of the technology and the origins of all that technology came from or currently comes from the West.Rememeber that New York City during the 1920's had hundreds of buildings over 40 stories high considered skyscrapers at the time. The Chinese are finally catching up..but still have a long way to go.
@happyharv1 ; it doesn't matter who thought of it first. What's most important, who continue to make use of technology to make the world better. We live for the future, and if things go this way, the Chinese have done us proud, although we remember the ones who did it first - those were history, this is the present, and it could be asign of changing times
you all have so many opinions. have you heard of the opinion site that Doug has? it's called sowhatdoyouthink and you can post your comments on all kinds of topics. this video is there too!
Also, I think the Chinese also lied/cheated with the time lapse...Unless china has some very weird day/night cycles, there is some trickery. Look around the 12hr mark - 2 stories magically fade into view. It's daytime at the 20h20m mark...pitch black at about the 20h40m mark...and daylight again at 29hr. Daytime to pitch black in 20mins? Then at 39h20m it gets dark again, and at 44h20m it's daytime again. 8hr 20min of darkness the night before and 5hr of darkness the next night?!?!? Word.....
The whole thing was prefabricated. It's like stacking cargo containers on top of each other and bolting them together...The US/ports around the world do this everyday, except for the bolting part. I didn't see any wiring/plumbing, elevator installation, etc. (look at the part with the insulation where they hang the walls...where is the wiring???). Leave it to the Chinese Government to lie! They probably made this vid and had only one wall put up to make it seem like all of them were...
I belonged to a union for 34 yrs. so in the U.S. I have the union experience.
As for putting in Japan instead of China I goofed.
Your derogatory comment goes well with you Canadians. You are very ignorant people when you club baby seals at birth on the ice floes. I guess it is up bringing, OR lack of it.
terexmechanic: Sorry you are wrong about the the Empire State building being constructed at 1 floor per day....it was 1 floor per week on the average....but still in the 1920's that was great achievement.
During the second world war the Kaiser ship building facilities in the USA built "Liberty Ships" in 3 to 4 days....and they built many of them...and that was in 1943 to 1945
At least as complicated as build a 15 story building.
Point being..if you want to build something big and build it fast...it can be done.
I am not overly impressed with the Chinese....besides, you have to factor in all the international "western based technology" that the Chinese have USED or COPIED making it possible.
@happyharv1 hmm back in 1943 we used to build "fast ships" what happened with the rest of the 68 years that have passed by and still nothing??? hmmm.... all of the hotel chains such as hiltons marriots holiday inns are prefabricated, walls are thin as fuck and it still takes us 2 years to erect one... i ask again, wtf happened with all these years in the making...?
The building was 'erected' in 6 days. It was constructed off site. How long did that take. How much time went into the fabrication and preassembly of components prior to 'erection'? Also bear in mind this is a box. No real architecture. What are the requirements there. How much red tape had to be completed prior to erection. 6 days only applies to what we saw in the video.
@roybofmn nice way to break it down. At the same time, I'd invite you to search for an example of the same thing happening anywhere else at that rate. Prefabricated components yes or no. I take your point about it being a box, but you'll also find with a little research that construction time isn't vastly impacted by the question of box: yes or no. Interview a professional in the fields of either architecture or construction - they'll find that rate of work staggering as well.
@roybofmn Doug Coy is a jerk. He's taking advantage of all the folks out there who don't know any better. While I agree that America has a lot of room for improvement with regard to our labor forces and unions, etc., he's simply not comparing apples to apples. For one thing it is SIGNIFICANTLY more challenging to retrofit an operable roof to an existing building in a crowded city than it is to ERECT (because as others have mentioned, that's all we're seeing) a cookie cutter hotel on open land.
@marchassociates hmm are u forgetting that it only took 6 days to erect a 15 story hotel while the other lazy union asses are taking TWO FUCKING YEARS??? get over it... China owns us... Our entire debt is owned by China...
@roybofmn And...The video doesn't show the groundwork, etc. Underground plumbing, electrical, FOUNDATIONS. ?? And do you suppose the contractor of the retrofitted roof even had the opportunity to work 2 or 3 shifts for a total of 24 hours a day? I doubt it. Sure, just ask the folks staying at the Ritz Carlton next door if they'd mind us running air ratchets all night. C'mon Doug. Perhaps you should consider relocating to China. Sounds like you'd fit right in. We'd sure miss you though.
@roybofmn did you not here about withstanding a 9.0 quake? nobody gives a flying fuck about the preassembly... the fucking thing is amazing. Hotels in the USA take at least a year and there is "no real arquitecture" there either... Prefabricated shit, no concrete, walls are hollow and u can hear people fukin in the next room...
@roybofmn Ur right. A lot of the components appeared to be pre made. So if you count the time that the
it took to make the pre fab components--you have a much larger time figure. Also keep in mind that it is just the bare shell no flooring selected, elevators need to be installed, individual spaces for offices and rooms need to be made, rooms need furnishings (like beds, appliances, phones)etc.. Also, I sure would not have wanted to live anywhere near that place with all that noise at night!
Thanks to our unions, our workers get a minimum of 3 breaks per day even if it takes 15 - 20 minutes each way to get to the break area, I don't think it's fair to compare us with the Chinese when their 3 breaks are taken right at their work station. Also this building was prepared in advance, in the US we like to build as we go and fix our mistakes as we go, this is not a fair comparison.
no excavation/foundation...no pouring of concrete...no plumbing...no electrical...no mechanical...only steel frame...curtain walls...pre-fabricated floors...yeah it's possible...contrary to other comments...it's also earthquate resistant...worst case scenario...it will just sway or bend but will not collapse
I say good for the chinese...they are copying everything in site and the times where everything chinese is subpar will soon be over...one can hold a good man down for so long only!
Good for them as they are copying the Americans of the 1930 when they built the Empire State Building.
In 1929 they decided to build the worlds tallest building and dug a hole and poured a foundation.
They then started building the steel internal on site and they put up one story per day for a total of 86 floors in 86 days and the complete building was finished in Twenty months
Now you must remember they did this in dwntown traffic without anf prefab factories and it was built on site
Oh please. There is no liability in China. No lawsuits. Labor is cheap, and dispensible. This kind of thing only happens in a commmunist country. Don't try it in America: the union will get you, the EEOC will be on your back, and definitely you will have more lawsuits than ENRON.
It looks cool and all, but I would have to know a whole lot more about the construction techniques used before making a final judgment. It looked to me like they were joining prefab girder sections with bolts which from an engineering perspective might look good on paper, but I would be greatly interested in seeing how the structure holds up over time.
Say what you like. The fact remain this Chinese did this almost impossible task. Of course it has to involve pre-fabrication otherwise it would be impossible to get the concrete dry in time to build in in 6 weeks not mentioning 6 days.
There is no need to argue, we hope someone out there could go out there to shoot another video clip to show us the hotel at it is today.
Australia takes 6 months for the council to approve the applicatiom; 3 weeks for VCAT to hear the appeal and depending on the site arrangements with unions 2-3 weeks to settle a site deal . Once completed (18 months? - provided there are no demarcation disputes) - there wouldn't be any bed linen or furniture that wasn't probably made in China - Don Johnston
Doug Coy is incorrect. It has NOT taken 2 years to put the roof on. Work was begun when the roof was delated in May 2010, 2.5 months after the 2010 Winter Olympics, and THAT was just over 1 year ago. The stadium will be finished summer 2011, and will be used for The Grey Cup Game this fall.
Yeah and I wonder how long it will last in the first earthquake or big storm?
Sorry I don't believe it will be safe or environmentally sound. All you have to do is see how many Chinese are killed in factories/mines etc. If you have millions of people and don't mind killing a couple of hundred on a job site and know you won't get into any legal trouble.you can do anything. When was the last time
you saw a building collapse in Canada? You can keep Chinese made junk
@1949ktkat wait a minute that B.C. Place had umpteen holes in the tent bubble roof from wind and snow so was that crap built by the chinese? or are you gonna blame that one on Jimmy Hoffa?
Jealousy runs deep. In American, if no one picketed, went on strike and put in a decent day's work we could do the same thing. Of course it would be over budget
and years late..... lol lol We need some japanese workers in America instead of Union cry babies bad mouthing the Japanese. If you listened he said it would with stand a 9.0 quake.
@MrClinteastwood. Not sure if that happens in the USA, but here in Canada we have Unions that respect everyone including other people that live here. Oh by the way it was built in China not in Japan. Perhaps you need to think more & talk less.
@MrClinteastwood Another American who thinks China and Japan are one in the same. Hmm. While this is an impressive achievement, and certainly the way of the future for many buildings, it is clearly limited to very basic structures, architecturally speaking. Not for The Four Seasons, etc. of the world. Like the difference between building a Hyundai and a Bentley. And wasn't it China who recently had a high rise apartment or condo building topple over as a result of cutting corners?
@MrClinteastwood: I've been in a trade union for 25 years. My father, (brother, uncle, and grandfather as well) all had 30 years. So, in those approx. 55 years, I've never seen a strike.
No union contracts, but if they didn't finish it on schedule. All of those associated with building that would be "room temperature" Wait for the next big quake and see how long it is standing. I wouldn't stay in it.
The whole buidling was pre-fabricated and they used a conveyor-like delivery system which probably closed several roads for the entire 6 days. Not to mention the hotel is an ugly box which looks like its from the Communist era. I shudder to see the inside.
Still, that is a pretty amazing structure to raise in 6 days. The Chinese are capable of some incredible things when they (i.e. the central government) put thier minds to it.
wow, wish there was a company here in canada that did that..... OHH THERE ISNT ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE VALUE PERSONAL TIME HIGHER THEN MONEY! I say keep the 6 day work week out of canada!
You are an idiot. They put the building together in 6days. Its was build some where else and then put together. It took alot longer than 6 days to build all the panels. Not to mention digging the hole and poring the foundation was not done in 6DAYS!!!
It the difference between quality costume furniture and IKEA crap!!!!
Its also a eyesore and cheap Chinese shit. Is that what we want here in canada?????
Extensive project management and prefabricated modules....that's all it took. Plus, it's a lot easier to work as a team when everyone is on the same page, culturally and racially speaking.
There will be many surprises like this for people in the West. They've had their turn to wow the world in the form of the industrial revolution and all that it brought. But now it's Asia's turn and you can guarantee that they will show the world plenty of wonderous developments in the century ahead.
i find it strange how some of you find the need to throw scorn on it. lol... i mean, sure its not as safe as the buildings in your country. but i doubt people elsewhere can replicate what they do that quickly, with a building of the same quality. think about it, loads of things are made in china, cars, TVs, apple products etc. not because they make it better, but because they make it cheaper and faster. is it such a shock they can build buildings fast too???
I think a lot of corners were cut and I think China does not have ANY "safety regulations" when it comes to buildings so there would have been no "inspections" or "safety checks." That's what I think. Wouldn't want to stay in the building.
I think a lot of corners were cut and I think China does not have ANY "safety regulations" when it comes to buildings so there would have been no "inspections" or "safety checks." Thanks what I think. Wouldn't want to stay in the building.
Come on........... it takes ALOT longer that 6 days to build the PARTS that get delivered to the construction site. How about counting total man hours from raw materials to final erection as a fair comparison.
I love how everyone turns on their Defensive mode right away. Yes, China workers don't get paid a lot compare to us in North America, but their cost of living is also lower. People know how to follow orders in Asia. North Americans complain everyday how tired they are, how they dislike their boss and Union is often the word they bring up when they are challenged with work they don't want to do. There is a reason why Asia is growing faster compare to the rest of the world.
That was pretty amazing. Kind of reminds me of put-together-yourself furniture. With a lot of pre-fab parts and planning, you can build some pretty nice things quickly. Maybe they'll start selling 15-story building kits. (It'd be interesting to see how the building faired in fire/electrical/structural safety tests & standards.)
You could see from the vid. that a lot of the building was pre built in sections. so this job was far more than 6 days in total. Also there were what looked like a hundred guys on that job, easy to do when you pay next to nothing for your workers. The speaker seems to be poking fun at his fellow canuks. I bet this guy can't even read the prints for the building in B.C. Besides work place saftey rules our buildings in the western world are built to standards the Chinese can't even understand.
The 102 story Empire State Building was completed in 1931, construction lasted 13 months. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than 40 years. Considering that happened 80 years ago, I say that pretty amazing.
What you don't see is the behind the scenes prep work and modularization that went into this project. No earthworks or concrete, no interior or finishing work. The 6 days was 24/6 (18 normal working days at 8 hours per day or 3.5 normal working weeks) and only included erection time. But still impressive in any case.
Don't be too carried away by this. In 1942 the Americans turned the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown round after she suffered major battle damage (she was towed into port with a 30 degree list) after the Battle of the Coral Sea and she sailed out fully repaired in 48 (that's right 48) hours. She fought in but was also tragically sunk in the battle of Midway after suffering several direct bomb hits. Amazing what you can do with an unlimited budget and a desire to complete the task quickly.
but how long did it take to prefabricate all the members, trusses, beams, columns, seismic brackets and braces, design, etc...I agree it is kind of misleading...
Now, why don't you show if floors are cast concrete, or what? Sprinklers, and other necessary systems? Or these omissions are to mean that foundation, walls, windows and doors are all there is, in 6 days?
Hey guys;
Any one know how much a building like that could cost ???
heeaach 18 hours ago
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around 40.00usd in china
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Cool, but I don't know if I would want to stay there. I'd be worried that one of the guys bolting the beams together took a bathroom break, and the wall panel guys paneled over it when it only had one bolt in it.
Mattthewinner 1 week ago
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Mattthewinner 1 week ago
The forewoman must have been Mrs Amy Chua aka Tiger Mom.
amazingdany 2 weeks ago
It's easy.They just typed in : operation CWAL
SuperDanteng 2 weeks ago
built in 6 days, collapse after 6 days
SuperJason928 3 weeks ago
@SuperJason928
Hahahaha....only in India !
bunnyrabbit008 3 weeks ago
And this new technic is usefull for what? Lol. Who gives a sh*t if you can build a tower in 6 days, when you take more than 2 years to sell all the apartments (that if you can). We all know for a fact that China has ghost cities (cities built for million of ppl to live) and the occupancy of the buildings is only 30% (according to China government). Well, maybe this magic tech would be usefull in Europe ou America. Not. We have the same problem. There are millions of houses to be selled.No money.
Moscovo 3 weeks ago
@Moscovo This is a hotel.
Nizingur 5 days ago
@Moscovo China is also not allowing people in the more Rural areas move into the city so of course there would be ghost cities. They have laws set that if you were born in the country that is were you will die. If they took away these laws I bet they could fill all those cities but they won't because then no one would be there to farm crops and stuff.
chemical2romance 3 days ago
guys, I'm an overseas student from China.
Frankly,1)Chinese don't usually work like that, this is an extraordinary work done by top designers in China. 2) This is also a advertising for the construction company. 3) This phenomena happens because Chinese people have to work hard to survive. 4) We don't want to work that hard like 24 hours is all about surviving yet spirit. 5) We dream one day we can work less like Americans and have that much of pay.
simonjin19881231 3 weeks ago
that hotel is not built in 2 days but in 3 years, and it cost more than 10 000 000
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I am a Site Manager working at London , and I can say Chinese , east European and other foreigners a much much better and faster that English. English do like drink tea , have a fag chatting all the time ... really lazy bustards , also they want double pay on Sunday :D so I suck all of them end up with East europiens and Chinese guys. PFS Fixers sucks !!!
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Mirrorificationize 3 weeks ago
this video doesn't include the foundation laying part but only the actual building process..however, still very impressive!
Turboproficient 3 weeks ago
伟哉！伟哉！伟哉！！！
convanjo 4 weeks ago
@jushengkai and kid, plz do research about what you think or least say something you know. as 远大,i dont bullshit anything. i dont care whether you get a master degree of building a lego house but if you dont use concrete perfusion and steel bone then your building will be fuck with wind. dont act like a political freak and there goes your 50 centz. go die painfully thanks
wangruochuan 1 month ago
I believe its true. and its built properly! Chinese make their highways in just few days!! I know coz i was in Beijing! They work 24 hrs. night time when we sleep they are working!! nex morning everything done. Thats called knowledge! and not being lazy!!!
C4Tforever 1 month ago
I'm Chinese. I went back to my high school 2 years after my graduation. I couldn't believe my eyes, since all the previously empty places around my high school are full of tall buildings now. It's very scary. Everywhere is changing lightning-fast in China...
wirklichniubi 1 month ago
i can‘t speak english！but I smell jealousy here.
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myutubespace123 1 month ago
You stay in a comma for 6 days. When you wake up, Fuck Which year are we? :S
SShahir 1 month ago
that Canadian guy took too long to put a nail into the wood! He would have been fired in China! Plus he is not even in uniform
edwardtang1977 1 month ago
Oh yeh...Doug Coy I think you and the "hamburgler" Michael Moore would make a good pair. The both of you praise the CHI-COMS. This video just proved to Canada and the world how big of a fool you really are. Only a fool falls for this communist propaganda.
Dave Canadian Capitalist Crane Co. Owner
b1ftse37 1 month ago
Proof that perception is 9/10ths reality. It's a big puzzle...who "pre-fabricated" the fucking puzzel. Here goes the fucking LEFT WING LUNATICS again building up the chi-coms. Oh...and another thing...spdr2u will you shut the fuck up, you make as much sense as drunken liberal.
Dave Canadian Capitalist Crane Co. Owner
b1ftse37 1 month ago
15 days my fucking ass. LOOK AT THE EQUIPMENT and PRE FABRICATED COMPONENTS. People are suckers to fall for this as being some great feat of mankind. I'll put my country and company against the chi-coms any day. There's millions of man hours into the manufacturing of that equipment. Pre-Stress slabs don't pop out of nowhere. Bring me the pieces, as is done here, and I'll assemble them too. You're all suckers if you believe this shit!!!
Dave Canadian Capitalist Crane Co. Owner.
b1ftse37 1 month ago
@b1ftse37
Dont be so mad dude. As a chinese i can tell you that this is a shitty work. you see that they were making building by using lego pieces. me no study architecture but i know if you dont use concrete you ll collapse eventually. I dont know why people feel amazing and shit but as a chinese we feel so ashamed. this is a sarcasm
wangruochuan 1 month ago
@wangruochuan I'm chinese too~ and i think you should carefully read through the americans' comments before you giving out urs ....
unicechen123 1 month ago
@unicechen123
was well read. n thanks for the suggestion
wangruochuan 1 month ago
@wangruochuan really, I don't feel ashamed about the building. I feel ashamed of you. You said you don't know architecture, then how can you judge like that? If you don't want to be Chinese, please immigrate and stop calling yourself Chinese. Thanks.
jushengkai 1 month ago
@jushengkai if you want bet your life on those boits and fasteners. even if they use concrete, 6 day wont solidify the body. you get guts to try it out then feel free to do so. Radical hater, USE YOU BRAIN! DONT TRY TO BE A DUMB HATER AND DUMB PATIOT.
wangruochuan 1 month ago
@wangruochuan You should use your brain! Because concrete is not used here, so 6 days is possible. Steel/Glass type building is not new invention! If you are questioning it, you have to give a prove, otherwise all your points are just based on GUESSING!
jushengkai 1 month ago
@jushengkai
no conrete perfusion withstand 9 mag earthquake? you tell me how to do that mr. know-it-all
wangruochuan 1 month ago
@wangruochuan Ok, if you say so. Throw you cellphone man, sell you computer, these are all products that made from China. Also, these thing use maybe 1hour, I am sorry you will say byebye to you current life. Be sure to leave your life with your poor view.
Waxiangyu 3 weeks ago
@Waxiangyu
you take great care of your iphone and mac.a gentle knock might leave your nasty scratch and compare to a 9 meg earthquake? your cheap ass life depends on those tiny bolts and fasteners. use brain. THINK before bitching others. if you dont have any strong points why dont you just STFU. give me a example of skyscraper that dont use concrete.any example??? can you???
wangruochuan 3 weeks ago
@b1ftse37 if you can do this why don't you just do it, dont bitchin like a loser.
punkalex7 3 weeks ago
2 years to put a RUFF on!
ethicalroyaloil 1 month ago
Watching it again - it's definitely been faked in some way. That timer doesn't make sense. How can it be daylight and then 24 hours later be night-time? The first daylight period is 20 hours long, the second day is 11 hours long. Day 3 is 13 or 14 hours long. It's all over the place. Night 3 is less than 5 hours long.
coldfission 1 month ago
Also in China : /watch?v=Hdpf-MQM9vY
30 stories in 15 day :o
jackraidr2008 1 month ago
This company is private Chinesse enterprise. I saw the 6 story one in their campus
albertotheexplorer 1 month ago
Hotel in China 6 days, Oh please, another great wall in China 60 days! NO PROBLEM!!!
daubster325 1 month ago
Confucius say "Too much McDonalds will slow you down"
LeeChen1991 1 month ago 3
chinese are hardworking..they are freaking owesome!!!
binbin514 1 month ago
Sorry sir, all hotels are booked, but if you come back in six days, we will build a new one for you, we are in China, you see.
lovegino100 1 month ago 48
i love the presenter....he just cant believe how long its taken for the roof to be erected not how long its taken for the chinese to erect a 15 story building
diffusion90 1 month ago
chineese people are so cool. they are like wizards!
Bettyxox2 1 month ago
oh my! i forgot to screw the 2nd floor wall lol
1825wasabe 1 month ago
ASSEMBLING a 15 storey hotel
SyemurN 1 month ago
amazing!
darkangel91hlu 1 month ago
Who is in charge??? Bob The Builder?
salamalnemer 1 month ago
@roybofmn Agree. but are you suggesting that building material is fabricated onsite in west. what Chinese are doing. Deploying 1000 people on project like this. in west or in NY() I have seen project which goes on for months and year but you don't see 1000 workers on it. So choice is deployed more workers and money you can get it done quickly anywhere. Chinese has upper hand with cheap labor if not the material.
Regardless, I found the whole building process fascinating.
RajSachdeva 1 month ago
@RajSachdeva In the US we don't fabricate anything at construction site, but we do take into account the time to fabricate everything that goes into a building. Also, here in the US we don't "assemble" exterior shell of an empty square box without any building code and bluffing the whole world that we can build a whole building in 15 days.
Never believe what the Chinese say.
MrLacPhong 1 month ago
Assembly in 6 Days. Well lets be realistic, If it was a normal project there would not be 24 hour per day work. So, the assembly was done in 24 8 hour shifts. Publicity, yes. Oh lets not forget how long it took to prepare all the parts to do the project. I'd like to know how long that was. How much per labor hour to build compared to a 'normal' Chinese building project. With all that said, Would be great if this was something being done more often world wide. Efficient Construction.
smartcarfor2 1 month ago
@smartcarfor2 6 days to erect the building...any project requires planning...chances are these guys planned all this in a day...you see!!!!!china is one hell of a country...just everything they do is almost amazing...even when you look at them..they look walk behave and speak differently ...unlike porkies and nigros...always divided by whos pink and whos brown..who fat and whose thin..whose straight and whose gay...whos an imigrant and whos native..
diffusion90 1 month ago
This is Vancouver, ask the city mayor what they are doing everyday, just nothing. All the work under the city is what a shame. the BC place its roof is not working, the olympic village is in a mess, poor quality and ill-planned. However, they are every good in one job, tax, tax and tax more....
andycswong 1 month ago
I would say nowadays chinese are making a hugeadvancement in their work in terms of technology and infrastrusture work. They have excellent wok ethic and a attitude of improving work quality especially for the younger generation. However many people in 'developed' country are still thinking of themselves and igore the fact that many other countries are becoming the economic power house, not just the US alone. In Canada, people are so lay back, back and back, especially the govt workers.
andycswong 1 month ago
Difficulty Level:
1. Easy
2. Medium
3. Hard
4. Forget it...that's not gonna happen
5. Asian
colecionar 1 month ago 10
9gag
Elefantdomi 2 months ago
Asians..
ProjectWolve 2 months ago
Although I do have one serious question now - having looked at the "time-lapse" footage again. Why is it light at the 0-hour mark, and dark at the 24 hour mark? If it's broad daylight they started at 8am on Monday, 24 hours later it's 8am on a Tuesday - and then 24 hours later (48 hours mark) it's already light again... Barring an eclipse or something else, that implies the timer is either too fast (unlikely) or there's some faking going on.
coldfission 2 months ago
Obviously it was done as a publicity stunt. You can see them working straight through the night on several of the days - a 24 hours working day (obviously they had shifts) = 3 regular working days. In a random freeze-frame at the start they had 40 builders there, so that puts at least 100 on site. So in terms of man-hours they put up a pre-fab building in around 15,000 man-hours. Seeing as a regular small house can be put up in around 1-2,000 man hours, it's impressive but not incredible.
coldfission 2 months ago
The pieces are already make you just need assemble them like a giant puzzle
NIK4014 2 months ago
ITS A FAKE VIDEO LIKE EVERYTHING COMING FROM CHINA FAKE CLONED THE QUESTION HOW FAST WILL THIS HOTEL FALL
satworldus 4 months ago
its called prefab, nothing special here
magnusalexa 4 months ago
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I watched this video
Very nice video "Building an art" YouTube channel at UGRASTROYINFO
ugrastroyinfo 5 months ago
I guess all the time spent for prefab offsite doesn't count. Or the site enabling, concrete pours, and other processes that can't be sped up by piling on the cheap labor. Also, apparently start up, commissioning and inspections were not required?
cleverutubeaccount 5 months ago
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Consider about the blocks that they are fixing. The time taken by the blocks/ walls would be more. And if we consider about all the time from the scratch, the time taken will be more only. it's not gr8 thing. But we can appreaciate their way of work.
rlrao 5 months ago
Consider about the blocks that they are fixing. The time taken by the blocks/ walls would be more. And if we consider about all the time from the scratch, the time taken will be more only. it's not gr8 thing. But we can appreaciate their way of work.
rlrao 5 months ago
americans are stupid, their reaction on everything they see in their pefetic lives is "wow"... whether is it hotel built in 6 days or or a nun crossing the street in vatican. go china! :) fuck usa
greetings from croatia
svibanj12 6 months ago 2
The bombing stopped the war. I thought Canadians were in the war also?????
MrClinteastwood 8 months ago
They also had an apartment collapse. It was NEW.
NurseyPoo50 8 months ago
lol that was easy!
singhinderjit95 8 months ago
Pretty amazing! :0)
pameliahendricks 8 months ago
ugly as fuck
mythicalness 9 months ago
this is nothing. china also build a bridge out of trash.
wefsaf33 9 months ago
They don't have unions in China do they? When I was a union member, the union told us to not work too fast.
promotinghealth 9 months ago
I can do this faster on minecraft
InterTran 9 months ago
@InterTran ROFL +1@@@@
Froggiefied 8 months ago
I'm inclined to agree with the others. Much of it was fabricated elsewhere and took a lot of time and engineering. Nice to see they have chemtrails there too. (3:27)
300SEBenz 10 months ago
What do I think? I think there's a lot going on that isnt visible to the public/guy with a cam 10 blocks away. Chinas hotel/Lego looks like they spent a month doing pre-fabrication work (cookie cutter design). They've probably built a dozen of these with that same design. The roof/ruff is a massive and very unique design problem with thousands of calculations that consider moments, materials, safety factors, functionality, environment and weather. Like comparing a news anchor to a vlogger.
Sidlexic 10 months ago
Not much red tape in China. If the right government people are behind it they don't have to worry about permits.
rickhoran 10 months ago
This thing is a joke, OSHA would've shut it down for hundreds of voilations evident in every shot of the video, the prints would've been rejected by the building commision for not having elevators, they are WAY over maned, and to compare several thousand workers to a 2 man crew on a roof? lol..any body falling for this news propaganda should remember america falls for a one sided, over biased news article before they will use their brain. freedom of speach doesn't mean "told without deception."
spdr2u 10 months ago
@spdr2u Propaganda? Propaganda is believing you live in a free and democratic society with no dictatorship. Propaganda is believing the decisions of your leaders aren't being made in "star chambers" by a pack of thugs. Propaganda is believing the US and Canada aren't guilty of human right atrocities. Propaganda is believing increased bureaucracy and greater regulatory legislation will protect "Joe Six-pack." Just ask the tens of thousands affected by OSHA/Govt. inspector-approved leaky condos.
ProjectRedPill1 10 months ago 26
@ProjectRedPill1 propaganda only carries a message, usually a false message, it's a fool who believes it. I agree with you 100% Project R. P. 1, but leaky condos are not OSHA, they are usually from paid off building inspectors usually at the county level. OSHA is safety only.
spdr2u 10 months ago
@ProjectRedPill1 Im an architect. All buildings leak.
bluediablo9 1 month ago
@ProjectRedPill1 Well said!!
klyffreyes 1 month ago
Give the Chinese 20 more years and then we will see what they are capable of doing.Putting up a building in 6 days is interesting but it could be organised in any number of countries.I am more concerned about thier political designs and how the Chinese will fit in with the rest of the world. I feel certian history will show they are a take, take, take oriented society while giving very little back to the world..comparatively.If you think Westerners are money orientated...just watch the Chinese.
happyharv1 10 months ago
@happyharv1
fuck you bitch! the west stole everything from the world sind 1500s, even now the americans are killing thousands of people in Mideast. Fuck white trash.
mmhhdmjyyb 1 month ago
U r lucky if u have never been on strike.
MrClinteastwood 10 months ago
Still they did it fast and that is an achievement. No doubt they could also do it in North America to demonstrate just how fast a Box Building can be erected.
Always remember that nearly all of the technology and the origins of all that technology came from or currently comes from the West.Rememeber that New York City during the 1920's had hundreds of buildings over 40 stories high considered skyscrapers at the time. The Chinese are finally catching up..but still have a long way to go.
happyharv1 10 months ago
@happyharv1 ; it doesn't matter who thought of it first. What's most important, who continue to make use of technology to make the world better. We live for the future, and if things go this way, the Chinese have done us proud, although we remember the ones who did it first - those were history, this is the present, and it could be asign of changing times
PROBLEMSOLVINGFIRE 10 months ago
Roooof not rufff
patsy201 10 months ago
So if this is "Supposed" to be able to survive a 9.0 earth quake its should still be their. :D
InkyTheCat101 10 months ago
@InkyTheCat101 hmmmm did you hear that the quake was in JAPAN and this hotel is in CHINA? Can you tell the difference? Dare u to google it...
cupexxx 10 months ago
you all have so many opinions. have you heard of the opinion site that Doug has? it's called sowhatdoyouthink and you can post your comments on all kinds of topics. this video is there too!
izzie77 10 months ago
you all have so many opinions. have you heard of the opinion site that Doug has? it's called sowhatdoyouthink.
izzie77 10 months ago
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Also, I think the Chinese also lied/cheated with the time lapse...Unless china has some very weird day/night cycles, there is some trickery. Look around the 12hr mark - 2 stories magically fade into view. It's daytime at the 20h20m mark...pitch black at about the 20h40m mark...and daylight again at 29hr. Daytime to pitch black in 20mins? Then at 39h20m it gets dark again, and at 44h20m it's daytime again. 8hr 20min of darkness the night before and 5hr of darkness the next night?!?!? Word.....
cap10moman 11 months ago
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cap10moman 11 months ago
The whole thing was prefabricated. It's like stacking cargo containers on top of each other and bolting them together...The US/ports around the world do this everyday, except for the bolting part. I didn't see any wiring/plumbing, elevator installation, etc. (look at the part with the insulation where they hang the walls...where is the wiring???). Leave it to the Chinese Government to lie! They probably made this vid and had only one wall put up to make it seem like all of them were...
cap10moman 11 months ago
I belonged to a union for 34 yrs. so in the U.S. I have the union experience.
As for putting in Japan instead of China I goofed.
Your derogatory comment goes well with you Canadians. You are very ignorant people when you club baby seals at birth on the ice floes. I guess it is up bringing, OR lack of it.
MrClinteastwood 11 months ago
MrClinteastwood, next time, just explain that you like to make stupid comments...we don't need you to prove it.
SaltyLeech 11 months ago
@MrClinteastwood At least we don't drop atomic bombs on peopel :)
flemingcourt 10 months ago
Now that is a dumb Canadian comment:
First you do not have the smarts to build a bomb....
2nd it was dropped to save Canadian, American, etc. lives. It was called the 2nd WORLD WAR.
MrClinteastwood 10 months ago
@MrClinteastwood u must be retarded... i feel for ya buddy.
cupexxx 10 months ago
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snaky69 8 months ago
terexmechanic: Sorry you are wrong about the the Empire State building being constructed at 1 floor per day....it was 1 floor per week on the average....but still in the 1920's that was great achievement.
happyharv1 11 months ago
During the second world war the Kaiser ship building facilities in the USA built "Liberty Ships" in 3 to 4 days....and they built many of them...and that was in 1943 to 1945
At least as complicated as build a 15 story building.
Point being..if you want to build something big and build it fast...it can be done.
I am not overly impressed with the Chinese....besides, you have to factor in all the international "western based technology" that the Chinese have USED or COPIED making it possible.
happyharv1 11 months ago
@happyharv1 hmm back in 1943 we used to build "fast ships" what happened with the rest of the 68 years that have passed by and still nothing??? hmmm.... all of the hotel chains such as hiltons marriots holiday inns are prefabricated, walls are thin as fuck and it still takes us 2 years to erect one... i ask again, wtf happened with all these years in the making...?
cupexxx 10 months ago
The building was 'erected' in 6 days. It was constructed off site. How long did that take. How much time went into the fabrication and preassembly of components prior to 'erection'? Also bear in mind this is a box. No real architecture. What are the requirements there. How much red tape had to be completed prior to erection. 6 days only applies to what we saw in the video.
roybofmn 11 months ago 6
@roybofmn nice way to break it down. At the same time, I'd invite you to search for an example of the same thing happening anywhere else at that rate. Prefabricated components yes or no. I take your point about it being a box, but you'll also find with a little research that construction time isn't vastly impacted by the question of box: yes or no. Interview a professional in the fields of either architecture or construction - they'll find that rate of work staggering as well.
stilliving 11 months ago
@roybofmn Doug Coy is a jerk. He's taking advantage of all the folks out there who don't know any better. While I agree that America has a lot of room for improvement with regard to our labor forces and unions, etc., he's simply not comparing apples to apples. For one thing it is SIGNIFICANTLY more challenging to retrofit an operable roof to an existing building in a crowded city than it is to ERECT (because as others have mentioned, that's all we're seeing) a cookie cutter hotel on open land.
marchassociates 11 months ago
@marchassociates hmm are u forgetting that it only took 6 days to erect a 15 story hotel while the other lazy union asses are taking TWO FUCKING YEARS??? get over it... China owns us... Our entire debt is owned by China...
cupexxx 10 months ago
@roybofmn And...The video doesn't show the groundwork, etc. Underground plumbing, electrical, FOUNDATIONS. ?? And do you suppose the contractor of the retrofitted roof even had the opportunity to work 2 or 3 shifts for a total of 24 hours a day? I doubt it. Sure, just ask the folks staying at the Ritz Carlton next door if they'd mind us running air ratchets all night. C'mon Doug. Perhaps you should consider relocating to China. Sounds like you'd fit right in. We'd sure miss you though.
marchassociates 11 months ago
@roybofmn did you not here about withstanding a 9.0 quake? nobody gives a flying fuck about the preassembly... the fucking thing is amazing. Hotels in the USA take at least a year and there is "no real arquitecture" there either... Prefabricated shit, no concrete, walls are hollow and u can hear people fukin in the next room...
cupexxx 10 months ago
@roybofmn Ur right. A lot of the components appeared to be pre made. So if you count the time that the
it took to make the pre fab components--you have a much larger time figure. Also keep in mind that it is just the bare shell no flooring selected, elevators need to be installed, individual spaces for offices and rooms need to be made, rooms need furnishings (like beds, appliances, phones)etc.. Also, I sure would not have wanted to live anywhere near that place with all that noise at night!
texbear21 3 months ago
Thanks to our unions, our workers get a minimum of 3 breaks per day even if it takes 15 - 20 minutes each way to get to the break area, I don't think it's fair to compare us with the Chinese when their 3 breaks are taken right at their work station. Also this building was prepared in advance, in the US we like to build as we go and fix our mistakes as we go, this is not a fair comparison.
northknight 11 months ago
you built story wrong
iloveblackpeople24 11 months ago
no excavation/foundation...no pouring of concrete...no plumbing...no electrical...no mechanical...only steel frame...curtain walls...pre-fabricated floors...yeah it's possible...contrary to other comments...it's also earthquate resistant...worst case scenario...it will just sway or bend but will not collapse
lostjb 11 months ago
Well, I think it is somewhat easier for the Chinese Crane Operators. For them, it is like handling an extra long Chopstick...unfair advantage!!! Ha!
carpetme88 11 months ago
they already p remade the floors so it should be easy to just stack and blot them together
chienhutt1 11 months ago
I say good for the chinese...they are copying everything in site and the times where everything chinese is subpar will soon be over...one can hold a good man down for so long only!
tscholent 11 months ago
Good for them as they are copying the Americans of the 1930 when they built the Empire State Building.
In 1929 they decided to build the worlds tallest building and dug a hole and poured a foundation.
They then started building the steel internal on site and they put up one story per day for a total of 86 floors in 86 days and the complete building was finished in Twenty months
Now you must remember they did this in dwntown traffic without anf prefab factories and it was built on site
UGLY
terexmechanic 11 months ago
By the way, I think the building is a cookie cutter building. It has zero aesthetic value. This is sort of "trailer" building, don't you think?
tmarcng 11 months ago
Oh please. There is no liability in China. No lawsuits. Labor is cheap, and dispensible. This kind of thing only happens in a commmunist country. Don't try it in America: the union will get you, the EEOC will be on your back, and definitely you will have more lawsuits than ENRON.
tmarcng 11 months ago
It looks cool and all, but I would have to know a whole lot more about the construction techniques used before making a final judgment. It looked to me like they were joining prefab girder sections with bolts which from an engineering perspective might look good on paper, but I would be greatly interested in seeing how the structure holds up over time.
js3862 11 months ago
Say what you like. The fact remain this Chinese did this almost impossible task. Of course it has to involve pre-fabrication otherwise it would be impossible to get the concrete dry in time to build in in 6 weeks not mentioning 6 days.
There is no need to argue, we hope someone out there could go out there to shoot another video clip to show us the hotel at it is today.
yewkk2007 11 months ago
Australia takes 6 months for the council to approve the applicatiom; 3 weeks for VCAT to hear the appeal and depending on the site arrangements with unions 2-3 weeks to settle a site deal . Once completed (18 months? - provided there are no demarcation disputes) - there wouldn't be any bed linen or furniture that wasn't probably made in China - Don Johnston
upanddownau 11 months ago
Doug Coy is incorrect. It has NOT taken 2 years to put the roof on. Work was begun when the roof was delated in May 2010, 2.5 months after the 2010 Winter Olympics, and THAT was just over 1 year ago. The stadium will be finished summer 2011, and will be used for The Grey Cup Game this fall.
videolester 1 year ago
Yeah and I wonder how long it will last in the first earthquake or big storm?
Sorry I don't believe it will be safe or environmentally sound. All you have to do is see how many Chinese are killed in factories/mines etc. If you have millions of people and don't mind killing a couple of hundred on a job site and know you won't get into any legal trouble.you can do anything. When was the last time
you saw a building collapse in Canada? You can keep Chinese made junk
1949ktkat 1 year ago
@1949ktkat wait a minute that B.C. Place had umpteen holes in the tent bubble roof from wind and snow so was that crap built by the chinese? or are you gonna blame that one on Jimmy Hoffa?
tscholent 11 months ago
Jealousy runs deep. In American, if no one picketed, went on strike and put in a decent day's work we could do the same thing. Of course it would be over budget
and years late..... lol lol We need some japanese workers in America instead of Union cry babies bad mouthing the Japanese. If you listened he said it would with stand a 9.0 quake.
MrClinteastwood 1 year ago 3
@MrClinteastwood you post the comment 2 weeks ago...
foodgarbage 11 months ago
@MrClinteastwood. Not sure if that happens in the USA, but here in Canada we have Unions that respect everyone including other people that live here. Oh by the way it was built in China not in Japan. Perhaps you need to think more & talk less.
The72Kurgan 11 months ago
@MrClinteastwood Another American who thinks China and Japan are one in the same. Hmm. While this is an impressive achievement, and certainly the way of the future for many buildings, it is clearly limited to very basic structures, architecturally speaking. Not for The Four Seasons, etc. of the world. Like the difference between building a Hyundai and a Bentley. And wasn't it China who recently had a high rise apartment or condo building topple over as a result of cutting corners?
marchassociates 11 months ago
@MrClinteastwood: I've been in a trade union for 25 years. My father, (brother, uncle, and grandfather as well) all had 30 years. So, in those approx. 55 years, I've never seen a strike.
VideoQuay 10 months ago
No union contracts, but if they didn't finish it on schedule. All of those associated with building that would be "room temperature" Wait for the next big quake and see how long it is standing. I wouldn't stay in it.
nikond90greg 1 year ago
The whole buidling was pre-fabricated and they used a conveyor-like delivery system which probably closed several roads for the entire 6 days. Not to mention the hotel is an ugly box which looks like its from the Communist era. I shudder to see the inside.
Still, that is a pretty amazing structure to raise in 6 days. The Chinese are capable of some incredible things when they (i.e. the central government) put thier minds to it.
MalarchuksThroat 1 year ago
wow, wish there was a company here in canada that did that..... OHH THERE ISNT ONE BECAUSE PEOPLE HERE VALUE PERSONAL TIME HIGHER THEN MONEY! I say keep the 6 day work week out of canada!
flabbyhoy 1 year ago
Since I live in Canada I can easily say they are the slowest builders ever.
I guess part of the reason they use 5 guys to finish the whole thing, so to speak
azwattar 1 year ago
You are an idiot. They put the building together in 6days. Its was build some where else and then put together. It took alot longer than 6 days to build all the panels. Not to mention digging the hole and poring the foundation was not done in 6DAYS!!!
It the difference between quality costume furniture and IKEA crap!!!!
Its also a eyesore and cheap Chinese shit. Is that what we want here in canada?????
katjaode 1 year ago
6 days to build the hotel, 6 minutes for it to collapse.... LOL china quality, we all know!
mtv565 1 year ago
Extensive project management and prefabricated modules....that's all it took. Plus, it's a lot easier to work as a team when everyone is on the same page, culturally and racially speaking.
MrPeterrod 1 year ago
Union job? Take your time! Make a career out of it! They will pay!!
1thatisilluminated 1 year ago
then add a bunch of time to make the parts.
razorblade2170 1 year ago
There will be many surprises like this for people in the West. They've had their turn to wow the world in the form of the industrial revolution and all that it brought. But now it's Asia's turn and you can guarantee that they will show the world plenty of wonderous developments in the century ahead.
kiwimull 1 year ago
i find it strange how some of you find the need to throw scorn on it. lol... i mean, sure its not as safe as the buildings in your country. but i doubt people elsewhere can replicate what they do that quickly, with a building of the same quality. think about it, loads of things are made in china, cars, TVs, apple products etc. not because they make it better, but because they make it cheaper and faster. is it such a shock they can build buildings fast too???
Shinji87 1 year ago
will it fall ? :/
cindyrawh 1 year ago
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Is the building in China still standing?
I think a lot of corners were cut and I think China does not have ANY "safety regulations" when it comes to buildings so there would have been no "inspections" or "safety checks." That's what I think. Wouldn't want to stay in the building.
jysteph46 1 year ago
Is the building in China still standing?
I think a lot of corners were cut and I think China does not have ANY "safety regulations" when it comes to buildings so there would have been no "inspections" or "safety checks." Thanks what I think. Wouldn't want to stay in the building.
jysteph46 1 year ago
well done china. best greetings from europe
illuminaz1 1 year ago 2
Come on........... it takes ALOT longer that 6 days to build the PARTS that get delivered to the construction site. How about counting total man hours from raw materials to final erection as a fair comparison.
tsport100 1 year ago
@tsport100
I'd say they cheated as the job wasn't quite finished when the clock stopped.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
I love how everyone turns on their Defensive mode right away. Yes, China workers don't get paid a lot compare to us in North America, but their cost of living is also lower. People know how to follow orders in Asia. North Americans complain everyday how tired they are, how they dislike their boss and Union is often the word they bring up when they are challenged with work they don't want to do. There is a reason why Asia is growing faster compare to the rest of the world.
amaking 1 year ago
I wont buy anything union made, they are the down fall of America.
homermoore 1 year ago
That was pretty amazing. Kind of reminds me of put-together-yourself furniture. With a lot of pre-fab parts and planning, you can build some pretty nice things quickly. Maybe they'll start selling 15-story building kits. (It'd be interesting to see how the building faired in fire/electrical/structural safety tests & standards.)
ckong3309 1 year ago
You could see from the vid. that a lot of the building was pre built in sections. so this job was far more than 6 days in total. Also there were what looked like a hundred guys on that job, easy to do when you pay next to nothing for your workers. The speaker seems to be poking fun at his fellow canuks. I bet this guy can't even read the prints for the building in B.C. Besides work place saftey rules our buildings in the western world are built to standards the Chinese can't even understand.
dizzydiver18866881 1 year ago
@dizzydiver18866881
It's not just Canadians. I'm Australian. All Western countries are the same. Dead slow.
patrickcorliss 1 year ago
The 102 story Empire State Building was completed in 1931, construction lasted 13 months. It stood as the world's tallest building for more than 40 years. Considering that happened 80 years ago, I say that pretty amazing.
cocobadu 1 year ago
What you don't see is the behind the scenes prep work and modularization that went into this project. No earthworks or concrete, no interior or finishing work. The 6 days was 24/6 (18 normal working days at 8 hours per day or 3.5 normal working weeks) and only included erection time. But still impressive in any case.
itusstfu 1 year ago
does this include fitout?
lfc023 1 year ago
Don't be too carried away by this. In 1942 the Americans turned the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown round after she suffered major battle damage (she was towed into port with a 30 degree list) after the Battle of the Coral Sea and she sailed out fully repaired in 48 (that's right 48) hours. She fought in but was also tragically sunk in the battle of Midway after suffering several direct bomb hits. Amazing what you can do with an unlimited budget and a desire to complete the task quickly.
byteme11 1 year ago
@byteme11 she shoulda stayed at home
waldonutz 1 year ago
but how long did it take to prefabricate all the members, trusses, beams, columns, seismic brackets and braces, design, etc...I agree it is kind of misleading...
angela60xavier 1 year ago
Now, why don't you show if floors are cast concrete, or what? Sprinklers, and other necessary systems? Or these omissions are to mean that foundation, walls, windows and doors are all there is, in 6 days?
tcyin1 1 year ago
How its made, na kineski nacin
ACCAGT 1 year ago