Constructing the Shanghai SuperTower

[jdmoney86]

Yeah people in China are poor, but so are people in the U.S. and other countries. The Asian people make up the real labour and work.

[gobipill]

It looks like an enormous heating iron =D

But I like how the architects didn't add a hundred foot vane on the top to make it taller. As if somehow that counts as part of the building, to help it break records. =,=

[techromite]

I love CHINA!

[bombarderoazul]

@blackflag1217 Yes they are still very poor, a lot of people are suffering from malnutrition.

[bombarderoazul]

@blackflag1217 Yes but in the last ten years they have taken more people out of poverty than the entire population of the USA. Look at what China was 20 years ago, and what they are now. Poverty was 85% in 1981 and in 2005 it was 16% i find that amazing.

[bombarderoazul]

chinas construction boom is incredible, they consume one third of the worlds steel, halfs of the worlds concrete and one quarter of the worlds oil. Their economy is exploding.

[5544JB]

It was not chinese architects who built SWFC, it was the american architect firm Kohn Pedersen Fox accosiates.

[AVIATIO]

China is quickly climbing the ladder to "hyperpower."

[zbusheha]

Awesome 

[OljaOfChina]

I have been there on the 100th floor.. Awesome feeling! like you're holding whole Shanghai in your hand!

[KISSMAJUICYASS]

Um why do i feel like im gonna fall over?????

[PintSizedSlasherJr]

And if dey don't mix it right, dey wirr disgrace dey're famiry

[aburaianimeboy]

chicago spire canceled

[mtakumah]

my facts is on point (Leivadaros)

the reality hurts and the truth threaten the unknown about the future,......the chinese never forgot about what the Britts(england ) tried to addicted heroin epidemic to the chinese , and it took fifty years of repressive police measures ,its just part of history in the making china's got more people/ more nuclear power/more money to bye up everything/more satellite to guide weapon/more allies

payback is all in works,.......... the tables are turning

[gettingahandle]

THE MIND BOGGLES....

[xiaomianlong]

SWFC

[mtakumah]

china is agreat country every country is jealous of china's cities

china is number 1 in the world

USA is getting poorer hihihi

[alexanderh1405]

@mtakumah Dude don't write things like that, you're just gonna create hate. And No, I'm not actually American... I just don't like people who write provocative stuff...

[realmanwilson]

@alexanderh1405 strongly agree with u. btw we call these people "brain damage" in china. 

[alexanderh1405]

@mtakumah Dude don't write things like that, you're just gonna create hate. And No, I'm not actually American... I just don't like people who write provocative stuff...

[leivadaros]

@mtakumah u can tell how stupid a person is from their youtube comments... if u're just gonna say "china ftw USA p00r hihihi" u might as well post some facts like statistics and diagrams to back up ur claims.... and no im not from the USA im greek but i h8 talk like "we are better than you" in youtube when its not backed up with factual data.... i hope i made some sense to u

[azulalover97]

You know, people used to be embaressed to say hey come from Pudong, it was marsh. Now everyone wants to brag that they live in Pudong. All that change in 20 years flat

[Crapidiot]

@azulalover97

all local shangs as in the original natives are embarrased. they get called countryside outsideres by the shanghainese who born there.

[MrTatamijo]

on the new world trade center it is one floor per week. here there are just three days for one!

[Theincredibleism]

Can't wait for Shanghai Tower to reach that stage!

Go Shanghai!

[cnsmile]

You guys should see the new building that will be built by 2014. It's called the Shanghai Tower standing at 2000ft and makes this one look dull...

[huijinhuang2008]

very good, china, come on

[cherylwong]

lol'ed at step 4 =D

[ryan97303]

im proud to be chinese

[Garfieldeje]

@ryan97303 i would be proud ,in my city the small skycrappers arent built like this , instead of paying to workers , they simply buy robots to make it , imagine ,2 60 floor twin towers they only had 23 workers,and they built it in 6 years , this only happens in tenerife hahaha

[ryan97303]

@Garfieldeje we have enough peaple to build it so why waste money on robots when we can just give people jobs

[JasonLIKESturtles]

I live near this thing.. Shanghai is going to have a weird "diverse" skyline in the future

[djmz1969]

Ahhhh!!!! Whoever invented the skyscraper as a symbol of progress. It's nuts I would never work or live that high up. A fire or a catastrophe just jump out and close your eyes. Style Sep 11.

[willy1304]

@djmz1969 Buy a parachute with an engin on your back ha xD

[djmz1969]

@willy1304 :) Funny, I just get dizzy looking at this thing, Shit ...that thing is high... :)

[ILoveGoodFellas]

Please Answer this question: If Dubais Burj Dubai was built at a rate of 15 floors a month, and Empire StateBuilding-Sears Tower in the US were done in 14 months flat and beekman tower NYC maintains and this building maintained a rate of 10 floors/month construction rate - WHY THE FUCK DID IT TAKE 10 years to complete ??????

[jordithekiller92]

Because there wasn't hurry

[adi1096]

Its about the quality not the quantity lol

[G1NZOU]

@ILoveGoodFellas There is a lot more work to do after constructing the floors.

Windows, wiring, decorating, furnishing etc.

They did it well.

[torkoal531]

an olympic pool full of concrete? I'd swim in that.

But seriously, I wouldn't stay in one of those hotel rooms at the top for the life of me. I'd be scared out of my skull. I'd also hate installing the windows, cuz there's nothing stopping you from falling hundreds of feet over the side (unless they have ropes on)

[hoya0]

Titan wok, I was there for its opening on August 30 2008

[pegobuilders]

awesome architecture

[oldsko0ul]

Jesus Almighty... How far humanity has come.. Wanna give me the shits right about now..

[Holycrudaflyingcow12]

The stronger we get, the closer we get to obliterating ourselves.

[helpfulVidz]

4:40 lmao the window blowing around

[BagOfOats]

They don't like you wonderlandink... they rather hear measurements common to everyday life, after all, can you imagine how heavy 1000 pounds are? or would you rather the concrete to fill the olympic pools?

Right, how big is an olympic pool anyway? It's 50x25 meters.. oops, you guys don't know what meters are =p

A height of a basketball works better... its the height that you can't reach when you jump. But that doesn't mean a thing when you can't even jump 6.5' now does it?

[XenoAlex2222]

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[wonderlandink]

I know, I know. =) I just like poking fun (architects humor). This' a great building to BASE right now too. =D

[wonderlandink]

The measurements were hilarious!! Are people this stupid?

...As much as an olympic size swimming pool

...Heavy as 2 grand pianos

...Taller than a basketball hoop

jeepers, now I know how big it is!!! hahaha

[AmlAlive]

LOL

[ace7136]

there were talkign about the windows

[AmlAlive]

I like windows.

[vietnegro]

jeez enjoy the fucking video and stop being a douche.

[tunderman66]

1 floor every three days, finish 101 floor in about 303 days!

[ladhkay]

I admire china for its latest engineering marvels

My dad is one of the architects for this building

[Stasi78]

Congratulations! This is my favorite supertall building.

[LiangHuBBB]

@ladhkay Wow,I want to be an architect too,so I go back to Shanghai soon.

[ladhkay]

@LiangHuBBB

and i wanna be an engineer ;)

perhaps we could work together some day lol

[george902010]

@ladhkay Well your dad is one amazing architect..... that is truly a masterpiece in steel and glass

[rathaseng99]

@ladhkay HEY! my 2nd cousins uncle is one too!

[patrickm2227]

i must admit this is a great skyscraper. i admire china alot. yet again im american i have ALOT of pride and love new york etc. im sad that many americans are ignorant and do hope for a strong allience with china to creat greater cities and a greater world

[fansntt]

I went there on the beginning of November.

[hoya0]

Oh I climbed the SWFC on its inauguration day August 30. The elevator can bring to the top (492m) in less than 1 min.

Check out my videos on Shanghai, the SWFC is at the end, you can see me walking on the top floor, the music elevator ...

[SoundwaveSuperior373]

jackie chan can do a movie or stunt all the way or the top

[epics7]

You ever noticed that it's always the U.S. that likes to start shit and keep shit started on here? Give it some time and the people here in this country will be working for the Chinese.

[Crapidiot]

every shanghai video comment has americans giving their own countyr a bad name

no chinese is comparing yet for some reason they keep coming to chinese city videos and most of all flock into shanghai

lmao

[Extr3m3lif3]

CHINA!!!

[psychedelikaj]

this is supposed to be educational. why is there so much hate?

[cubanrulez]

mihail before you compolain about china skyscrapers you should think about your american WTC that has collasped...that alone should make you to shut up and stop boasting...it has been proven that US skyscrapers are not strong enough so no point complaining about the chinese ones..I think you should go back and fix your own skyscrapers in the US so that when planes hit them they will stand before you can come back and boast...not get out mr. pointless boastful american...

[shagwhites]

go and fuck yourself, motherfucker!

[Crapidiot]

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[Crapidiot]

shagwhites i was talking about mihail

[billyjiahaogao]

learn to spell

[jimmyjamesWang]

Dude, Nobody is smart when they are fucking, the blood leaves the brain and got concentrated in the penis tissues, and that's common sense. Geesh dude, are you fucking when you said those words?

[prego998]

Fucking dumb ass spic!!! dont hate..

[mihail2000]

in an earthqacke,concrete can`t flex like stell to release presure

[mihail2000]

ads too much weight,much less flexibility

[mihail2000]

made of concrete??? not to good in today`s world

[kaikaikaikaikaikai]

Ha, I am the guy interview by them, speak in cantonese was requested by the host.

[gorillachilla]

all that fucking is paying off

[jimmyjamesWang]

Since when did Cantonese become the local dailect???!!! What happen to the local Wu chinese dialect!! Shanghaiese?!

[drinkingbrandy]

continuing closing your eyes and dreaming the world just stay static if that can make feel happier

[Chivas6]

You live under a rock or something? Yokel.

[yimangwang]

i think we should move to Shanghai.

[CrisisDarkerXIV]

Do ya guys really think that China will become "capitol of Asia's economy"?

[amsd1231]

u want my honest opinion? YES.

[kobexu]

Yes, we really do! And not only "capitol of Asia's economy", but soon to be "capital of World's economy".

[drinkingbrandy]

not only the capital of Asia, but also the capital of world~~

[Jbomb8]

Jelous Fucks .. Is not even funny what you fucks say

[SambaDisaWinner]

omg

[jajacko22003]

lol thats the best comment that you could think of this is incredible

[morningcoast]

People need to figure our more than 4 languages to build this BLDG, English, Japanese, Chinese mandarin, and Cantonese.

cause this building is invested by japanese company, designed by an american team and built by thousands of chinese workers and engineers.

[6lamborghini]

You'd get paid a fortune

[Ghettoman30002000]

if your a window washer thats sucks.

[BladeAssault]

naw, actually that be pretty fun. LOL.

[VladimirBurn]

I live in Shanghai and the Pudong Buildings are good visible from my apartment ... I saw how they built that tower ... darn fast I'd say! Sometimes it's just amazing how fast they are ... SHANGHAI RULEZZZZZ!

[Sorrytodisappointyou]

looks like a giant bottle opener

[forem69]

better to look like a giant bottle opener than to look like a gigant dildo(like Chicago Spire).

[haynaku1984]

LOL yeah!!! Totally agree.

[KASPLARFO]

I sure hope this building isn't made of structural steel and re-enfored concrete. If it ever catches on fire, it might fall down like the WTC on 911.

INFOWARS DOT COM

[dagamezmasta]

meh, that's pretty crazy. but they better makes sure the structure is stable enough to resist natural disasters like earthquakes.

[morningcoast]

guys, go ahead check out my video by clicking my username..

There is some city in this world looks more colorful than Shanghai.

[Fabnat64]

Mais où vont ils s'arrêter ?

[iamfumanchu]

I give credit the builders of all skyscrapers. GOOD JOB!

[no1xc]

Absolutely stunning! I feel dizzy by just looking at it. It also amazes people how a structure tall like this can withstand wind, viberation, weight of all the people and furniture that will be in there, and the mass of itself!

[AmericaOwnz]

I never get tired of videos like this-love to see things get built.

[zimant78]

How much do you guess it cost to build? $4-5 billion?

[S70T5]

actually slightly under 1 billion US dollars.

[NicNasty1981]

did he say 101 floors? my god did you see the building next to it at 4 minutes? it was fucking huge!! and i was imagining myself as the camera man at 4:48 and i got scared! he must of been hanging out that window

[PeoplesGeneral]

Thats the Jin Mao Tower, which is also the tallest hotel in the world. Jin Mao Tower is taller than the Empire State building.

[tlkaus118]

the building u saw at 4 min is the jin mao tower 88 stories.

[typhoons9]

the only thing i am worried about is typhoons season.

[revangal3]

Pretty cool, but their rivers, used for farming, are all polluted... and air pollution... A documentary was shown about how people die from cancer after eating food irrigated by the rivers...

[ella8701]

my legs got weak lloking at how high it was on the screen!

lol

i'd fall!

[YinduAsan1]

And your mother? The cheapest hooker around the planet earth?

[NicNasty1981]

how cheap is that? does she actually pay to get gang raped?? i bet she does!

[kittykate82]

rascist!

[leeum1989]

lmfao, "step 4, repeat steps 1 through 3 9,999 times" lol im sooo scared of heights, fair play to them! XD looks awesome up ther :)

[zimant78]

China will be 10 times more powerful than Japan in terms of companies like Sony and Panasonic in about 25 years

[arodisgod13]

idk about that japan is the most technological country in the world, higher than America and Russia.

[zimant78]

Taiwan and Korea are pretty close to Japan in terms of technological acceleration, Europeans used to be as hard-working as that during the Industrial Revolution but we have gotten a bit lazy and the education is a lot less demanding to the amount of scientists available for research in Europe is now a bit less and the government science budget is also much different

[beastlair]

shanghai wooo...!

[nitrambran]

Its incredible what they are doing in china

[Racerboy2000]

This is one of the best skyscraper in the world.

[tamyboy1]

indeed looks like a bottle opener.

[VivaAmoeba]

It looks like a gigantic bottle opener. Just kidding...

[president200008]

lol bottle opener

[VivaAmoeba]

They should make a building shaped like beer twice as tall next to it to see if they can beat Dubai. :P

[sugarpuddin88]

Isn't the out-rigger truss design the very reason the NYC World Trade Centers towers collapsed on 911?

* A building that is supported by an OUTER cage rather than by internal building support

[NhiNhiluvXiahJunsoo]

wow..that's really high!!!

those construction workers are really brave!!

[RXTRUX1]

Think it's way behind schedule.

[abdelkader37]

chouha

[yellowman88]

dubai towers construction is even crazier. It is soo tall

[redeyesthe20th]

wow a floor in 3 days, WOW!!!

that's just like awesome, how it's got a huge whole in the middle, i know i could design any thing high then 50 meters high !!! =p

[wessmann007]

thats some scary shit...90+ floors.....damn

[xyzasdfg]

Hope it's finished befor the olympics :->

[Vitaliiii]

if they adopt working ethics from Dubai builders then they might.

[royalsego]

imagine being afraid of heights and installing the windows.. lol

[NicIsNotANinja]

lol, thats a lot of windows xD

[tekunoredii]

whoa. o_o made me stomach turn thinking about how high they were up

[asianplayer123]

this wont load fast

[Spiralworm]

Shit. These buildings are getting taller and taller every year. We will soon be in the clouds at this rate. lol

[DanielSmith604]

why?

[TheTallestTree]

I wonder how much those workers are being paid? More than the Burj Dubai workers or less? My guess would be more.

[starsoldier777]

What goes up must come down

[jamesjiao]

You are full of terrorist attitude, starsoldier.

[fool8]

woaah....

[La260z]

That sht is crazy, yo!

[orbywitz1]

Jeez! I feel sorry for those window installers. . that looks tough.

[WhyDidIGetBanned]

Don't feel sorry for the window installers, they only have to do it once, feel sorry for the window cleaners! :P

[FaintSnow]

Got to have a sore arm after a day of cleaning..

[fatcatjack9]

exactly what i was thinking :P

[jamesjiao]

That's the most intelligent comment I have seen on youtube today.

[orbywitz1]

LOL. kudos!

[amyvb1]

Wow, that's intense.