chem1st Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 A construction company yesterday revealed plans to build the world's tallest skyscraper - in just three months. Sky City in Changsha, south-east China, will be a 220-storey structure standing at an incredible 2,749ft (838m). It will house 17,400 people and also boast hotels, hospitals, schools and office space with occupants using 104 high-speed lifts to get around. But the most impressive thing about Sky City is that its designers, Chinese-based Broad Group, plan to start and finish it in just 90 days. This astonishing pace, which will see five storeys go up a day, is down to the revolutionary method of prefabricated building where blocks are built off site and slotted together to save time. Despite concerns about its structural rigidity, Broad Group says the half-mile high building will be able to withstand a magnitude 9.0 earthquake. The idea isn't pie in the sky thinking either, with Broad making headlines last year when they built a 30-storey building in 15 days. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2236300/Chinese-company-plans-build-worlds-tallest-skyscraper--just-THREE-MONTHS.html#ixzz2CsjsrZM1 Just one building would be enough to house all the active bidders on the Sheffield council waiting list. We could solve our housing crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgharston Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Should we temporarily employ Chinese builders to solve our housing crisis?Why? There's loads of unemployed people here. I've applied for 1135 jobs in the last 30 months. If there's a huge upsurge in job vacancies you don't need foreigners to fill them, there's millions of people available here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues1 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Why? There's loads of unemployed people here. I've applied for 1135 jobs in the last 30 months. If there's a huge upsurge in job vacancies you don't need foreigners to fill them, there's millions of people available here. Yes but i bet they wouldnt be able to build a dam like the Hoover as good as they did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Surely we'd have to build enough properties to house the incoming Chinese before we could let them in otherwise they'd just add to the pressure on existing stock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted November 21, 2012 Author Share Posted November 21, 2012 Surely we'd have to build enough properties to house the incoming Chinese before we could let them in otherwise they'd just add to the pressure on existing stock? They could come on container ships in prefabs, the prefabs could be sited on the sites of the many pathfinider demolished properties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joiner andy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 call for a quote:| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBiz Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 They could come on container ships in prefabs, the prefabs could be sited on the sites of the many pathfinider demolished properties. Or we could house them in cages, like battery hens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SportsTrophy Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 You could actively build your own new flat. With that many workers available not much call for health and safety. Hard Hats Compulsory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 where they gonna build em? china? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBiz Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Don't you all think chem1st has such wonderful, original ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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