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This 30-Floor Chinese Hotel Was Completed in Merely 15 days!

Broad Sustainable Building checks in again, and again pulled off an impressive architectural achievement with the construction of a 30-story hotel in Changsha. The construction happened so rapidly that it seemed likely that BSB may have skimped on safety measured and industrial standards, but amazingly every bit of this towering hotel is completely up to code.

The 30-story hotel was finished in just 15 days, thanks primarily to it consisting almost entirely of prefabricated materials. Broad Sustainable Building attributes the two story per day rate to the fact that they were able to build the pieces in a factory and later assemble them at the construction site. All told, 93% of the building materials for the building were premade.

In addition to increasing the speed of the build, this process eliminated the risks of accidents, pollution, and delays. Broad Sustainable Building also prides itself on being environmentally friendly, so along with being quick, efficient, and safe, this method of construction could be the future of architecture.

The 30-storey Ark Hotel in the Chinese city of Changsha was built in just 15 days The 30-storey Ark Hotel in the Chinese city of Changsha was built in just 15 days The 30-storey Ark Hotel in the Chinese city of Changsha was built in just 15 days

 

 

 

 

  


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