China To Build 220-Story Tower
And they say they're going to build it in
just 90 days by using prefabricated parts partially assembled off-site.
The
building will be 10m taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, currently
the tallest manmade structure on earth. SkyCity One, with a rather
imposing design, will contain 1,610,000m2 across 220 storeys, containing
a mix of residential, commercial and retail space and capacity for
between 70,000 to 120,000 people. BSB estimates the cost of the project
to be roughly £400 million, a surprisingly low figure considering it
cost £967 million for the Burj Khalifa, and other megatall buildings
around the world tend to have budgets around the £1 billion mark. The
company claims that their unique construction method, with 95 percent of
the building completed before they've even broken ground on the
foundations, will keep costs down. BSB has experience throwing up tall
buildings in a short period of time, as this video of a 30 storey
skyscraper built by the company in just 15 days near a lake in Hunan
province attests.
RELATED: Dubai's
206-story Burj Khalifa, which is still mostly free of tenants, took
four years to construct. The building's sway at the upper floors is
reportedly 5.5 feet. The 102-story Empire State Building, by comparison, only sways about three inches.
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And they say they're going to build it in just 90 days by using prefabricated parts partially assembled off-site. 
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