Watch a 57-Story Building Go Up in 19 Days | WSJ

Watch a timelapse video of a 57-story skyscraper being built in China in 19 days. The skyscraper is part of the "Mini Sky City" project in Changsha.

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[jiyasiya]

In India, it takes one week to take signature of our college dean.

[jaridkeen]

I hate the editing, started off good then didnt even show a full time lapse lol

[-anonymous-]

Man in hospital near by who just woke up from a coma looking out the window: *sees tower* Oh my God, how long have I’ve been out?
Nurse: A month

[Gouravmhjn]

And it took almost 5 years to come to my recommendation list.

[AlexRodriguez-lkjy]

When you decide to spend gems to speed up the building time

[lpnos]

Takes New York 5 years just to fix a patch of a highway...

[andrewtpk]

And here in Berlin, they still didint finish to build a airport.

[zachpulido]

Wonder how “strong” this building is standing today

[lifethrownoutofthewindow]

meanwhile here a 19 storey building still under construction after 57 years

[TomforLynda]

It wasn't really done in 19 consecutive days, It was capped at 20 stories for one year due to its proximity to the airport. The original design was for 97 stories, was reduced to 57. Took about 5 months to build the 2, 700 plus modules that were used.

[saraswatipoudel]

In Nepal, It normally takes 10-12 years to construct a motorable bridge of span 50 meters

[brazilbeyondtheheadlines]

They assembled the building in 19 days, which is impressive, hands down. Great engineering! It would be nice to know as well how long it took to actually build it, meaning build the parts at the factory before it was assembled.

[maxpower]

In Berlin we re still waiting for more than 20 years for tall buildings like this..

[EYTYXHS]

In Greece it will take 19years to finish this because it will be out of budget.

[dogeren]

Here is a true story: I'm from China but live in Dubai UAE for studying. When I was back to my hometown at 2018 summer, the old small road beside my house is still using like normal, but only one year after at summer 2019, ITS GONE. It became a fresh new, nice and clean giant streets that make me think I was going to a wrong direction towards my house. Is kinda sad cause I got tons of old memories stuck in that old road

[sequence]

20 days ago, that massive thing wasn't even there.
-Random Guy

[faheemrasheed]

It was assembled not constructed.
Everything is prefabricated and precast they just put right thing on right place.

[HenrysAviation]

Yes, and here in Australia (Sydney) it takes us 4 years to build a simple tram line!

[imfriedchicken]

In India
1 years for planning
2 year for proposing
4 year for approval
1 year for feasibility checking
2 year for protest ( optional )
10 year for construction

Total atleast 15 to 17 year for a normal floyers or these type of buildings.

[artano]

Here in Ireland it's been about 6 years and they've just thrown the materials on the ground