Posted on 05/01/2015 8:09:54 AM PDT by JoeProBono
CHANGSHA, China (AP) — A Chinese construction company is claiming to be the world’s fastest builder after erecting a 57-story skyscraper in 19 working days in central China.
The Broad Sustainable Building Co. put up the rectangular, glass-and-steel Mini Sky City in the Hunan provincial capital of Changsha using a modular method, assembling three floors per day, company vice president Xiao Changgeng said.
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155 stories tall (over 1700 feet), the mixed-use KFC tower will soar over other midtown buildings when complete.
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