The world's
tallest building is back on track to be completed in just 90 days, in spite of
rumors that the Chinese construction company behind the project and schedule. A
senior vice president told that project is plans to build the 838-meter
skyscraper in the Hunan Province capital of Changsha "will go on as
planned with the completion of five storey’s a day.
On the current
timetable, the building should be finished by March 2013.The construction company
said the building would top out at 838 meters 10 meters higher than the Burj
Khalifa, which is currently the world's tallest building and cost $628 million
to construct, a fraction of the cost of the Burj.
It also
promised to do the work at light speed, and would be finish in just three
months. Whereas in comparison to The Burj took five years to completed. BSB
plans to do the work quickly by using a proprietary prefabrication technique.
It eventually hopes to sell standardized skyscrapers around the world and
become the "McDonald’s of the sustainable building industry.
According to
the company Sky City will be mixed use, with luxury apartments, low income
housing, and space for businesses and retail. Project will also be
earthquake-resistant and have 31 high-speed elevators to take visitors to the
upper-level observation decks.
