yeah... US is falling a bit behind the times...

[danchez]

This is rather amazing.

[S-Man]

Are the left hand numerals hours or days?

[TxLerman]

Originally Posted by S-Man

Are the left hand numerals hours or days?

Days

[Jake]

It was built in less than a week.
But most everything was prefabed off site, so no big deal really…..

[Imagebuffet]

That was interesting, but don't think that the U.S. lacks the equivalent or better. I've watched how fast and efficiently Texas construction workers can throw up a major office park.

[dmora]

Originally Posted by Imagebuffet

That was interesting, but don't think that the U.S. lacks the equivalent or better. I've watched how fast and efficiently Texas construction workers can throw up a major office park.

You mean hispanic day laborers?
My people are awesome at manual labor.


But for clarification, the video showed a building using prefab parts... not like its any less interesting tho.

[danchez]

Originally Posted by S-Man

Are the left hand numerals hours or days?

the numbers on the bottom left are hours, not days, and pre-fab or not, 90 hours to complete that, DAMN!!!

[Some Idiot]

Originally Posted by danchez

the numbers on the bottom left are hours, not days, and pre-fab or not, 90 hours to complete that, DAMN!!!

Agree, having worked in construction, 90 hours to complete that is AMAZING

[brewercm]

And after being stationed in Korea it's even more amazing to watch how fast some of these can come down.

[jkderby]

The US is falling behind faster than we think. Not the front runners any more.

[SCone]

The Model T was produced in an AMERICAN automobile factory... one every 93 minutes... and that was in 1914

[jkderby]

No more TV's made in america, no more light bulbs made in USA, no more pianos made in USA, GM's major profit is coming from over seas market, no computer parts made in USA, all computer parts for cruise missiles from Japan, all major furniture brands not made in USA, etc, etc,etc. US rank number two as economic power behind China. The first auto was made in Europe. US ranked 10th as far as education level.

[TheRandomPhotographer]

Originally Posted by jkderby

No more TV's made in america, no more light bulbs made in USA, no more pianos made in USA, GM's major profit is coming from over seas market, no computer parts made in USA, all computer parts for cruise missiles from Japan, all major furniture brands not made in USA, etc, etc,etc. US rank number two as economic power behind China. The first auto was made in Europe. US ranked 10th as far as education level.

And now Harley Davidsons will be assembled in India! WTF! make the parts here and send them to INDIA!! I hope they are kidding

[SCone]

Originally Posted by TheRandomPhotographer

And now Harley Davidsons will be assembled in India! WTF! make the parts here and send them to INDIA!! I hope they are kidding

Harley says it's sending "bike kits" for Indian sales......

[Gleep]

Putting a building this size up that fast is definitely an accomplishment but I wonder how much of an accomplishment it actually is. Yes, it was assembled extremely fast but how long did it take to make all of the components for it? Was the construction time significantly less when factoring in all of the off site preparation?