^ precast concrete columns. Presumably they will eventually be matched with precast beams and slabs.
I haven't personally used this type of construction in any project I've worked on, but it seems like it would work pretty slick. Especially in cold weather, forming and building the concrete offsite in a heated, controlled environment.
Mohkínstsis — 1.6 million people at the Foothills of the Rocky Mountains, 400 high-rises, a 300-metre SE to NW climb, over 1000 kilometres of pathways, with 20% of the urban area as parkland.
Looks like some nice high ceilings! You can see the columns are a lot larger where the tower will be over head. The first two adjacent to the existing building are smaller than the others farther out.
It is the first construction in the city like this that i have heard of but it is nothing really that new. The Cruise ship building industry makes all of their ships like this.
The contractor Nova-Con will essentially just have to plug them in....sort of speak.
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There's that video at the beginning of this thread showing the Chinese throwing up those building in like two days or something. Pretty impressive. Shows how quick it really can go, but that's having everything ready to go and waiting. I'm assuming the prefab rooms coming from Quebec won't be standing in line downtown to be put in place.
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