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A variety of buildings have collapsed in China in recent years. Here's one good example with great pictures. I don't know if it's the same company or not. http

• wisty 14y ago
  And that's not a 90 day pre-fab building. IIRC, they had a dodgy underground carpark, which subsided. It had nothing to do with the actual building. Also, the pre-fabs they are starting to build have a lot of steel, which is easy to engineer. Concrete can be more difficult to get right, especially when you don't trust the suppliers (bamboo rebar anyone?).
  • D_Alex 14y ago
    Looks like a crap piling job to me... I must say my first reaction to the OP story was "how long will the foundations take?"
  • seanmcdirmid 14y ago
    But concrete buildings are so common in China because they can be assembled with low-level migrant workers. The move to steel typically requires much higher-level expertise, and so only the tallest buildings get that treatment. But with prefab, this is interesting, they might be able to continue using low-level migrant workers in the factory and during assembly?