{"id":9822,"date":"2011-08-01T04:08:21","date_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:08:21","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-08-01T04:08:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-01T04:08:21","slug":"Skyscraper-boom-in-China","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9822","title":{"rendered":"Skyscraper boom in China"},"content":{"rendered":"

China is in the midst of a skyscraper boom.<\/p>\n

At 492 metres, the Shanghai World Financial Center is the third tallest building in the world.<\/strong><\/p>\n

China is in the midst of constructing another 200 buildings – all above 150 metres – over the next three years.<\/strong> That means one will be completed every five days, for three years, according to Chinese website “Montiancity”.<\/p>\n

Skyscrapers are seen as status symbols for local officials – an indicator of modernization and political success. But analysts said it could be an over-investment, not matched by actual demand.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Singto Ng, Chief Editor of Motiancity, said: “Many people have a theory that the reason for the craze over skyscrapers, particularly in second and third tier cities, is because the local governments want to create GDP growth.<\/p>\n

Glass curtain walls are popular in the design of these tall buildings. <\/strong>They are lighter and cheaper than concrete tiles, and about 4,000 to 5,000 buildings in Shanghai have this feature.<\/p>\n

However, about 900 buildings, those that were constructed more than 15 years ago, pose the highest risk of danger.<\/p>\n

In the last two months, there were at least five cases of glass curtain walls either cracking or shattering.<\/strong> In one incident, glass from the 46th floor fell off, causing damage to about 50 cars on the street.<\/p>\n

Experts said glass curtain walls need to be checked, maintained or replaced regularly. But that is not cheap.<\/p>\n

The Shanghai government has category_idelines requiring glass curtain walls over eight years old to be inspected every year.<\/strong> But since it is not compulsory, it is seldom done.<\/p>\n

Apart from Shanghai, other Chinese cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen also have thousands of buildings with glass curtain walls.<\/strong> In the province of Zhejiang’s Hangzhou, a 19-year-old woman faces amputation after her left leg was almost cut off from beneath her knee, severed by a shard of falling glass from a commercial building. She has since received compensation from the commercial building’s property management company.<\/p>\n

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