A team of Indian construction workers has claimed a new record after they erected a 10-storey building in 48 hours, news reports say.
The building, dubbed Instacon, was completed well before a Saturday-evening deadline in the northern city of Mohali, broadcaster NDTV reported.
A total of 200 workers, including 25 technicians and engineers, had worked at a furious pace since Thursday and completed nearly seven storeys in the first 24 hours.
The quality of construction – the building must be able to withstand major earthquakes – was certified by a state-run scientific agency, the report said.
The building was made with steel and pre-fabricated materials, engineers at the site told the IANS news agency.
The air-conditioning system, lighting and operational toilets will be completed later.
‘Our effort was to put the 10-storeyed structure in place within 48 hours,’ an engineer said. ‘We wanted to prove that this could be done.’
Harpal Singh, the owner of the building company, said the effort was a record for India, but it was unclear whether it was a world record.
A Chinese company claimed to have put up a 15-floor building in six days in 2010.
The idea to construct such a building came to Singh when the construction of his own house was delayed by absent workers.
source::::: Big Pond News…Australia.
Natarajan
Take off with Natarajan 