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Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by Codhisattva on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @11:38AM (#3452420)
Yeah, it's a bit deceptive to say "15 days to build". The modules surely took less than time than building from scratch, but still a significant amount of time.
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Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by rabble on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @11:43AM (#3452450)
Yeah, kind of like saying you have to count all the time spent on ruby, rails, and all the gems you're using when you do Rails Rumble.

Making construction modular and plug and play is a hugely important innovation.

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Re:China Builds 30-Story Hotel In Just 15 Days by Codhisattva on Wednesday January 11, 2012 @01:23PM (#3452942)
True but nothing new. We've had it in the US for decades for all types of construction.
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