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[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

You might not be able to pre construct the whole building, but there's a lot of new technology out there that pre builds very large parts.

I've seen 15m pre fabricated concrete walls placed with cranes before.

There's a lot we could probably do like that which would speed up build times.

[–] Dearche 1 points 5 hours ago

If I remember right, that was basically what they did to make commie blocks.

If the building isn't too tall, maybe 5 stories or less, that is proven to work, though I don't know about the quality, at least it's durable. But I strongly doubt that it would work for skyscrapers. I don't think there's any way to get beyond single large support struts to go throughout the entire building, and concrete walls feel too heavy to be used. Maybe prefab concrete floors could work, but I don't work construction.