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The Most Amazing Construction Projects

Infographic provided by ROCK&DIRT THE EQUIPMENT MARKETPLACE MOST AMAZING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BUILDING TALLEST WORLD'S 2700 2,722 ft, 829.8 m 2400 2100 1800 1500 1200 900 600 300 PARIS, 1889 TAIPEI, 2004 DUBAI, 2010 EAT PYRAMID TOOK 22 MILLION MAN HOURS USED 3 FAVELLE FAVCO CRANES 163 FLOORS IN BUILDINGA PROJECT LONGEST TIME SPENT THE GREAT WALL 2,000 1,750 1,500 TIME SPENT: 2,000 YEARS LENGTH: 31,070 MILES 1,250 1,000 750 500 1''|'|''|'|' I I'|'|'| I'|''L' LENGTH OF ALL CHINESE DEFENSE WALLS MILES IT IS A MYTH THAT YOU CAN THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA IS SEE THE GREAT WALL FROM THE LONGEST MAN-MADE THE MOON STRUCTURE IN THE WORLD IN THE MOST EXPEN$IVE PROJECTS IN THE U.S. WORLD INTERSTATE SYSTEM $425 BILLION SOUTH VALLEY DEVELOPMENT, EGYPT $90 BILLION 2,300-SQ. MILE RECLAMATION OVER $39 MILLION PER SQ. MILE TOTAL LENGTH 47,182 MILES (75,932 KM) WORLD'S SECOND LONGEST CHINA'S INTERSTATE SYSTEM IS LONGEST WORLD'S LARGEST PUMPING STATION MUBARAK ABOUT 1/4 OE ALL VEHICLE MILES ARE DRIVEN ON THE INTERSTATE THE PROJECT IS AN ATTEMPT TO DISPERSE DENSELY POPULATED AREAS IN THE NILE VALLEY STATE HIGHWAY PROJECT U.S. IN THE MOST EXPEN$IVE BOSTON'S BIG DIG THE PROJECT EXCAVATED A TOTAL OF 16 MILLION CUBIC YARDS OF DIRT, ENOUGH TO FILL A STADIUM TO THE RIM 16 TIMES 10 20 22 24 CONSTRUCTION PROJECT LONGEST STANDING GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA IT HAS LASTED FOR 4,570 YEARS ORIGINAL HEIGHT: 481 ft ROUGHLY 2/3 THE SIZE OF THE HOOVER DAM ESTIMATED LABOR COSTS FOR A PROJECTED LABOR FORCE OF 13,200 MEN 126 MILLION LOAVES OF BREAD 111 MILLION JUGS OF BEER PANAMA CANAL PROJECTS GONE BAD LEANING TOWER 1880-1914 OF PISA = 500 DEATHS WHY DID IT LEAN? THE TOWER WAS BUILT ON A DENSE CLAY MIXTURE THAT WAS UNABLE TO FULLY SUPPORT ITS WEIGHT. 3.99° MOST DEATHS CAUSED BY YELLOW FEVER & MALARIA TOTAL DEATHS: 30,609 RENEWAL ENERGY PROJECT AMAZING CAR FREE MASDAR CITY ABU DHABI,UNITED ARAB EMIRATES WORLD'S FIRST CARBON-FREE CITY arbo THE CITY WILL RELY ENTIRELY ON SOLAR AND OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES SOURCES 1. HTTP://WWW.BURJKHALIFA.AE/EN/ 2. HTTP://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/GREAT_WALL_OF_CHINA 3. HTTP://Www.ROADTRAFFIC-TECHNOLOGY.COM/PROJECTS/BIG_DIG/ 4. HTTP://ARCHRECORD.CONSTRUCTION.COM/NEWS/DAILY/ARCHIVES/2010/100709TOP_CONSTRUCTION_PROJECTS/ 5. HTTP://WWW.NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/PYRAMIDS/KHUFU.HTML 6. HTTP://Www.FHWA.DOT.GOV/INTERSTATE/HOMEPAGE.CFM EIFFEL TOWER TAIPEI 101 KUALAAS TOWERS EMPIRE STATE BUILDING NEW YORK, 1931 BURJ KHALIFA 1974 WILLIS TOWER GIZA, 2560-2540 BC - 000'9 00s' -000'6 000ʻzi -000's 10,500 - - 000'81 - 0os'61 000'iz 13,500- 16,500 - - 000' - 00s'sz - 000ʻ7 TIME SPENT - YEARS " 22,500 - 000'08 28,500 PROJECT DOLLARS SPENT IN BILLIONS

The Most Amazing Construction Projects

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Over time it is amazing to see what man has been able to create. Large construction projects leave us in awe of how the builders brought everything together. All the work, effort and coordination it t...

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