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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