Building with Bamboo
The downtown area of Hong Kong is overloaded with buildings that are just a little too tall for my personal liking (not being a fan of extreme heights or elevators) - some in excess of 55 stories! The goal of builders is to make each building taller and glossier and build in half the time as the one before. Bamboo scaffolding is used here to support these structures when they are under construction. Not iron, steel, or diamond. But bamboo.
Out in the Stanley district they have been building a boardwalk that will run about 100 M. This board walk has been under construction for over 2 years. They, whomever they may be, have been saying that it will be completed with in 3 months for sometime. It is assumed that the project will take another two years. The board walk structure is also supported by bamboo.
However it came to light in discussion on this matter that bamboo has properties that make it weaker in a horizontal structure than a vertical one which explains why the board walk is taking so damn long . At least according to the little old man in the sports bar who was clearly an authority on the matter.
Out in the Stanley district they have been building a boardwalk that will run about 100 M. This board walk has been under construction for over 2 years. They, whomever they may be, have been saying that it will be completed with in 3 months for sometime. It is assumed that the project will take another two years. The board walk structure is also supported by bamboo.
However it came to light in discussion on this matter that bamboo has properties that make it weaker in a horizontal structure than a vertical one which explains why the board walk is taking so damn long . At least according to the little old man in the sports bar who was clearly an authority on the matter.
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Bamboo is not just for scaffolding. In fact, Calfee makes bikes out of them. http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm. "amazing vibration dampening" and "crash tolerant." I think these properties are good for bikes and scaffolding!
As of early December 2006, the boardwalk in Stanley is progressing well. Amazingly, after a multi-year construction period during which progress has only been evident when status has been assed on 6-monthly basis, things are now moving quickly and real wood is finally being laid. Nevertheless, if history is a guide, the remaining work which should take 30-60 days will undoubtedley be 6 months.
As of early December 2006, the boardwalk in Stanley is progressing well. Amazingly, after a multi-year construction period during which progress has only been evident when status has been assed on 6-monthly basis, things are now moving quickly and real wood is finally being laid. Nevertheless, if history is a guide, the remaining work which should take 30-60 days will undoubtedley be 6 months.
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