Work on the foundation of an 838 meters skyscraper in China which will be the world's tallest building has started.
The constructor said that the tower would be completed by April next year - a build time of just 10 months.
The fast construction claims from Broad Group, the Changsha-based construction company in charge of the build, have elicited strong reactions from China's 'netizens' and experts.
One user on Weibo, China's Twitter-like service, said the speed of construction was horrifying, while another criticized the liveability of the homes within, calling the project a 'giant stack of trailer homes'.
According to CNN, the tallest building, Sky City, will cost 1.46 billion dollars to build, and Broad Group CEO Yue Zhang said that it is meant to save on energy and land.
The group said the 202-story, 1.05 million-square-meter building will keep at least 2,000 cars off of Changsha city streets.
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The tower will house more than 30,000 people and will have a shopping mall, school, hospital, office areas, roof garden, amusement park, sports facilities and an organic farm.
There will also be a 10-kilometer walking street that will run from the first to the 170th floor.