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Project Management
Beijing Television Cultural Center
Background
Construction started 2004
Far less steel than conventional skyscrapers
Designed to withstand major earthquakes
Form of towers
Radical structure
140,000 tonnes of steel
Used in construction
Construction budget
Near US$730 million
The fire
Fire
For 6 hours
Completely engulfed in flames
Within less than 13 minutes
600 firefighters
5 hours to extinguish
1 death
Firefighter
7 injuries
6 firefighters
Damage
More than 4 billion yuan
US$588 million
Began on roof
Spread to lower floors
Fed by high winds
Hampered efforts to extinguish fire
Toxic fumes
Lack of working sprinklers
Censorship
Cause
Massive Chinese New Year
Last day festivities marking
Unsanctioned fireworks display nearby
Authorized by CCTV
Without permission or participation from
Beijing police
Beijing Fire Department
Beijing City government
Any other governmental department
Illegal use highly explosive fireworks
Investigation
Hotel insured for US$220 million
Actual cost of fireworks display
CNY350,000
CCTV billed 1 million
By legal entity
Controlled by construction manager
Manager alleged received
Commission of CNY80,000
State Council
Evaluated direct economic losses
163,83 million yuan
US$23,99 million
General
Completion May 2009
Rebuilt
Opened 2012
9 February 2009
Furor in China
Coverage by Chinese state media
Carried out powerful pyrotechnics
Without required permit local government
Ignored repeated police warnings
Innovative, wedge shaped
Designed by Rem Koolhaas
Dutch architect
His firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Engineering firm
Arup, East Asia
Aftermath
Internet users in China
Rebuilding
Complex's main building
Doughnut-shaped structure
Not damaged
Originally scheduled to open in 2009
No progress towards opening
Or being visibly repaired
By end of that year
Currently being repaired
Still slated to open