World's first underwater 'quarry hotel' takes shape in Shanghai It has taken over a decade of painstaking work, but the structure of the world's first quarry hotel is now complete, with the property set to open in Shanghai next year, the owner has announced. The Sheshan Shimao Quarry Hotel in the city's southwest is being built in an abandoned open-cast mine the size of five football fields. Total cost will exceed 1 billion yuan (S$204 million) once its interior has been fitted out. With 16 of its 18 floors underground, it has been called a wonder of modern engineering. Chief engineer Chen Xiaxiang said while normal projects use tried and tested technology to transport materials upward, this undertaking has required novel solutions to achieve the opposite. "It's been a fight against gravity," he said. The "fight" has mustered more than 5,000 architects, engineers, designers and workers, from ini...
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