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Would it be possible to construct a building approximately 10 times more slanted than the Leaning Tower of Pisa (slanted by 5.5 degrees)?
The answer is yes. This daunting task, which may, in the past, only have been possible in science fiction books or SF movies, has become a reality.

Ssangyong Engineering and Construction (Chairman & CEO Kim S.Joon) announced that it has successfully linked the east and west buildings, which are slanted by 52 degrees, of the cone-shaped towers I, II, and III of the Marina Bay Sands Hotel in Singapore, at the 23rd - story level, or 70 meters above the ground. The work posed the highest level of difficulty in the construction industry.

The work was such a challenging task that Arub Consultants, a world renowned construction design firm based in the U.K., even described it as “a miracle in the 21st century and the highest level of difficulties” of all buildings completed, under construction, or in the process of design. As if to celebrate the great achievement, a rainbow appeared at the scene where a flurry of tower cranes crowded the skies, drawing keen attention from pedestrians.

The buildings, which have been linked on the 23rd floor, will eventually have three 57-story(With SkyPark) towers. Topping the buildings will be a SkyPark the size of two soccer fields (12,000 sq. meters), which will interlink the towers.

The Marina Bay Sands Hotel is a giant hotel with 2,561 rooms. The project drew great attention in September 2007, when Ssangyong exclusively secured the project for $686 million, the largest deal in the 40-year history of Korea’s overseas construction projects.