Tall building designers have used prefabrication

techniques on discrete elements for years, but

never before has an entire prefabricated building
system been developed to this degree. It is both a
structural and mechanical engineering response to
the demands of a rapidly urbanizing world.
Integrating a bolted assembly technique with triple
glazing, automatic blinds and air filtration systems,
the BSB Method is a clear and innovative way of
fundamentally rethinking tall building construction,
and holds great promise for the future.

Tall building construction has always been a time-

consuming enterprise, and it amplifies the widely
acknowledged contribution of the building industry Interior view of modular structural
to landfill-bound waste.
component
Seismic test model of modular structural system
ABOUT BSB:

In observation of this challenge, BROAD Group devised

the Broad Sustainable Building (BSB) technology, a
prefabricated construction method that adopts modular
design technology to vastly reduce the waste associated
with construction. The aim of this process is to lower
energy consumption, reduce environmental pollution, and
save energy resources. The ultimate benefit will be the
industrialization of the construction industry. BSB makes
use of fabricated, diagonally braced joint steel frame
structures, which offer resistance to earthquakes of a
magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale, are 90 percent
factory assembled, and produce buildings that contribute
only one percent of the construction waste of a
comparable conventionally built structure. From a
structural perspective, the BSB system distributes stresses
evenly and supports a high bearing capacity. The
diagonally braced reinforced joint steel frame structure
system consists of a main board, columns, and diagonal
bracing.
 Construction members are factory
made. The floor slab is made up of a
concrete-filled, profiled steel sheet,
which is affixed to steel beams this
creates a board module. Columns
support the board; diagonal bracing is
set between beams and columns. Heavy
construction members are joined by
high-strength bolts on-site. This
approach helps to achieve the purpose
of easy installation, easy disassembly,
and easy maintenance, while still
ensuring strength.
Recently completed modular components
 he BSB project has changed the construction
mode from an extensive construction process into
a lean, sustainable production line. Only ten
percent of construction time is on-site; the rest is
inside the controlled conditions of a factory. Unlike
conventional construction sites, in the factory
there is virtually no risk of fire, no water or dust
infiltration, no noxious odors, and no construction
waste. Not only is environmental pollution
reduced; the quality of construction, increase in
productivity, and lowered cost of construction has
significant implications for the future of building
tall. On-site, workers lift boards, tighten bolts, and
conduct painting. No sawing or welding is
required, reducing the time spent, and noise and
traffic disruption to neighboring communities.

Placing completed modular components on-site

 The air filtration system is also
prebuilt in the factory and
optimized for areas with poor air
quality, such as Chinas urban
regions. The initial stage of the
system uses typical coarse filters
that collect the largest particles.
The second stage uses the
Broad-specific electrostatic
cleaner.
 he process has been successfully
implemented through the construction
of the T30 Hotel, a 30-story,
prefabricated hotel building in Xiangyin,
Hunan Province. This construction
project caught the worlds attention
through the distribution of a YouTube
video depicting its construction in just
15 days. BROAD Group has even higher
ambitions for the technology: it has
proposed to build the worlds next
tallest building (at 838 meters) using the
BSB Method in just nine months.

. Exterior view of T30 Hotel