Dive Brief:

• A Chinese construction company that erected a 57-story skyscraper in 19 days has claimed it is the world’s fastest builder.

• Broad Sustainable Building assembled the central China building, called Mini Sky City, from prefabricated modules, building three stories per day, according a company vice president. View a time-lapse video of the construction here.

• The company’s next project, he said, is to build a 220-floor tower—the world’s tallest—in just three months. That skyscraper will be called Sky City. The builder is awaiting approval of its plans.

Dive Insight:

An effort to build what was touted last fall as the world’s largest modular tower in Brooklyn has been delayed by cost overruns and legal squabbles between the 32-story apartment building’s developer and construction manager.

Although the players said the problems were not a reflection of the building’s controversial modular makeup, the troubled project represents a high-profile setback for factory-built housing, which is considered by some as a panacea for the inevitable delays and cost overruns associated with building projects.