Mask Workshop Renovated within 6 Days

The renovation project of an emergency mask factory was completed on Feb 22 after six days' work, which was the fastest renovation of its kind in Beijing.

It is estimated that a total of 250,000 masks can be produced by the factory per day and 7.5 million every month, which will greatly relieve the shortage of masks and help fight the epidemic.

Located at the Beijing Economic Technological Development Area, the project was contracted by China Construction First Group Construction & Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of China Construction First Group Corporation Limited, and used rough general office buildings as the basis for the new factory. 

Covering 1,070 square meters, the factory will feature four production lines, and large-scale facilities including two packing machines, two sets of sealing equipment and air compressors. 

Dozens of kinds of components were needed for the distribution line renovation to support safe operation of these machines.

According to Song Chao, manager of the project, projects like this normally need a month to complete. However, to meet the emergency demands for masks, the renovation period was cut down to only six days.

In those six days more than 1,000 meters of cable, 3,000 meters of pipeline, 380 sets of lights and over 40 tons of other materials were used in the project.

The construction team also completed installation of an electromechanical system and decoration of the interior walls and roof as well as painting of the floors with high-strengthened self leveling materials.

Having participated in construction of the Xiaotangshan Hospital in Changping District in Beijing which was built to treat SARS patients in 2003, China Construction First Group Corporation Limited brought its experience to construction of five special hospitals for treatment of the novel coronavirus pneumonia - the Leishenshan and Huoshenshan hospitals in Wuhan of Hubei Province and others in Xi'an of Shaanxi Province, Xuzhou of Jiangsu Province and Tianjin.

(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)