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I'm not a civil engineer, but I do know that a CLT (cross-laminated timber) building can get built faster because many parts are pre-fabricated panels. The University of British Columbia (UBC) built a 18-story wooden building (which is shorter at 54 metres), and it was built relatively fast:

https://archinect.com/news/article/150029630/the-world-s-tal...

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This building has two concrete cores (elevator/stair shafts) for lateral resistance that were built ahead of time, and then the wood gravity system came later, So it kinda took more time than normal.

Another fun fact - alot of that nice looking wood had to be covered up with drywall for fire code compliance.

I got to watch that building be constructed during my masters, it was pretty amazing to watch how quickly it was constructed.

Fun fact, UBC has like 3 18-19 story dorms with million dollar views of the entire surrounding area.

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