BURJ DUBAI WORLDS TALLEST BUILDING

Construction Data

Project data: Type of building: Hotel, residence, office towerLocation: Dubai / UAETotal construction time: ~ 40 monthsConstruction time cores: ~ 30 monthsBuilding data: Height: ~ 705 - 950 mMethod: Cores aheadStep height: 3,20 m / 3,50 m / 3,70 m / 4,00 mFloors: 154-189Additional info: 1 central core, 3 wing wallsSKE100, 4 concrete placing pumpreinforcement platformContractor:Joint Venture: Samsung, Besix, ArabtecKontakt: Kim, Ivan Bruyninckx, (Robin), Kang
Burj Dubai Amenities:Exclusive corporate suitesResidential suitesA cigar clubFour poolsObservation platformRestaurantsLibraryExclusive residents’ lounge15,000 square-foot fitness area
Tower usage:172 hotel guestrooms492 hotel residences354 residences232 luxury residencesTotal number of units: 1,25037 boutique officesFour communications floorsOne observatory platform3,000 parking spaces
presently its the worlds tallest building whihc was constructed in the RESERTION period……….. ALL the world was looking after the burjdubai and finally the DUBAI HAS show there effort.
Burj Khalifa (Arabic: برج خليفة‎ “Khalifa Tower”), formerly known as Burj Dubai, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m (2,717 ft).[2] Construction began on 21 September 2004, with the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.[1][9] The building is part of the 2 km2 (490-acre) flagship development called Downtown Burj Khalifa at the “First Interchange” along Sheikh Zayed Road, near Dubai’s main business district.
The tower’s architecture and engineering were performed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill of Chicago. Adrian Smith, who worked with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill until 2006, was the chief architect, and Bill Baker was the chief structural engineer for the project. The primary contractor was Samsung C&T of South Korea, who also built the Taipei 101 and Petronas Twin Towers. Major subcontractors included Belgian group Besix and Arabtec from the UAE. Turner Construction Company was chosen as the construction project manager. Under UAE law, the Contractor and the Engineer of Record are jointly and severally liable for the performance of Burj Khalifa. Therefore, by adoption of SOM’s design and by being appointed as Architect and Engineer of Record, Hyder Consulting was legally the Design Consultant for the tower.
The total cost for the Burj Khalifa project was about US$1.5 billion; and for the entire new “Downtown Dubai”, US$20 billion.Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the Chairman of Emaar Properties, speaking at the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 8th World Congress, said in March 2009 that the price of office space at Burj Khalifa had reached US$4,000 per sq ft (over US$43,000 per m2) and that the Armani Residences, also in Burj Khalifa, were selling for US$3,500 per sq ft (over US$37,500 per m2). The completion of the tower coincided with a worldwide economic slump and overbuilding, causing it to be described as “the latest … in [a] string of monuments to architectural vacancy.”

Former name
Burj Dubai
Record height
Preceded by
Taipei 101
General information
Location
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Status
Complete
Groundbreaking
January 2004
Constructed
2004-2010
Opening
4 January 2010
Use
Mixed-use
Height
Antenna or spire
828 m (2,717 ft)
Technical details
Floor count
160 habitable floorsplus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement
Floor area
464,511 m2 (5,000,000 sq ft)
Cost
$1.5 billion
Companies involved
Architect(s)
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Structural engineer
Bill Baker at SOM
Contractor
Samsung C&T,Besix and ArabtecSupervision Consultant Engineer & Architect of Record Hyder ConsultingConstruction Project Manager Turner ConstructionGroconPlanning Bauer AG and Middle East FoundationsLift contractor OtisVT consultant Lerch Bates
Developer
Emaar

Purpose
Burj Khalifa has been designed to be the centrepiece of a large-scale, mixed-use development that will include 30,000 homes, nine hotels such as The Address Downtown Burj Khalifa, 3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least 19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj Khalifa Lake.
The building has returned the location of Earth’s tallest free-standing structure to the Middle East — where the Great Pyramid of Giza claimed this achievement for almost four millennia before being surpassed in 1311 by Lincoln Cathedral in England.
The decision to build Burj Khalifa is reportedly based on the government’s decision to diversify from an oil-based economy to one that is service- and tourism-oriented. According to officials, it is necessary for projects like Burj Khalifa to be built in the city to garner more international recognition, and hence investment. “He (Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum) wanted to put Dubai on the map with something really sensational,” said Jacqui Josephson, a tourism and VIP delegations executive at Nakheel Properties.

Records
Preceded byWarsaw Radio Mast646.38 m (2,120.67 ft)
World’s tallest structure ever built2008 – present
Incumbent
Preceded byKVLY-TV mast628.8 m (2,063 ft)
World’s tallest structure2008 – present
Preceded byCN Tower553.33 m (1,815.39 ft)
World’s tallest free-standing structure2007 – present
Preceded byTaipei 101509.2 m (1,670.6 ft)
World’s tallest building2009 – present
Preceded byWillis Tower108 floors
Building with the most floors2007 – present