WORLD OF DREAMS

DUBAI

BURJ DUBAI ---

THE TALLEST MAN-MADE
STRUCTURE.
 INTRODUCTION
Burj Dubai is a supertall skyscraper under
construction in the Business Bay district of
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest
man-made structure ever built, despite being
incomplete. Construction began on September
21, 2004 and is expected to be completed and
ready for occupation in September 2009.
 INVOLVEMENT
 Companies Architect-Skidmore, Owings and
Merrill
 Floor area 334,000 m2 (3,595,100 sq ft)
 Structural Engineer -Bill Baker
 Contractor-Samsung,Besix,Arabtec,Turner
 Developer-Emaar
 SITE OF
CONSTRUCTION
Ground breaking September 21, 2004
Estimated completion2009.
OpeningSeptember2009.
HeightAntenna/Spire818 m (2,684 ft).
Floor count 160 habitable floors.
 BUDGET OF BURJ DUBAI
The total budget for the Burj Dubai project is about
US$4.1 billion and for the entire new 'Downtown
Dubai', US$20 billion. Mohamed Ali Alabbar, the
CEO of Emaar Properties, speaking at the Council
on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat 8th World
Congress, said that the price of office space at Burj
Dubai had reached $4,000 per sq ft (over $43,000
per sq m) and that the Armani Residences, also in
Burj Dubai, were selling for $3,500 per sq ft (over
$37,500 per sq m).
 Architecture and design
 The tower is designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, who also designed
the Sears Tower in Chicago and the Freedom Tower in New York City,
among numerous other famous high-rises.
 The design of Burj Dubai is derived from patterning systems
embodied in Islamic architecture, with the triple-lobed footprint of the
building based on an abstracted version of the flower Hymenocallis.
The tower is composed of three elements arranged around a central
core. As the tower rises from the flat desert base, setbacks occur at
each element in an upward spiralling pattern, decreasing the cross
section of the tower as it reaches toward the sky. At the top, the
central core emerges and is sculpted to form a finishing spire. A Y-
shaped floor plan maximizes views of the Persian Gulf. Viewed from
above or from the base, the form also evokes the onion domes of
Islamic architecture. During the design process, engineers rotated
the building 120 degrees from its original layout to reduce stress
from prevailing winds. The tower, at its tallest point, sways a total of
1.2 m (3.9 ft).
 The exterior cladding of Burj Dubai will consist of 142,000 m2
(1,528,000 sq ft) of reflective glazing, and aluminium and textured stainless
steel spandrel panels with vertical tubular fins. The cladding system is
designed to withstand Dubai's extreme summer temperatures. Additionally, at
its projected height, the exterior temperature at the top of the building will be
noticeably cooler than at its base, by 6 °C (11 °F).
 The interior will be decorated by Giorgio Armani. An Armani Hotel, the first of
four by Armani, will occupy the lower 37 floors. Floors 45 through 108 will
have 700 private apartments on 64 floors (which, according to the developer,
sold out within eight hours of going on sale). An outdoor zero-entry swimming
pool will be located on the 78th floor of the tower. Corporate offices and
suites will fill most of the remaining floors, except for a 123rd floor lobby and
124th floor (about 440 m (1,444 ft)) indoor/outdoor observation deck. The
spire—itself over 200 m (700 ft) tall—will hold communications equipment.
 It will also feature the world's fastest elevator, rising and descending at
18 m/s (59 ft/s). The world's current fastest elevator (in the Taipei 101)
travels at 16.83 m/s (55.2 ft/s). Engineers had considered installing the
world's first triple-decker elevators, but the final design calls for double-deck
elevators. A total of 56 elevators will be installed that can each carry 42
people at a time.
 Labour controversy

 Burj Dubai is being built primarily by immigrant engineers

and workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China
and the Philippines. Press reports indicate that skilled
carpenters at the site earn US$7.60/day, and laborers
earn US$4.00.
 On March 21, 2006, around 2,500 workers upset over
buses that were delayed for the end of their shifts rioted,
damaging cars, offices, computers, and construction
equipment. A Dubai Interior Ministry official said the
rioters caused almost US$1m in damage. Most of the
workers involved in the riot returned the following day but
refused to work.
 Purpose

 Burj Dubai has been designed to be the

centerpiece of a large-scale, mixed-use
development that will include 30,000
homes, nine hotels such as the Burj Dubai
Lake Hotel & Serviced Apartments,
3 hectares (7.4 acres) of parkland, at least
19 residential towers, the Dubai Mall, and
the 12-hectare (30-acre) man-made Burj
Dubai Lake.
 The decision to build Burj Dubai is reportedly
based on the government's decision to diversify
from a trade-based economy to one that is
service- and tourism-oriented. According to
officials, it is necessary for projects like Burj
Dubai 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.
 Burj Dubai Timeline

 September 21, 2004: Emaar contractors begin construction.

 February 2007: Surpasses the Sears Tower as the building with the
most floors.
 May 13, 2007: Sets record for vertical concrete pumping on any
building at 452 m (1,483 ft), surpassing the 449.2 m (1,474 ft) to
which concrete was pumped during the construction of Taipei 101.
 July 21, 2007: Surpasses Taipei 101, whose height of 509.2 m
(1,671 ft) made it the world’s tallest building.
 August 12, 2007: Surpasses the Sears Tower antenna, which
stands 527.3 m (1,730 ft).
 September 3, 2007: Becomes the second-tallest freestanding
structure, surpassing the 540 m (1,772 ft) Ostankino Tower in
Moscow.
 September 12, 2007: At 555.3 m (1,822 ft), becomes the
world's tallest freestanding structure on land, surpassing
CN Tower in Toronto.
 April 7, 2008: At 629 m (2,064 ft), surpasses the KVLY-
TV Mast to become the tallest man-made structure.
 June 17, 2008: Emaar announces that Burj Dubai's
height is over 636 m (2,087 ft) and that its final height will
not be given until it is completed in September 2009.
 September 1, 2008: Height tops 688 m (2,257 ft), making
it the tallest man-made structure ever built, surpassing
the previous record-holder- the Warsaw Radio Mast in
Konstantynow,Poland.
 September 26, 2008: Reaches a height of 707 m
(2,320 ft).
 Current records
 Tallest structure: 707 m (2,320 ft) (previously KVLY-TV
mast - 628.8 m (2,063 ft))
 Tallest freestanding structure: 707 m (2,320 ft)
(previously CN Tower - 553.3 m (1,815 ft))
 Building with most floors: 160 (previously Sears Tower /
World Trade Center - 110
 Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 601 m
(1,972 ft) (previously Taipei 101 - 449.2 m (1,474 ft))
 Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction):
601 m (1,972 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric
Power Plant - 532 m (1,745 ft).
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