DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS

[Bergenser]

^So, that means you can calculate which date this building becames WTB?
BTW I just thought of something I've found weirid for a long time:
On Dubai Mega Projects.com (http://www.dubaimegaprojects.com) I read:
"- Observation decks will be located on the 124th floor at a height of 440m."
I find this very strange becasue the "skypod on the CN-tower is taller: 446.5m. Why wouldn't BD place the observation deck taller?

[vanhenrik]

^So, that means you can calculate which date this building becames WTB?
BTW I just thought of something I've found weirid for a long time:
On Dubai Mega Projects.com (http://www.dubaimegaprojects.com) I read:
"- Observation decks will be located on the 124th floor at a height of 440m."
I find this very strange becasue the "skypod on the CN-tower is taller: 446.5m. Why wouldn't BD place the observation deck taller?

484/134 = 3,611
509 - 484 = 25
25/3,611
6,9 floors + 1 floor/3,611 to make it the tallest bulding in the world
= 7,2 floors

[Slugbelch]

^ :shrug:

Today:

http://aycu11.webshots.com/image/16650/2005349803234534820_rs.jpg

Zoomed in a little closer:

http://aycu23.webshots.com/image/19662/2005319673545216240_rs.jpg

... and a little closer

http://aycu31.webshots.com/image/18630/2005386810909465810_rs.jpg
Bella Lucce Lela

[Imre]

12/June/2007

Burj Dubai update

board has been changed , 132 floors now

here we are:)

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cladding started at every side

http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/5789/imresolt25tb8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6320/imresolt27ga7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Chitown]

Yay, more glass! This thing is going to be absolutely mind-blowing.

[colemonkee]

^ Very exciting to see more cladding going on. Thanks for the pics!

[com.koenig]

no need to search where architects did get their inspiration. straight to the reference of gigantic uprising constructions from nature : in the distance, with its shape, no glass yet and the sandish colors all around, it strikingly (?) resembles a termites mound. :worship:

http://www.confluence.org/au/qld/s18e144/pic9.jpg

[Slugbelch]

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/17677/2002848331138039376_rs.jpg

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/18759/2006294232368331661_rs.jpg
Fazy/JoseDavid

[Imre]

13/June/2007

Burj Dubai

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/2097/imresolt01wb6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/7389/imresolt05mg8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/7332/imresolt28ky8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img523.imageshack.us/img523/3793/imresolt34zs9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Sky Tower]

Some very rare closup night shots.....thanks for sharing Imre! :worship:

[Slugbelch]

http://aycu26.webshots.com/image/17505/2000818599419897003_rs.jpg
21 more press pics here (http://www.xpress4me.com/photos/gallery.jsp?article=/channels/xpress4me_com/news/uae/dubai/20000678.html&index=1&referer=/channels/xpress4me_com/news/uae/dubai/20000678.html&folder_uri=/channels/xpress4me_com/news/uae/dubai/)

http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/20034/2000871638351982731_rs.jpg
13 more press pics here (http://www.xpress4me.com/photos/gallery.jsp?article=/channels/xpress4me_com/articles/07/05/02/20000839.html&index=1&referer=/channels/xpress4me_com/articles/07/05/02/20000839.html&folder_uri=/channels/xpress4me_com/articles/07/05/02/)

[dbee84]

Yeah-... Those workers dont loom that happy at that 5$ a day theyre getting paid...

http://aycu35.webshots.com/image/20034/2000871638351982731_rs.jpg

[Slugbelch]

^ Yeah, but they're using the Beverly Hills rent-a-cars ;)

Today from the Creek:
http://aycu06.webshots.com/image/19925/2005976873259081485_rs.jpg
ddp

http://aycu17.webshots.com/image/19896/2005023092855190371_rs.jpg
Samurai Sam

[firulais]

makes me want to vomit, landscape around is so ugly.:yuck:

[Slugbelch]

^ If landscaping is all you're getting sick about, sit back, take some Pepto, and wait 3 more years to post landscaping issues because they haven't started yet. They are still digging up sand and planting skyscrapers.

[Dalton]

^ If landscaping is all you're getting sick about, sit back, take some Pepto, and wait 3 more years to post landscaping issues because they haven't started yet. They are still digging up sand and planting skyscrapers.

Yep. There may be small pockets of beauty, but right now Dubai as a whole is butt-ugly. As you say, the entire city is a really massive construction site now. Even the city's demographics point that out - 1.1 million males in a city of 1.4 million people. It' really unprecendented for a city this massive to rise in under a decade. And it will be quite a story to follow for the next few years. The jury is still out on whether this will be a desireable place to live rather than just a good place to invest in.

One thing is for sure. A completely-clad Burj Dubai will go a long way to making the city a more beautiful place. 150 stories of dirty concrete is damn ugly!

[Rise To The Top]

Yep. There may be small pockets of beauty, but right now Dubai as a whole is butt-ugly. As you say, the entire city is a really massive construction site now. Even the city's demographics point that out - 1.1 million males in a city of 1.4 million people. It' really unprecendented for a city this massive to rise in under a decade. And it will be quite a story to follow for the next few years. The jury is still out on whether this will be a desireable place to live rather than just a good place to invest in.

One thing is for sure. A completely-clad Burj Dubai will go a long way to making the city a more beautiful place. 150 stories of dirty concrete is damn ugly!

Do note that alot of those men are "imported" workers, and there are ususally a shitload of visitors in town.

[Dalton]

Do note that alot of those men are "imported" workers, and there are ususally a shitload of visitors in town.

That's what I was alluding to. The imbalance of males to females is a testament to the number of construction workers in the city. I would suspect that once the city is a little more "finished", people from the surrounding Middle East countries seeking greater social freedom and opportunity will seek to emigrate to Dubai, while the impoverished Asian workers who built the skyscrapers are "allowed" to return home to their countries of origin.

[Imre]

14/June/2007


Burj Dubai update

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/589/imresolt18am0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[Slugbelch]

Brian McMorrow updated his website yesterday with around 20 pics from June 8:

here (http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dxbburjdubai&page=17)

here (http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dxbburjdubai&page=18)

here (http://www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow/dxbburjdubai&page=19)

[newstl2020]

With the new set of pics above we finally get a small glimpse of what this tower is going to really look like. Cladding on 2 FLOORS! I do have to say, I think the cladding on this one is going to be a huge hit.

[Chitown]

With the new set of pics above we finally get a small glimpse of what this tower is going to really look like. Cladding on 2 FLOORS! I do have to say, I think the cladding on this one is going to be a huge hit.
I agree, but it's still so hard to tell; I hope they clad floors 1-18 so that we'll have a big section to look at and really take in the overall look. Glad to see them making serious progress finally.

[DUBAI2015]

looks like they've been picking up the pace since last update.

I mean 1/6 of a floor in about 3 days on one side and there's still more to come! :banana:

[Rise To The Top]

Why is there masonry on floor 17?

[theWatusi]

14/June/2007


Burj Dubai update



Thanks for the update, but WTF is up with the Teddy Bears?!?

[Chitown]

Why is there masonry on floor 17?
Good question; I was wondering about this as well.

[colemonkee]

Thanks for the update, but WTF is up with the Teddy Bears?!?
I'm actually concerned about the Teddy Bears. I mean, one of them is wearing a scarf and a hat. I wouldn't think Dubai would be a cold weather town around this time. I hope that Teddy Bear has plenty of water...

Seriously, though, the cladding looks great - veeery reflective. You can even see reflections of the cladding near the interior creases. You could call it self-reflexive...

[Derek]

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/17677/2002848331138039376_rs.jpg

What's that huge white thing that goes up into the air?

[jmr85]

It's the indoor ski mountain..

[Slugbelch]

^ Thats the indoor ski park Ski Dubai (http://www.skidxb.com/). Part of the Emirates Mall:

http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/17509/2001167751883638069_rs.jpg.http://aycu18.webshots.com/image/19657/2001128185598867778_rs.jpg http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/17509/2001121481541306513_rs.jpg

A rare shot to get the Burj Dubai and Ski Dubai in one shot.

[Chitown]

That was a great episode of the Discovery Channel's "Extreme Engineering."

[Derek]

Wow. Thanks guys, that's incredible.

[kenratboy]

Thank god, looks like the cladding is finally starting!!!

[Scruffy]

even with the desert sun shining on it, this tower is going to look dark with that glass. dark and giant. very very cool

[Mocholate]

Why is there masonry on floor 17?
probably either a firewall near kitchens etc ,or just part of the interior design where the need a solid wall

[Mocholate]

i still doubt its structural integrity :yuck:

[Imre]

16/June/2007

Burj Dubai , early morning

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/9162/imresolt04pc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

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[DUBAI2015]

Wwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww.

[Imre]

again "India" in the concrete:)

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/2413/india2cg7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Julito-Dubai]

skytower, if you update your side it should be at least floor 137 right? as your calculation is two floors ahead? Means that we are getting close to the 500m mark !

[Bergenser]

Thanks for some awsome updates! I am looking forward for more glass! :D

[com.koenig]

still best updated U/C thread around.:worship:
any more informations about the extra-heigth and mansonry on floor 17 (and 16 and 18 it seems) ? same around 41/42 and again upper ?
it looks like those 3 special floors are located at every setback of a one side : the right one on the last full view by IMRE, i don't know the orientation...
could try to find the last floors plan back in the thread, but there are 154 pages to browse now... so if someone got that in mind.
the "INDIA" graffiti looks like a despaired SOS... weird. are all the workers on BD from India ?

[Thskyscraper]

Nice to see that the glass is spreading.

[Imre]

still best updated U/C thread around.:worship:
any more informations about the extra-heigth and mansonry on floor 17 (and 16 and 18 it seems) ? same around 41/42 and again upper ?
it looks like those 3 special floors are located at every setback of a one side : the right one on the last full view by IMRE, i don't know the orientation...
could try to find the last floors plan back in the thread, but there are 154 pages to browse now... so if someone got that in mind.
the "INDIA" graffiti looks like a despaired SOS... weird. are all the workers on BD from India ?

from India , Banglades and Pakistan (maybe Nepal as well), I think

[M.K.]

It is sure in Dubai the playmobils are most of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and neighboorhoods countries for civil construction. For restaurants and hotel service there is lot of Chinese, Thailand and other south Asia workers. I saw some Ucrainian woman serving in Shopping Malls. In higher level there is lot of North-Americans and UK people. :cool: It is good seeing some more cladding even not in such high velocity as concrete. But this INDIA Graffiti is like of SOS of putting in some way India in high position.

[vanhenrik]

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/3998/butjdubaiss1.jpg

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/4387/imageupdate2bh0.jpg


http://www.burjdubaiimages.bravehost.com/index.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1S-G4b5Rg

[smussuw]

It is sure in Dubai the playmobils are most of Bangladesh, Pakistan, India and neighboorhoods countries for civil construction. For restaurants and hotel service there is lot of Chinese, Thailand and other south Asia workers. I saw some Ucrainian woman serving in Shopping Malls. In higher level there is lot of North-Americans and UK people. :cool: It is good seeing some more cladding even not in such high velocity as concrete. But this INDIA Graffiti is like of SOS of putting in some way India in high position.
I've seen a south African lady serving in Star bucks :D

[vanhenrik]

how do i do a video window here in this forum from youtube ?

[Imre]

16/June/2007

Burj Dubai

these pics my sister took from the plane:)

http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/2168/imresolt01th5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/6149/imresolt02so9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img452.imageshack.us/img452/2034/imresolt03vv9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[vanhenrik]

it is getting cracy tall end itis going to be atlest 320m mour


how do i do a video window here in this forum from youtube ?

[Sky Tower]

Like I said on SSC when you asked the same thing....you can't post attachments here....only the link.

[Sky Tower]

still best updated U/C thread around.:worship:
any more informations about the extra-heigth and mansonry on floor 17 (and 16 and 18 it seems) ? same around 41/42 and again upper ?
it looks like those 3 special floors are located at every setback of a one side : the right one on the last full view by IMRE, i don't know the orientation...
could try to find the last floors plan back in the thread, but there are 154 pages to browse now... so if someone got that in mind.
the "INDIA" graffiti looks like a despaired SOS... weird. are all the workers on BD from India ?Those floors are mechanical floors and will be externally clad in aluminium panelling. Plant rooms can be extremely noisey so they are boxed in for soundproofing and is also an extra area for mounting hardware. Some of these spaces are also self contained refuge shelters.

[DUBAI2015]

http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/6920/imresolt21gs1kopiesh5.jpg

[NEPhillyRosie]

What's that huge white thing that goes up into the air?

Dubai looks almost unearthlike. Some locale you would see in Star Wars. Very cool and futuristic looking!!

[NEPhillyRosie]

http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/17677/2002848331138039376_rs.jpg

http://aycu40.webshots.com/image/18759/2006294232368331661_rs.jpg
Fazy/JoseDavid

Silly me. These are the pics I was referring to!

[com.koenig]

seems that cladding is getting really faster now.
but not really convincing yet. it even looks like if panels were poorly assembled :(
:wondering:

nice having an up to date view of the index in the same time

[vanhenrik]

Like I said on SSC when you asked the same thing....you can't post attachments here....only the link.

ok but how do i do it on other sites then ?

[Fido]

WOW!!! Cladding is spreading so fast !

[newstl2020]

That cladding FLEW up in that last picture. If they clad the whole structure in that amount of time, we should be able to see a fully clad-burj in almost no time at all!

[rbowk]

wow that came up fast, great pics

[Slugbelch]

:haha:

If the dude from ssc had more time, he could have copied/paste more on for you guys, plus made them a little more straight.

[DUBAI2015]

Just to let you know that last picture of mine was borrowed from some dude from SSC who had extra time on his hands and made that picture.

[Sacto]

More glass! Lookin good.

[Fury]

Hi all.
179 new pics for my database - been away for a few days - here is some of the best.

Picasa - I forget the photogs - too many to remember in my old age :)

07 04 08
http://aycu38.webshots.com/image/18237/2005481436371279920_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005481436371279920)

07 05 11
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07 05 15
http://aycu27.webshots.com/image/15906/2005451686985025621_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005451686985025621)

07 06 06
http://aycu30.webshots.com/image/17149/2005400078685214814_rs.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2005400078685214814)

07 06 07
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07 06 08
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Webshots - Bishan2010 - 07 06 15
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Picasa - 07 06 16
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Oh - I did some research on the tower in the Towering Inferno - it was 138 levels. They used a huge model for filming - must have been 50 feet high. For info see here (http://www.thetoweringinferno.info/).

Have a good day all - Enjoy :cheers:

[NYC2ATX]

i love the sleek silver shinyness of the cladding. Its even better than the renderings.

[vanhenrik]

Hi all.
179 new pics for my database - been away for a few days - here is some of the best.


Oh - I did some research on the tower in the Towering Inferno - it was 138 levels. They used a huge model for filming - must have been 50 feet high. For info see here (http://www.thetoweringinferno.info/).

Have a good day all - Enjoy :cheers:

the movie can be dawnloaden here http://thepiratebay.org/tor/3272951/the.towering.inferno.1974

[M.K.]

I do not know, but we all know concrete were grown in such very fast way according to dead line time.... cladding was too delayed... Now they try to compensate the losing time of cladding to reach the same deadline of concrete, spreading all in much faster way, not taking care much for quality of assembly, it seems to me. Don't you think so? Is the quality of those glasses mounted very good? Is not decreased quality to gain in velocity? I don't know, seems to be. :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[Bergenser]

The glass is looking really awsome! :)

[com.koenig]

I do not know, but we all know concrete were grown in such very fast way according to dead line time.... cladding was too delayed... Now they try to compensate the losing time of cladding to reach the same deadline of concrete, spreading all in much faster way, not taking care much for quality of assembly, it seems to me. Don't you think so? Is the quality of those glasses mounted very good? Is not decreased quality to gain in velocity? I don't know, seems to be. :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

that's what i thought at first, but actually seems to be a visual effect coming from the photo size reduction.
have a look a few posts back : http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2900428&postcount=3841

[vanhenrik]

filmd on top of burj dubai

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glas test

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flying ower burj dubai

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Dubai - The Megaprojects - The Video (trailer)

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Dubai Waterfront

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end som other stuf non relaited to burj dubai


a trubjut to the world trade center in new york

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PBS World Trade Center, Center Of The Wold Pt.1,2

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Shanghai World Financial

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taipei 101

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[Slugbelch]

^ I knew this was coming when he asked how to post videos. Well, at least it's not huge, quoted pics.
end som other stuf non relaited to burj dubai
vanhenrik, you knew all those vids were unrelated, but posted them anyway. What's the matter?

[Slugbelch]

... back on track
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Clay mockups of spire designs:

http://aycu22.webshots.com/image/17101/2000979752794393592_rs.jpg

New/different render:

http://aycu07.webshots.com/image/20406/2000924721948062545_rs.jpg

http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/18412/2000979091747771294_rs.jpg
popcorn

[Alliance]

i love the sleek silver shinyness of the cladding. Its even better than the renderings.

I think its rather bland, especially for a building of this size. I usually don't like how Smith covers his buildings. I have the same problem with TT in Chicago...its just TOO simple for my tastes.

[newstl2020]

I'm interested to hear what you might think would be a better curtain wall for a building the size of Burj. Although relatively simple, I think it will compliment the complexity and magnitude of the overall project very nicely. I'm also confused as to what you think should have been done with Trump in Chicago. I agree that the initial renderings appeared rather bland, but as we have seen through the pictures, Trump is becoming one of the most versitle buildings around, changing colors brilliantly with the corresponding changes in light. In my opinion, I believe both of these structures will look unbelievably stunning when you are finally able to view them in their entirety. So....if not glass...what else? Would you be a proponent of more concrete/steel? I'm just confused as to what other options for cladding are actually feasable for a design such as this.

[Bergenser]

It looks alot taller on the new render!

[Tom Servo]

Did they just choose a random starting place for the cladding? I mean, is it just me or don't most buildings start cladding at the base?

[robertaas]

I mean, is it just me or don't most buildings start cladding at the base?I don't think they had enough time for that. Now they have 2 independent teams adding glass upwards and downwards at the same time.

I think that if they has found the technical solution they would even have started construction of the entire tower at 400 meters. With one group constructing upward and one constructing downward. :haha:

[com.koenig]

regarding cladding, a certain dullness probably comes from the fact that the sun is really strong there and light is a hard light with no really nuances and the sand reflection harden it even more. will be different at sunset, sunrise or when weather change (stormy weather there must be worth seeing). also there's nothing around yet to reflect in the BD. i hope that some other tall structures will soon reflect in the tower, that'll give life to all that glass.

[Rise To The Top]

I'm interested to hear what you might think would be a better curtain wall for a building the size of Burj. Although relatively simple, I think it will compliment the complexity and magnitude of the overall project very nicely. I'm also confused as to what you think should have been done with Trump in Chicago. I agree that the initial renderings appeared rather bland, but as we have seen through the pictures, Trump is becoming one of the most versitle buildings around, changing colors brilliantly with the corresponding changes in light. In my opinion, I believe both of these structures will look unbelievably stunning when you are finally able to view them in their entirety. So....if not glass...what else? Would you be a proponent of more concrete/steel? I'm just confused as to what other options for cladding are actually feasable for a design such as this.

It seems to be very plain to me as well. Note, the better looking buildings have unusual cladding designs like Union Square (big one), and Jin Mao. I think he simply means that its too ordinary for something like Burj.

[Alliance]

I'm interested to hear what you might think would be a better curtain wall for a building the size of Burj. Although relatively simple, I think it will compliment the complexity and magnitude of the overall project very nicely. I'm also confused as to what you think should have been done with Trump in Chicago. I agree that the initial renderings appeared rather bland, but as we have seen through the pictures, Trump is becoming one of the most versitle buildings around, changing colors brilliantly with the corresponding changes in light. In my opinion, I believe both of these structures will look unbelievably stunning when you are finally able to view them in their entirety. So....if not glass...what else? Would you be a proponent of more concrete/steel? I'm just confused as to what other options for cladding are actually feasable for a design such as this.

I think MLG has a good comment. I love that its glass, and it looks highly reflective (like Trump) which I like. I also hope it has the same incredible range of moods that Trump's glass does, because it really gives you some spectaular views.

Most people know I don't like this building, but if you're building something this tall and with this many setbacks, I think Smith could have been a little more creative with his cladding. The tiny uniform fins that divide the panels are just too small imo: they're overpowered. It would be nice to see some thicker, stronger vertical elements to this building. Especially with the 3/6 lobed structure, I think Smith could have been more creative, especially with the "limitless" funds going into this building.

However, the building isn't really clad yet, thats just my initial assessment, partially based on my opinion of Smith's work in Chicago.

[Imre]

18/June/2007


Burj Dubai update

just a short visit today:)

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[Hollie Maea]

Did they just choose a random starting place for the cladding? I mean, is it just me or don't most buildings start cladding at the base?

It's not random. They have started on the first floor above the first setback/mechanical floors. The portion below this will be clad later (maybe by another subcontractor, I don't remember for sure) after the podium wings are done.

[Sky Tower]

Up to L18 the contract has gone to the Al Abbar group and Arabian Aluminium who subsequently won the rights to contribute to the other winning contractor who is supplying the glass for the rest of the Tower after Schmidlin went bankrupt. I think these sections are regarded as seperate entities and have seperate contracts to fulfill, so with the fact that there are lots of bespoke units of various sizes, large aluminium panels to erect and the logistics of not having completed the podium, attached buildings or completed the entrances yet, will delay this process until the current glass levels are at least half way up the building. That's the way I see it anyway but open as always to interpretation!

[mcdonnell77]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/341/worldtallestbuildingcomwn7.png

[DUBAI2015]

I think they're building the mech. floors now.

[graham]

I think they're building the mech. floors now.

yes I think so too, unless...........

they are going higher with the concrete and this mech level is up a couple floors! :banana: look for the notch in the concrete at level 136, the level they are pouring next.

[Julito-Dubai]

skytower, can you update your website ?

[Sky Tower]

Yeah, soon....it's a difficult time of year for me timewise....especially running 6 companies! If I get some time tonight I'll try and update. Have had no word from the BD site in nearly 2 weeks as I've been so busy. I'll hopefully get to speak with them in about 3 hours. If I get some data, I'll call my brother to update the site as I've got a 5 hour drive when I leave the office.

Thanks for missing me though! :tup:

[sask1982]

Anyone know off the top of their head what level they pour concrete up to before it turns to strictly steel? It's got to be approaching the concrete pinnacle, no?

[graham]

Anyone know off the top of their head what level they pour concrete up to before it turns to strictly steel? It's got to be approaching the concrete pinnacle, no?

level 160 = another 25 floors to go!
Maybe higher if they are trying for much more than 800m.
We'll know by some time in September for sure.

[Beyond 1000]

Yeah, soon....it's a difficult time of year for me timewise....especially running 6 companies! If I get some time tonight I'll try and update. Have had no word from the BD site in nearly 2 weeks as I've been so busy. I'll hopefully get to speak with them in about 3 hours. If I get some data, I'll call my brother to update the site as I've got a 5 hour drive when I leave the office.

Thanks for missing me though! :tup:

Lookin forward to those new numbers from your sources. What a busy guy to run 6 companies. I'm impressed you even have time for us. I'm very busy in my company right now and have two small children at home as well. I also manage property on the side as well as hitting the gym four days a week. I'm sure I have more time than you Skytower.

:haha:

[Slugbelch]

Congratulations guys

http://aycu39.webshots.com/image/17558/2003453835274041364_rs.jpg

I knew there would be a pic somewhere commemorating the event


DIE HÖHE LIEGT NOCH IM NEBEL (http://www.baumaschine.de/Portal/Tbg/2007/heft2/a066_077.pdf)
Burj Dubai wird das höchste Gebäude der Welt
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Gerhard Blaasch, München
^ (12 pages)

[kenratboy]

Woohoo! Finally nice to see real progress on the cladding.

Building is looking better and better (in terms of the height and design).

Is the height still a secret?

[LoverOfDubai]

The height of the Burj Dubai will remain undisclosed until construction is complete!!

[com.koenig]

is it possible to pump concrete up to 700m or more or are they gonna switch at a certain point to a more classical way - by crane - to climb the concrete upthere given that floors will be thinner in a 20/30 floors... or does it exist a technique of relaying where there would be a stop around halfway for the concrete to transfer into a second pump for the last x00 meters ?
i don't know how many time it takes for concrete to get up there directly or with a transfer - if possible - or even by crane, but anyways, given the warmth in dubai, the distance to the top, and the wind upthere, i guess workers have a limited :euphemism: window to spread and settle it before it dries.
must be fu****g nigthmare to work upthere.

[SportsWorld]

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/341/worldtallestbuildingcomwn7.png
Horrible renderings. Below the spire the building is 2034 feet or so. Tapei is 1600 ft+ and in the image is HALF the size of burj oil.

[NYC2ATX]

http://aycu13.webshots.com/image/18412/2000979091747771294_rs.jpg
popcorn

hahaha a starbucks (lower right corner) :haha:

eww those buildings in the foreground are FUGLY. though, as always, thumbs up to the burj :tup:

[Slugbelch]

Forgot to post another press pic of pumping record
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[Imre]

21/June/2007


Burj Dubai

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[Stephenapolis]

It is nice to see the facade progressing as quickly as it is. it will liven up the looks of this tower.