Burj Dubai Updates?

[Matty]

I was just curious why there hasn't been any updates on the tower for over 20 days.

With it's scheduled completion, it has to be rising by now. Any pictures of updates of any sort?

Or is construction paused?

[ahmedr]

The answer came just 25 minutes ago!: http://www.ameinfo.com/news/Detailed/56660.html

Burj Dubai reaches defining moment as world's tallest building begins to rise
Burj Dubai, Emaar Properties' iconic building symbolizing modernity and engineering prowess, has reached a defining moment in its history as the world's tallest tower rises, making the surrounding district the most prestigious square kilometre in the world.
United Arab Emirates: 22 minutes ago
Emaar Properties Executive Director Robert Booth.
Emaar Properties Executive Director Robert Booth.
The important second stage of this world-class project follows the completion of complex foundation work on the tower slated for completion in 2008. Emaar had earlier announced that South Korea based-Samsung Corporation has won a global bid for US$900 million (AED 3.285 billion) for the construction of the tower.

Speaking to the media during a hard-hat tour of the Burj Dubai construction site, Emaar Properties Executive Director Robert Booth informed that the foundation work, completed in record 12 months at a cost of US$15 million, (AED 54 million) involved some critical measures taken to ensure that the tallest man-made structure sits on a strong steel and concrete podium.

The tower's 192 piles have been constructed to depths of more than 50 metres and are bound together by a 3.7 metre thick concrete raft across 8,000 square metres, encompassing the tower's entire footprint.

Nearly 18,000 cubic metres (cbm) of cement concrete was poured for the tower piles while 15,000 cbm of concrete was used for the podium piles. The raft, in addition, comprise of 12,300 cbm of concrete, bringing the total concrete poured into the foundation to over 45,000 cbm weighing more than 110,000 tonnes.

'We now embark on the exciting part of the development where the world can witness our promise of 'History Rising' coming to fruition,' said Booth. 'The tower is composed of three elements arranged around a central core. As the tower rises from the foundation raft, setbacks occur at each element in an upward-spiraling pattern, decreasing the mass of the tower as it reaches towards the sky.

'The tower design created by celebrity architect Adrian Smith for Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM) is inspired from the geometrics of the desert flower and the patterning systems employed in Islamic architecture. It combines these historical and cultural influences with cutting-edge technology to achieve a high performance building which will set the new standard for development in the Middle East and become the model for the future of the city of Dubai.

The high performance exterior cladding system will be employed to withstand the extreme temperatures during the summer months in Dubai. Primary materials include reflective glazing, aluminum and textured stainless steel spandrel panels and the vertical stainless tubular fins accentuating the height and the slenderness of the tower.

When completed Burj Dubai will hold the record in all four categories as recognized by the New York-based global authority - Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat - highest structure, roof, antenna and occupied floor.

Commenting on the value that the world-class Burj Dubai tower will bring to the city of Dubai and the United Arab Emirates, Booth explained: 'Burj Dubai is a symbol of human endeavour and success that makes Dubai one of the finest cities in the world that believes in excellence and a desirable quality of life.'

Explaining the scale of the project, Booth further said: 'The Tower is the central core of the magnificent US$20 billion (AED 73 billion) Burj Dubai district and the new emerging Downtown Dubai. More than 500 international consultants around the globe are currently finalising the design. At its construction peak, a workforce of more than 20,000 construction workers will be on site to create 45 million square feet of liveable space to accommodate 30,000 homes, making the Burj Dubai site the biggest single construction site in the world.

The district comprises The Dubai Mall, the world's largest shopping and entertainment complex; The Residences, an exclusive upscale series of high-rise apartment towers; The Old Town, a low-rise traditional residences community that is inspired by the stylist antiquity of Arabian architecture; The Boulevard, a 3.5 km stretch that binds the entire district and gives it an international ambience, besides man-made lakes and landscaped parks.

'As an urban planner and developer, I admire the ability of cities to create unique urban environments with a combination of cultures, building types and architectural styles unique to the world. Indeed skyscrapers have historically represented our quest for bettering our urban centres and have created some of the world's most desirable and admired places. Burj Dubai will do the same for the city of Dubai,' Booth concluded.

[Jonovision]

Great news!

Any pics though????

[nezzybaby]

as of april 15th this will start to rise at 3 days per floor, wait till the 18th and im sure someone will post pics.

[Trantor]

Matty, basically you wont find updates over here cuz SSP is too much focused on USA... few international posters do post here...

if you want updates on Burj Dubai or any other foreign skyscraper, search on Skyscrapercity... there are 3 threads about Burj Dubai in the construction updates forum there, each one 30 pages long!!!

[Matty]

Sorry, but the information I was asking for wasn't on SSC either.

I know how you dislike SSP having many North American forumers, but you are really bordering on a troll.

All the threads on SSC on BD are nothing but "yay great" or reposting of the same information from a different source. Absolutely useless. That's why I came to this subforum.

I was mainly looking for construction photos of the progress; if they finished the foundation, what was it, a month ago? They'd have something beyond that by now, as dictated by their timeline.

[Trantor]

Sorry, but the information you are looking for IS ON SCC forums!! Including pictures fo the central shaft rising, taken on 20 April if I am not mistaken.


Its not a question of too many north americans, its a question of too much focus on USA. If I am wrong, why there is much more info about Dubai and Burj Dubai on SSC?

So it seems you are the troll, since you dont see the obvious neither even found the "updated pictures you looked for"

the pictures "older than 20 days" (since you said you didnt see an update for over 20 days) were basically only showing the big concrete slab on the ground.

These are from April 15th
http://usera.imagecave.com/Duboy/GeneralviewacrossSWPodium.JPG
http://usera.imagecave.com/Duboy/BD.JPG

18th April
http://usera.imagecave.com/Duboy/BD2.JPG

these 3 images were found on the SSC thread. Which obviously you didnt looked with attention... whatever.

anyway, the first floors, being the biggest, will take the longest to complete. Upper floors are expected to rise on a rate of about 3 each 10 days. We can also expect to see more pictures after this weekend.

[Grumpy]

is there a webcam installed on the construction site ?

[Trantor]

not yet... in SSC forums a new forumer arrived this week. He said he can take pictures at least once a week from the office of the dad of his friend. We will be waiting ansxiously. If he only post the pictures there, I may maybe repost them here on SSP.

[de luna]

Impressive, can't wait!

Cheers!!

[SA BOY]

the problem guys is that the site is within a massive site that has its hoarding between 1 and 2Km from the road so non of us here can actually get near the ting. We are waiting patiently for the core to peek over the hoarding and then there will be million of pics for everyone.
I did have lunch at the top of the Dusit hotel the other day and managed to look down on the site at a distance and there are 6 tower cranes on the site at the moment and a batching plant along with the ready mix concrete trucks ariiving 24/7.
For everyones info this site will work 2 12 hour shifts 365 for 3 years to finnish this tower

[Alt-Tab]

I was staying at the Chelsea Tower last weekend, i got up onto the roof (50th floor) and took some pictures:-

Sorry it was very hazy and my camera is a bit rubbish, picture taken on Monday 2nd May around 3pm.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/BurjDubaiMay2005-6a.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/BurjDubaiMay2005-6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/BurjDubaiMay2005-8.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/BurjDubaiMay2005-2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v651/AltTabDXB/BurjDubaiMay2005-1.jpg

Alt-Tab

[dazzler]

thx Alt-Tab :)

but what's that big fat building on the left of The Residences? :eek:

[SA BOY]

its the district cooling plant

[Grumpy]

damn what a huge construction site :eek:

[Sacto]

http://mail.ocrana.com/member/bikes/2006/01/37d766ad.jpg

http://mail.ocrana.com/member/bikes/2006/01/jsd27s.jpg

http://mail.ocrana.com/member/bikes/2006/01/pano3.jpg

^ Burj Dabai, January 2006

[Mike K.]

Awesome. Thanks, man.

[Sacto]

No problemo.

[excel]

Unbelievable construction site!

[JBinCalgary]

amazing!

[Sacto]

Check out the live webcam in Dubai: http://www.dubaitourism.ae/Webcam/default.asp

[bikes]

I was just curious why there hasn't been any updates on the tower for over 20 days.

With it's scheduled completion, it has to be rising by now. Any pictures of updates of any sort?

Or is construction paused?

www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com ;) :cheers:

[Slugbelch]

Construction Archive (pics only):
2004
SSP:
Dec: 16th (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=1073492&postcount=24) // 23rd (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=1053290&postcount=3)
2005
SSC:
JAN: 12th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3006029&postcount=55) \\ 26th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3142525&postcount=226)

FEB: 5th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3229370&postcount=277) \\ 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3302754&postcount=295)
MAR:
APR: 5th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3974592&postcount=155)

MAY: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4030100&postcount=261)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4034874&postcount=271) \\ 3rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4019649&postcount=244)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4085567&postcount=341) \\ 10th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4117019&postcount=378) \\ 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4144497&postcount=384)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4157530&postcount=403) \\ 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4270073&postcount=517)

JUN: 1st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4316441&postcount=600) \\ 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4327457&postcount=1) \\ 3rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4450124&postcount=144) \\ 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4351246&postcount=30)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4354013&postcount=33) \\ 10th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4413140&postcount=101) \\ 12th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4441833&postcount=130) \\ 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4483058&postcount=162) \\ 24th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4569107&postcount=239)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4569123&postcount=240)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4565816&postcount=225)

JUL: 6th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4675989&postcount=320) \\ 11th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4728440&postcount=354) \\ 17th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4771949&postcount=400)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4771968&postcount=401) \\ 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4799149&postcount=472)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4799189&postcount=473) \\ 29th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4904159&postcount=113)-- #2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4904169&postcount=114)

AUG: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4938924&postcount=149) \\ 13th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5055073&postcount=313) \\ 20th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124447&postcount=418)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124515&postcount=420)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124691&postcount=422) \\ 30th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5237661&postcount=178)

SEP: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5262971&postcount=215) \\ 9th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5345733&postcount=275)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5349648&postcount=289) \\ 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5580497&postcount=155)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5442835&postcount=430) \\ 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5485243&postcount=28)

OCT: 7th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5679507&postcount=338)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5679558&postcount=339) \\ 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5770081&postcount=456) \\ 18th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5817236&postcount=18) \\ 21st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5933693&postcount=200) \\ 22nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5872613&postcount=116)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5873078&postcount=119) \\ 23rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5888614&postcount=135)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8648022&postcount=216) \\ 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5958892&postcount=246)

NOV: 2nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6442247&postcount=417) \\ 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6057047&postcount=358) \\ 13th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6180167&postcount=474) \\ 18th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6254603&postcount=121) \\ 20th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6280263&postcount=167) \\ 23rd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6325583&postcount=212) \\ 26th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6368954&postcount=296)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6368993&postcount=297)

DEC: 2nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6444007&postcount=427) \\ #2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6449990&postcount=469) \\ 5th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7020741&postcount=260) \\ 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6646690&postcount=301) \\ 26th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6776556&postcount=425)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6776576&postcount=426)

(pics only)

BLUE = Aerials
BLACK = Night
ORANGE = Digital Art

Feb. 8:
http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/5599/bd2820066fv.jpg

[JBinCalgary]

i still cant get over the number of cranes!

[Slugbelch]

From Doka:
http://img106.imageshack.us/img106/3117/111un.jpg

Magazine covers:
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/7294/bdmagcover2005oe0.th.jpg (http://img329.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmagcover2005oe0.jpg) http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4892/bd2005magcoverwk8.th.jpg (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd2005magcoverwk8.jpg)

[Aldebaran]

OH MY....... that's so amazing, the paradise of the constructions, the city of cranes!!!!!! and I can't believe the next tallest building in the world has already more than 20 floors!!
Hope u keep us up to date

[Bergenser]

wow thats gonna be a amazing building! remember to send in new pictures of the building in the feuture! I will look forward to that ;) go Dubai!!

[Slugbelch]

Playin' in the paint today:

http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/1476/14wk2.jpg
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/900/10uq.jpg

:tup: :shrug:

[arnoldous]

Wow! thanks for the update slugbelch!! Is amazing!! The tower has more than 22 levels now..I think..

[malec]

^^ It is up to level 29 (the centre of the core only). The wings are way below that

[JBinCalgary]

thats impressive slugbelch! thanks

[Slugbelch]

http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6360/getoneshot32068tv.jpg

http://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8266/getoneshot320625kx.jpg

[JBinCalgary]

its barely started and its already making an impression on the skyline!

[Slugbelch]

^ It's hard to tell, but it looks like the wings scaffolding have finally moved up 2 or 3 floors.

[diegomayor]

In ssc some people say that the al-burj (no burj dubai)is under construction,what about that?

[malec]

Nope it's not. It's a proposal by Nakheel and in fact won't start construction for at least 4 years or so, maybe even more

[Grumpy]

Still an odd sight to see a city raising out of the sand, impressive what they are doing over there

[horatio_the_hermit]

Are they doing a floor every 5 days. From the progress theyre making it looks like it.

[JBinCalgary]

its amazing at the pace it is climbing!

[Slugbelch]

It is really changing weekly. We should see a setback on one of the wings soon.

[Slugbelch]

http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/7104/getoneshot3170ik.jpg http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4784/getoneshot31723nd.jpg
3-22-06:
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7955/getoneshot3220655sh.jpg http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5854/getoneshot3220625ci.jpg

[soynog]

Yikes!!!:
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/....ap/index.html

Foreign-labor unrest disrupts construction of tallest building

Wednesday, March 22, 2006; Posted: 10:25 p.m. EST (03:25 GMT)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Asian workers angered by low salaries and mistreatment smashed cars and offices in a riot that interrupted construction Wednesday of what is meant to be the world's tallest skyscraper -- including a luxury hotel run by Giorgio Armani.

The violence, which caused an estimated $1 million damage, illustrated the growing unrest among foreign workers who are the linchpin of Dubai's breathtaking building boom.

Some 2,500 workers on the Burj Dubai tower and surrounding housing developments chased and beat security officers Tuesday night, then broke into offices where they smashed computers and files, witnesses said. They said about two dozen cars and construction machines were wrecked.

When the laborers, who work for the Dubai-based firm Al Naboodah Laing O'Rourke, returned to the vast construction site Wednesday, they demanded better pay and employment conditions and refused to return to work. In a sympathy strike, thousands of laborers building a terminal at Dubai International Airport also lay down their tools.

"Everyone is angry here. No one will work," said Khalid Farouk, 39, a laborer with Al Naboodah. Others said their leaders were asking for pay raises. Skilled carpenters on the site earn $7.60 per day, with laborers getting $4 per day.

The riot was a rare outbreak of violence, but it was not the first sign of discontent among the foreigners who form the overwhelming majority of private sector workers in most oil-rich Gulf countries.

There have been strikes in recent months in Qatar and Oman. In April, Bangladeshis stormed their own embassy in Kuwait, protesting working conditions that human rights activists have denounced as "slave-like."

Millions of foreign workers have flooded Gulf nations, outweighing the population of citizens in Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. In Saudi Arabia, foreign workers make up about 21 percent of the population of more than 26 million, but labor unrest is rare in the tightly controlled country.

The foreigners are professionals like doctors, scientists, businessmen and oil workers; skilled laborers such as electricians; or do unskilled jobs in restaurants or homes. Human rights groups have often decried abuse of low-paid foreign workers by their employers -- particularly of women in domestic labor.

In the Emirates, where some estimates say more than three-quarters of the population of around 5 million people are foreigners, migrants from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and elsewhere have provided the low-wage muscle behind one of the world's great building booms.

Dubai, one of seven emirates making up the country, hosts some 300,000 South Asians working in the construction field alone, helping propel it from a primitive town of 20,000 five decades ago to a gridlocked metropolis of 1.5 million -- only 12 percent of whom are citizens.

But workers complain their employers often withhold pay. They enjoy few legal protections and no minimum wage, work in the extreme heat, and many of them live in military-style desert camps.

Angry workers in the Emirates held more than two dozen strikes over unpaid salaries last year, mainly in Dubai. The Labor Ministry responded with a crackdown on companies, helping win back pay and other benefits for some workers.

Labor officials said companies that breach contracts embarrass the image-conscious Emirates by attracting condemnation from the United Nations, the United States and Human Rights Watch.

On Wednesday, crowds of blue-garbed workers milled in the shadow of the gray concrete Burj Dubai, now 36 stories tall, while leaders negotiated with officials from the company and the Ministry of Labor.

An Interior Ministry official who investigates labor issues, Lt. Col. Rashid Bakhit Al Jumairi, said the workers were petitioning Al Naboodah, one of the Emirates' biggest construction conglomerates, for overtime pay, better medical care and humane treatment by foremen.

"They are asking for small things," Al Jumairi said. "I promised them I would sit with them until everything is settled."

Later Wednesday, a spokesman for Al Naboodah Laing O'Rourke blamed the violence on "misinformation and misunderstanding with some of our work force."

The spokesman, Mark Way, said in a statement that the "issues have now been addressed and resolved" and the workers were resuming their jobs. He gave no details on how the workers' complaints were addressed, and workers' representatives could not be immediately reached for comment.

The unrest marred what otherwise appears to be smooth construction of the Burj Dubai, which is to be a spire-shaped, stainless-steel-skinned tower expected to soar far beyond 100 stories. A section of the tower is to host a 172-room luxury hotel operated by Armani, the Italian fashion designer.

The $900 million Burj is due to be completed by 2008.

Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.

[arnoldous]

^^ It is up to level 29 (the centre of the core only). The wings are way below that

Thanks! man! 29 floorS! The construction is being built so quickly

[malec]

Actually it's level 36 now. BTW, the protesting/rioting workers don't actually work on the tower but on the nearby mall.

[Slugbelch]

Corrected/Updated?
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/2585/planssection2a5qz.jpg
With spire 30m taller:
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/9066/plansprogress8gh.jpghttp://img512.imageshack.us/img512/1803/progress22gk.jpg

Even a taller version here (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2013911&postcount=882)

3/22/06
http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/9452/bd322069ml.th.jpg (http://img282.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd322069ml.jpg)

4/12/06:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/9430/april0618mh.th.jpg (http://img113.imageshack.us/my.php?image=april0618mh.jpg)http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7610/april0646qe.th.jpg (http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=april0646qe.jpg)http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7/april0636er.th.jpg (http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=april0636er.jpg)

[architect1]

Man the elevator ride will be boaring. Probly take 10 mins to get to the top. I would not want to go in that elevator. Have any info on the elevator trip or if they made it special?

[Slugbelch]

^Look up T101. It will be similar

updated:
Taken 4/20/06:

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/8070/bd063tz.th.jpg (http://img99.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd063tz.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4282/bd8if.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd8if.jpg)

[Trantor]

there is a great scene on Star Wars: Clone Wars where Anakin and Obi Wan are riding this elevator... and the Elevator is going so fast and even so it goes up, and up, and up... and you can see the billion incredible tall buildings in the background barely moving (so big, tall and distant they are)...

[GCZ]

Man the elevator ride will be boaring. Probly take 10 mins to get to the top. I would not want to go in that elevator. Have any info on the elevator trip or if they made it special?

Still, it is a trip to the top floor of the World's tallest building. You could do a lot worse with 10 minutes.

[Bergenser]

wow can`t wait to see this buildt :D

[Slugbelch]

wow can`t wait to see this buildt :D
Wait no further.....
http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/6055/13vd1.jpghttp://img235.imageshack.us/img235/5643/smalllarge5il.jpg

[Thskyscraper]

Wait no further.....
http://img286.imageshack.us/img286/5589/bdposting12jj.jpg
ARE YOU SERIOUS?!?!? IS THAT A REAL PIC? This is just crazy how fast this building is going up. Last year it was just a hole in the ground. Along the way the workers protested. And still this building has grown to that height? Dubia is amazing.

[Slugbelch]

^ no, it's not near that tall.................................yet:D

[Thskyscraper]

^ no, it's not near that tall.................................yet:D
OH man you were going to give me a heart attack lol. That would have been amazing.

[architect1]

you want to know how fake that pic is look at the crains there all in the same spot. the odds of having them in the same spot are 1 - a billion. Its the same background.

[Thskyscraper]

you want to know how fake that pic is look at the crains there all in the same spot. the odds of having them in the same spot are 1 - a billion. Its the same background.
I hadn't seen that second pic though. Weird.

[1ajs]

so then whats it actly look like right now?

[Slugbelch]

Construction updates:

HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256649&postcount=48)

HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256761&postcount=50)

HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256798&postcount=51)

and HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256851&postcount=53)

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04-29-06:http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9787/4280651wp.jpghttp://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1715/4270612vv.jpg

03-22-06:
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03-02-06:
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Feb. 8:
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the last Construction updates

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2006/05/burj-dubai-2006-05-01-4.jpg

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2006/05/burj-dubai-2006-05-01-1.jpg

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A couple days old, but has some technical stuff in it anyway:

INDUSTRY
[04/28/2006 - 09:20]
Works on the tallest building in the world impress Brazilians

São Paulo - Brazilian businessmen in the civil construction sector who are on a trade mission to the United Arab Emirates were impressed yesterday while visiting the works of Burj Dubai, the building that intends to be the tallest in the world, in Dubai. "It is a first world construction," stated the secretary general at the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, Michel Alaby, who is accompanying the group. The delegation, which has been in the Arab country since April 22, returns to Brazil on Saturday.

Burj Dubai will be 705 metres tall and will be ready in December 2008. The project developer is Emaar Properties, from Dubai, and Korean company Sansung is responsible for the construction. According to Alaby, at the site there are 65 cranes and 15 worksite lifts. There are 3,155 people working, most from India. "Each floor takes four days to be completed," he said.

Up to now the building already has 41 floors completed. Emaar does not inform the total number of floors the building is going to have, but Arab news agencies like Gulf News have already informed that the building will have at least 189 floors. The tallest inhabited building in the world is currently Taipei 101, in the capital of Taiwan, with 101 storeys and 509 metres height. At the beginning of this year, Kuwait announced that they are going to build an even taller building, at one kilometre in height, the Mubarak al Kabir Tower.

In Dubai there are already five buildings among the 100 tallest in the world, like Emirates Tower One, in 12th place in the ranking, at 355 metres height, Burj Al Arab, in 20th, at 321 metres; Emirates Tower Two, 25th at 309 metres; Century Tower, 56th at 269 metres and Chelsea Tower, 90th at 250 metres.

Burj Dubai will include residential apartments and luxury hotel Trade Mark Armani, belonging to brand Giorgio Armani. The construction of the hotel slab, which has an area of 5,600 square metres, consumed 225,000 tonnes of sand. The hotel should have 250 suites. The area around Burj Dubai will also include other great projects, like Dubai Mall, a shopping centre that intends to be the largest in the world, an artificial lake, a residential complex with nine buildings, restaurants and hotels. According to Alaby, the total investment in these projects totals US$ 14 billion and when everything is ready, it should generate 14,000 direct jobs.

Opportunities

According to Alaby, the greatest difficulty that the companies in the Emirates are facing is the lack of construction companies due to the great construction boom in the country. "They end up hiring Australian, Italian, Chinese, Indian, North American and Korean construction companies," he said. "We have great chances in this market, but it is necessary to find the correct partner," he finished off. Alaby believes that on returning from the trip, Brazilian companies should proceed with the contacts made with the Arabs and should establish partnerships.

Source here (http://www.anba.com.br/ingles/noticia.php?id=10913)

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New/old stuff:
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http://img107.imageshack.us/img107/7500/bdsamsung27nv.jpg

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President of Korea visits Burj Dubai Tower
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Armed with state-of-the-art technology and a pioneering spirit, Samsung Engineering and Construction is emerging as a world-class builder of tall towers.

The company, one of the divisions of Samsung Corp., began to build an impressive reputation in the world skyscraper market after it won the contract to construct the 92-story Petronas Twin Towers (452 meters) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in 1993.

Since then, the company has completed numerous mega-high-rise building projects, such as the fit-out works of the 101-story Taipei Financial Center (509 meters), which is currently the world's tallest building.

Such landmark achievements in the skyscraper construction market helped the company win a large-scale project to build the world's tallest tower in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates.

The Samsung-led consortium, which included Belgium's Besix and the UAE's Arabtec, won the $900 million project, by defeating seven other consortia, in December 2004.

The construction of the "Burj Dubai" tower is part of the UAE's $8 billion 500-acre Downtown Dubai Development Project, which also includes the building of a mammoth shopping mall and a rich residential complex.

It will have a total floor area of about 460,000 square meters.

"We awarded the contract to Samsung Corp. because it has a reputation for unrivalled expertise in constructing tall towers," said Issam Galadari, vice chairman of Emaar Properties in the UAE, the company in charge of the project. Emaar Properties is the UAE's largest real estate developer invested by its government.

Samsung officials said the company was able to win the project thanks to its achievements in building other skyscrapers around the world with more than 50 stories each and the possession of more than 120 experts in engineering.

They added that by winning this project, Samsung construction has now been involved in the construction of the world's three tallest towers - the Burj Dubai, the Taipei Financial Center, and Malaysia's Petronas Twin Towers.

They said they expect that their successful bid for the project will help the company secure a leading position in the world's skyscraper construction market.

"When the Burj Dubai project is completed in 2008, our company will be the world's undisputed leader in skyscraper construction," said a company official.

Lee Sang-dae, president and CEO of Samsung Corp.'s engineering and construction division, said, "The company gained credibility in the world skyscraper construction market, which is forecast to grow to $40 billion by 2010, by winning the bid in Dubai."

"We expect to win more high-rise building construction contracts around the world and more construction orders in the Middle East."

During his three-day visit to the UAE, which starts today, President Roh Moo-hyun is expected to visit Dubai to tour the construction site for the Burj Dubai and offer his encouragement to company construction officials. It is the first time that a Korean President has made an official visit to the UAE. Dubai is growing into a dynamic international trade zone where a number of local companies, including Samsung construction, are actively engaged in business.

The company was awarded first prize in the national customer satisfaction index on housing for the eighth consecutive year in 2005 and placed first in the evaluation of domestic builders in 2004 and 2005.

The Korea Herald (http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/05/12/200605120015.asp)

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construction updates on ssc (pics only):

2005
JAN: 12th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3006029&postcount=55) // 26th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3142525&postcount=226)

FEB: 5th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3229370&postcount=277) // 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3302754&postcount=295)
MAR:
APR: 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=3974592&postcount=155)

MAY: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4030100&postcount=261)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4034874&postcount=271) // 3rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4019649&postcount=244)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4085567&postcount=341) // 10th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4117019&postcount=378) // 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4144497&postcount=384)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4157530&postcount=403) // 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4270073&postcount=517)

JUN: 1st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4316441&postcount=600) // 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4327457&postcount=1) // 3rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4450124&postcount=144) // 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4351246&postcount=30)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4354013&postcount=33) // 10th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4413140&postcount=101) // 12th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4441833&postcount=130) // 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4483058&postcount=162) // 24th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4569107&postcount=239)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4569123&postcount=240)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4565816&postcount=225)

JUL: 6th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4675989&postcount=320) // 11th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4728440&postcount=354) // 17th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4771949&postcount=400)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4771968&postcount=401) // 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4799149&postcount=472)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4799189&postcount=473) // 29th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4904159&postcount=113)-- #2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4904169&postcount=114)

AUG: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=4938924&postcount=149) // 13th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5055073&postcount=313) // 20th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124447&postcount=418)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124515&postcount=420)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5124691&postcount=422) // 30th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5237661&postcount=178)

SEP: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5262971&postcount=215) // 9th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5345733&postcount=275)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5349648&postcount=289) // 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5580497&postcount=155)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5442835&postcount=430) // 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5485243&postcount=28)

OCT: 7th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5679507&postcount=338)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5679558&postcount=339) // 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5770081&postcount=456) // 18th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5817236&postcount=18) // 21st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5933693&postcount=200) // 22nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5872613&postcount=116)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5873078&postcount=119) // 23rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5888614&postcount=135)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8648022&postcount=216) // 28th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=5958892&postcount=246)

NOV: 2nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6442247&postcount=417) // 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6057047&postcount=358) // 13th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6180167&postcount=474) // 18th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6254603&postcount=121) // 20th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6280263&postcount=167) // 23rd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6325583&postcount=212) // 26th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6368954&postcount=296)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6368993&postcount=297)

DEC: 2nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6444007&postcount=427) // #2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6449990&postcount=469) // 5th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7020741&postcount=260) // 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6646690&postcount=301) // 26th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6776556&postcount=425)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6776576&postcount=426)

2006
JAN: 6th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6908427&postcount=97)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6908465&postcount=98) // 7th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6924572&postcount=136)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6924595&postcount=137)--#3 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6970375&postcount=185) // 13th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=6999220&postcount=214)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7010892&postcount=249) // 21st (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7087975&postcount=363)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7087981&postcount=364)--#3 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7087989&postcount=365)--#4 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7088002&postcount=366)--#5 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7088018&postcount=367)--#6 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7088052&postcount=369)--#7 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7088080&postcount=370) // 22nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7101958&postcount=394)

FEB: 2nd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7212673&postcount=12)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7226188&postcount=29)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7226243&postcount=30) // 11th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7338697&postcount=114)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7338748&postcount=115)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7338791&postcount=117)--#4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7338830&postcount=118) // 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7397383&postcount=185) // 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7428747&postcount=221)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7428773&postcount=222)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7428794&postcount=223) // 20th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7498172&postcount=283) // 25th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7504580&postcount=307)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7504628&postcount=309)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7504641&postcount=310)

MAR: 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7655071&postcount=437)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7658258&postcount=458) // 18th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7688232&postcount=59) // 23rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7733395&postcount=134) // 27th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7782788&postcount=167)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7796952&postcount=189)

APR: 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7893863&postcount=276)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7908915&postcount=333)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7909064&postcount=335)--#4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7909215&postcount=336) // 9th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7969668&postcount=403)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7970236&postcount=407)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7970285&postcount=409)--#4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=7981477&postcount=424) // 14th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8036603&postcount=464) // 16th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8054744&postcount=17)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8054802&postcount=18) // 17th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8081721&postcount=76) // 19th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8512413&postcount=472)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8112684&postcount=105) // 23rd (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8166930&postcount=135)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8167283&postcount=137) // 29th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256649&postcount=48)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256761&postcount=50)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256798&postcount=51)-- #4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8256851&postcount=53)

MAY: 1st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8281384&postcount=234) // 4th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8331007&postcount=265) // 5th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8350121&postcount=297) // 7th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8368001&postcount=315) // 8th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8387374&postcount=328) // 13th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8438866&postcount=132) // 15th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8457410&postcount=394) // 21st (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8540131&postcount=497)--#2 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8541381&postcount=503)--#3 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8551778&postcount=15)--#4 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8552023&postcount=16)-- #5 (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8573413&postcount=39) // 27th (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8621246&postcount=194) // 28th (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8633734&postcount=203)--#2 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8637067&postcount=210)--#3 (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8635005&postcount=209)

JUN: 2nd (http://skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=8711151&postcount=159)

(pics only)

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5/18/06:
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Kiwi expats make most of high life in booming, tax-free Dubai
NewZealand Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10384247)
Wednesday May 31, 2006

You could say Aucklander Greg Sang is at the top of his profession, literally. The Dubai-based engineer is overseeing the building of the world's tallest tower - the Burj Dubai.

The final height of the US$900 million ($1.4 billion) building is top secret until completion by 2008, but it's expected to soar beyond 100 storeys and may top 800m. The surrounding 202ha community will include the world's biggest shopping mall, with 16,000 carparks.

Mr Sang's rise to the top began back home in Auckland, where he was schooled and earned an Auckland University engineering degree. He left for Hong Kong in 1990, then later made the move to Dubai for the Burj Dubai project.

Like many New Zealand expats in Dubai, the 40-year-old has no immediate plans to return home.

With so much growth in the city and the lure of working in a tax-free environment, it's easy to see why.

While construction is booming in Dubai - rumour has it up to one third of the world's cranes are in the region - it's just one of a number of industries attracting New Zealand businesses and workers.

New Zealand Trade Commissioner Sam Lewis says New Zealanders are found in a variety of sectors in Dubai.

"What is important to get across is the diversity of the engagement of New Zealanders here," he says.

"And not necessarily working for New Zealand companies, but the fact that they are embedded into the local business infrastructure is a real boon for New Zealand insofar as we can tap into these people."

Expats say they enjoy not paying tax and the city's proximity to Europe, but they miss the New Zealand lifestyle.

Auckland sisters Corinne and Jacqueline Bowker never intended to stay as long as they have - 10 and 15 years. They are managing partners of the Lime Tree Cafe, a genuine New Zealand-style cafe - a rare find in the Middle East.

The cafe has a strong expat following, with Westerners making up 90 per cent of their customers, but is also making inroads with local people.

The intense summer heat - with temperatures soaring up towards 50C - changes the way you live.

"Towards the end of May that's the end really, we don't go outside now until September because it's too hot. So you're pretty much indoors in air conditioning all the time," she says.

The market is quite nationality driven, so they feel a responsibility to maintain New Zealand's good reputation.

But hard work is essential and it's a myth that Dubai can be used as a get-rich-quick scheme. "If you come in and think 'I'm going to make a fast buck and go home' it won't work," Jacqueline says.

- NZPA

* Hannah Lawrence's trip to Dubai was funded by Emirates Airline.

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5/24/06:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7227/bd44storeys0bw.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd44storeys0bw.jpg)


Update- Some info on the mall next to the tower:

Eversendai to build part of Dubai Mall
Business Times (http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BT/Monday/Column/BT569671.txt/Article/)
June 3 2006

STRUCTURAL steel construction firm, Eversendai Corp (M) Sdn Bhd, has won a RM130 million contract to build part of the world's largest mall dubbed the Dubai Mall in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

Group managing director Datuk A. K. Nathan said Eversendai was awarded the job by Alico Ltd, a Dubai-based company, earlier this year.

"The Dubai Mall is a unique structure which has got its own complexity. It needs innovative construction methodology," said Nathan.

The multi-storey glass facade mall will offer some five million sq ft of commercial property, accommodating over 1,000 individual shops in between 10 and 15 distinct "malls-within-a mall" concept.

It will have a mixture of sophisticated retail and luxury leisure facilities including the world's largest indoor gold souq, food court, waterfront atrium and oasis fountain, among others.

The Downtown Dubai District, the biggest urban development in the Middle East, will also feature the Burj Dubai, which will be the world's tallest tower, the Residences, Burj Dubai boulevard and lake park, Burj Dubai Lake hotel and service apartments and a business hub.

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[Paradisio]

WOW, UNREAL!!!!! Truly an amazing work of art..... What is the projected completion date??

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EMAAR says Dec. 2008, but I think it will be later than that. I'm sure they are now thinking April 15th, the anniversary day the tower began to rise? :shrug:

Starting to become as mysterious as the final height.

[Ktulured55]

Yeah, but it's really nice to see the progress on it. I really want to visit Dubai in 10 years when that and many others are done and everything is an immaculate paradise!!! If I'm rich enough I'd almost consider moving there too.

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The mystery is kind of cool though, we just have to keep watching them build it!!! :worship:

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http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/7162/bdmodel43aj.jpg

Don't know who the dude is. I think he was part of a team that was at the site:
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/4865/bdmodel59mq.th.jpg (http://img68.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmodel59mq.jpg)

New/old pic added here (dated 3/22/06) (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2008416&postcount=45)

Also from flickr around April/May I think:
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/353/125421796b7df8e36f0o6ie.th.jpg (http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=125421796b7df8e36f0o6ie.jpg) http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/8142/125421186c54581328do4hf.th.jpg (http://img127.imageshack.us/my.php?image=125421186c54581328do4hf.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6927/bdmay20064se.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1172/bdapr20066xp.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2023/bdmar20061ih.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9672/bdfeb20064dm.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8725/bdjan20066fs.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5473/bddec20052td.jpg
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6836/bdnov20050nt.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2118/bdoct20055so.jpg

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4663/bdjan190624ca.jpg

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8757/bdjan190638pi.jpg

[Slugbelch]

Supersize version:
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4536/bdmodel18xw.th.jpg (http://img101.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmodel18xw.jpg) http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/2364/bdmodel25tf.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmodel25tf.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

from Highrise section:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6738/bdsmall6120624om.jpg

http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5302/bdsmall6120617ph.jpg

Supersize versions:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2918/bd6120624hq.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd6120624hq.jpg) http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/2580/bd6120610ou.th.jpg (http://img147.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd6120610ou.jpg) http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/299/bd6120637sy.th.jpg (http://img156.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd6120637sy.jpg)
*NEW*
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6456/img0431ez0.jpg http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9853/img0428cp1.jpg

[Krazy]

great updates.. where'd you take these from?

[Slugbelch]

June:
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1384/bdjune7qn.jpghttp://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3075/bd5064ov.jpg http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5251/bd50617ow.jpg
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8757/bdjan190638pi.jpghttp://img394.imageshack.us/img394/4663/bdjan190624ca.jpg
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/2118/bdoct20055so.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdoct20055so.jpg)http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6836/bdnov20050nt.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdnov20050nt.jpg)http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/5473/bddec20052td.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bddec20052td.jpg)http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8725/bdjan20066fs.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdjan20066fs.jpg)http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9672/bdfeb20064dm.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdfeb20064dm.jpg)http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/2023/bdmar20061ih.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmar20061ih.jpg)http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1172/bdapr20066xp.th.jpg (http://img294.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdapr20066xp.jpg)http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6927/bdmay20064se.th.jpg (http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdmay20064se.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

More rare pics from on the tower. From Otis Elevator worker June 1:

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/912/bd6190690xk.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9669/bd6190648aw.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/99/bd6190685lv.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2108/bd6190675ew.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8589/bd61906102my.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/623/bd6190653eh.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd6190653eh.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4661/bd619062a9cs.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8240/bd6190616ni.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1630/bd6190663hs.jpg

http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/9726/bdfkr73061mq.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5341/bdfkr73068fv.th.jpg (http://img84.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdfkr73068fv.jpg)

[Ktulured55]

Wow those are some awesome pics!!!! :D

You can see that entire part of Dubai being build at the same time. Tons of cranes and steel everywhere. Amazing.

That is awesome!!!! :banana:

[Ktulured55]

Emaar's iconic Burj Dubai scales level 50

Global real estate major Emaar Properties marked a milestone in its historic quest to build the world's tallest tower as the AED 3.673 billion (US$1 billion) Burj Dubai scaled 50 levels today.

This remarkable feat in the construction of Emaar's iconic super tower at the Burj Dubai Downtown development was accomplished in less than 900 days since excavation work started in January, 2004. Work is on course for a 2008 completion with one new level added every four days.
'This is a significant moment for us,' said Mr Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties.

'We are witnessing 'History Rising' - on schedule. With the world's eyes on Burj Dubai, this is a moment of pride not only for Emaar but also for Dubai. The super tall tower, now at level 50 and going strong, is a symbol of Dubai's aspirations and capabilities.'

Designed by Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), Burj Dubai is being constructed by high-rise construction experts South Korea's Samsung Corporation, and Turner Construction International is the project and construction manager.

Over 3,000 workers are currently working on the Burj Dubai. More than 160,000m³ of high-quality concrete and 25,000 metric tons of steel rebar have so far been used in the construction. Specially developed concrete pumps are employed to generate 350 bars of pressure and pump to a height of 600 metres.

Eleven cranes and the world's fastest high-capacity construction hoists - with a speed of up to 2 m/sec (120 m/min) - are used to move men and material to the lofty heights.

Burj Dubai is a pioneering example of entrepreneurial vision, architectural capabilities and engineering prowess meeting to create a towering international landmark.

'Burj Dubai is more than a tower; it is a global statement that will put Dubai firmly in the minds of the rest of the world. The tower boosts civic pride by creating an unparalleled landmark that demonstrates the capability of the UAE people to implement any project regardless of its size or challenges,' added Alabbar.

Blending retail, commercial and residential spaces, the Burj Dubai derives design inspiration from a desert flower and features architectural elements that celebrate the Islamic heritage of the region.

The fast-track construction employs modern building techniques including the use of self-climbing formwork for walls and prefabricated rebar cages. The tower has a base floor plate of 33,000 sq. ft., which tapers as the structure rises skywards.

Burj Dubai will feature the exclusive Armani Hotel designed by Giorgio Armani, luxurious corporate suites and offices, serviced residential suites, apartments, four swimming pools, restaurants, exclusive resident's lounge's, 15,000 sq. ft. of fitness facilities, recreational and entertainment facilities and an observatory, planned for the 124th level, offering spectacular views of the city and the Arabian sea.

Safety and security features - against high wind velocities, soaring summer temperatures, seismic disturbances, fire and other threats - have been incorporated into the design of Burj Dubai. 'The project capitalizes on the latest advances in wind engineering, structural engineering, structural systems, construction equipment, materials and methods,' said Greg Sang, Assistant Director - Projects, Emaar Properties.

Burj Dubai is part of Emaar's 500-acre mixed use AED 73 billion (US$20 billion) Burj Dubai Downtown development which combines commercial, residential, hotel, entertainment, shopping and leisure outlets, with open green spaces dotted with lakes and water features.

Ongoing projects within Burj Dubai Downtown include The Old Town and Old Town Island, The Dubai Mall, Burj Dubai Business Hub, The Lofts, Burj Views, South Ridge, Burj Dubai Boulevard, The Residences and 8 Boulevard Walk.
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from BurjDubaiskyscraper site

This is HUGE :worship: :worship: :worship:

:banana:

[Slugbelch]

1 of 4:http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/6685/bdstructuremag14up.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdstructuremag14up.jpg) 2:http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/2853/bdstructuremag25sj.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdstructuremag25sj.jpg) 3:http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5564/bdstructuremag36an.th.jpg (http://img46.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdstructuremag36an.jpg) 4:http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/4816/bdstructuremag4of41hc.th.jpg (http://img214.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdstructuremag4of41hc.jpg)

[Fury]

Hi all.
Fantastic new stuff Slugbelch. Nice internet skills, dare I say as nice as the updates from the guys in Dubai. Excellent idea with the pics on 1 post too man. :tup:

[Slugbelch]

Here is a compilation of the tower from the Sim City world:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/4977/bdsim147td.jpghttp://img220.imageshack.us/img220/5362/bdsim158kz.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9954/bdsim177rs.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim177rs.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1919/bdsim104mk.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim104mk.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1333/bdsim72zo.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim72zo.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1219/bdsim181xd.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim181xd.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3221/bdsim163gx.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim163gx.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5617/bdsim6a4fp.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim6a4fp.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9325/bdsim96jq.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim96jq.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/927/bdsim6b2qz.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim6b2qz.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6760/bdsim202rw.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim202rw.jpg)http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1553/bdsim300rj.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim300rj.jpg)http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8001/bdsim219aq.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim219aq.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1157/bdsim1wv.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim1wv.jpg) http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/954/bdsim21id.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim21id.jpg)http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/6195/bdsim235pc.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim235pc.jpg)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/6711/bdsim528ej.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim528ej.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5407/bdsim439ca.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim439ca.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3520/bdsim422tv.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim422tv.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4638/bdsim444ht.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim444ht.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2856/bdsim457mu.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim457mu.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7999/bdsim468ug.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim468ug.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1913/bdsim478xz.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim478xz.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7866/bdsim350jf.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim350jf.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/7306/bdsim366np.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim366np.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1837/bdsim374gf.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim374gf.jpg)

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5830/bdsim405xm.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim405xm.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5425/bdsim393fi.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim393fi.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/3955/bdsim383py.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim383py.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/4139/bdsim265zt.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim265zt.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1662/bdsim274np.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim274np.jpg)

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5096/bdsim329ch.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim329ch.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/4023/bdsim339kd.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim339kd.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7091/bdsim313xg.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim313xg.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3150/bdsim293yn.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim293yn.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/3148/bdsim285he.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim285he.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3733/bdsim255th.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim255th.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3349/bdsim242tn.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim242tn.jpg)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/828/bdsim532dt.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim532dt.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/3373/bdsim516hh.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim516hh.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/5581/bdsim349fx.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim349fx.jpg) http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4897/bdsim39ko.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim39ko.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7589/bdsim486da.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim486da.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/5175/bdsim133zg.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim133zg.jpg)

http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/9845/bdsim491hj.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim491hj.jpg) http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/7069/bdsim502sx.th.jpg (http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim502sx.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8946/bdsim12xb.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim12xb.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/426/bdsim45qj.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim45qj.jpg)http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/4421/bdsim83qb.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim83qb.jpg)http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/4091/bdsim50ku.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim50ku.jpg)http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/6374/bdsim61aw.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim61aw.jpg)
-courtesy skyscraper/andisart-
Aug 1 2006: http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/8828/testtexturejl7or8.th.jpg (http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=testtexturejl7or8.jpg)Sep. 1 2006:http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4066/12ejpgit6.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12ejpgit6.jpg) http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/6646/22ejpgno0.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=22ejpgno0.jpg) http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/7425/12tc3gz6.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=12tc3gz6.jpg) http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/729/degjp5tk8.th.jpg (http://img165.imageshack.us/my.php?image=degjp5tk8.jpg) http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/7285/13dx3ja6.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13dx3ja6.jpg) http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5449/burjdubaiyq91nh0.th.jpg (http://img144.imageshack.us/my.php?image=burjdubaiyq91nh0.jpg)

-UPDATE- JAN 26 2007:
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/285/ingametestob7ol3.th.jpg (http://img71.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ingametestob7ol3.jpg) http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/9111/basedevsy4ge0.th.jpg (http://img255.imageshack.us/my.php?image=basedevsy4ge0.jpg)

[Slugbelch]

another site pic:
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8083/bdfkr621069ir.jpg
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5069/bdpresentationctrsign6oi.jpg

[Slugbelch]

The first BD souvenir?

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/6547/souvenirburjdubai1rv.jpg (http://dubaisouvenirs.vstore.ca/)

[Slugbelch]

Well, all the articles said that it passed level 50 a couple days ago, but none of them said on how high that is.
Anyway, since the official height has never been released during construction of the thing,
it's safe to say that it is close, or already gone over, another milestone:

____#14: 1908 The Singer Building NY 612ft (187m) 47 floors (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1031)
1909: http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9578/singer190927ne.jpghttp://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1807/singer3oe.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5837/singer19092rh.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6578/singerconstruction9dh.jpghttp://img434.imageshack.us/img434/1613/singertitanic6tt.jpg
#13: 2008 Burj Dubai UAE (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787)
623.36ft / 190m 50 Levels
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1384/bdjune7qn.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdjune7qn.jpg)
#14: 1908 Singer Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1031)
612ft / 187m / 47 floors (Demolished)
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/1548/singercolor0rr.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singercolor0rr.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/3679/singercolor23dk.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singercolor23dk.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6750/singerpostcard8xy.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerpostcard8xy.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2017/1908220ky.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1908220ky.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9987/singerconstruction20yv.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerconstruction20yv.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/8489/singerconstruction1gk.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerconstruction1gk.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2977/singerinside0xg.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerinside0xg.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/811/singerlookingup2vs.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerlookingup2vs.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6485/singerlower2la.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerlower2la.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/375/singertop2zi.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singertop2zi.jpg)
#15: 1899 Park Row Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3927)
391ft / 119m / 30 floors
#16: 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Wisconsin (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=744)
353ft / 108m / 9 floors
#17: 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7343)
348ft / 106m / 18 floors
#18: 1890 New York World Building (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7344)
309ft / 94m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) / 20 floors
#19: 1891 The Masonic Temple Chicago (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7345)
302ft / 92 meters / 22 floors
#20: 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago U.S. -Sorry no link. Not in SSP diagram database-
269ft / 82m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) Emporis: 73 m / 238 ft / 17 floors
#21: 1876 St Pancras Chambers London UK (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9888)
269ft / 82m / 6-9 floors
#22: 1868-76 Equitable Life Assurance office Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=45876)
142ft / 43m / 6-8 floors (Destroyed)

[Slugbelch]

Top 10 tallest buildings in Dubai as of today:
1. EMIRATES OFFICE TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=84) 355m/1,163f, 54 stories, 2000
2. BURJ AL ARAB (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=48) 321m/1,053f, 60 stories, 1999
3. ABBCO ROTANA HOTEL (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=27579) 310m/1,017f, 72 stories, 2007
4. EMIRATES HOTEL TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=85) 309m/1,014f, 56 stories, 2000
5. BRIGHT START HOTEL (http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=33288) 280m/, 62 stories, 2007
6. 21st CENTURY TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9639) 269m/883f, 55 stories, 2003
7. CHELSEA TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=27208) 250m/820f, 49 stories, 2005
8. THE TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=797) 243m/796f, 54 stories, 2002
9. AL SEEF TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=34476) 215m/705f, 42 stories, 2005
10. GROSVENOR HOUSE (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=31390) 210m/690f, 48 stories, 2005
11. SHANGRI-LA HOTEL (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9642) 196m/643f, 43 stories, 2003
12. BURJ DUBAI (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1384/bdjune7qn.jpg) 190m/623.36f, 50 stories, June 20, 2006
13. MESK TOWER (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3431) 185m/607f, 40 stories, 2003

is this correct?

[Slugbelch]

While digging around my stuff for CN Tower's 30th birthday (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=109423) pics, I came across this:

http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8821/cntower19731dm.jpghttp://img169.imageshack.us/img169/5944/bdfoundation24qf.jpg

[Fairbanks]

RE: CN TOWER 30TH...At First glance the pic on the right of the screen could be mistaken for Burj Dubai

[Slugbelch]

^The foundation on the right is the Burj ;)

Supersize version taken 6-23-2006:
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/7373/bd62320066xq.th.jpg (http://img235.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd62320066xq.jpg)

[Fairbanks]

Well there you go then...the more things change, the more they remain the same.

[Sacto]

Nasty construction goin up there...Just amazing!

[Slugbelch]

The thing is showing itself in the skyline now:

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/8800/dubai71066ce.jpg

This pic is also a hint on how big/wide the skyline will get in 5-10 years

[Slugbelch]

Birthday thread:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=109423

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4186/cn30birthday38mf.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2006/cn30birthday22fp.jpg http://img459.imageshack.us/img459/8541/cn30birthday15el.jpg


http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/158/cn30birthday47wy.jpg http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/6255/cn30birthday58ud.jpg

[Slugbelch]

sunset in the city:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/7163/bdsunset1sc.jpg
-uaemax-

June 19:
http://img424.imageshack.us/img424/7509/bdjune2720062cr.jpg
http://es.biz.yahoo.com/27062006/24/foto/the-sun-sets-behind-cranes-with-burj-dubai-which-it.html

[Tom_Green]

Slugblech where are you from ?
Webcampic taken every 1,5 months
14.09.05------------------------------------->28.10.05------------------------------------>12.12.05------------------------------------->27.01.06------------------------------------>18.03.06------------------------------------>30.04.06------------------------------------>09.06.06
http://tinypic.com/k3kqav.jpghttp://tinypic.com/k3kqhg.jpghttp://tinypic.com/k3kqkm.jpghttp://i1.tinypic.com/mmbfj4.jpghttp://i1.tinypic.com/rm0dwi.jpghttp://i2.tinypic.com/wssncn.jpghttp://i4.tinypic.com/15qf91x.jpg

[Ktulured55]

soon we shall have a July pic!!!!

Note: anyone notice the nice progress of the burj dubai mall next to the BD? It's a few stories.. and at least gives a little comfort to the mighty BURJ DUBAI. I can't wait until the whole city is done in 20 years... omg how much like a 'heaven on earth' it will look like!!! :banana:

[Slugbelch]

07-01-06:
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/8758/bd740611gn.jpghttp://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1852/bd7420063ol.jpg
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1230/bd71200622oe.jpghttp://img135.imageshack.us/img135/5134/bd71200643sv.jpg
05-29-06:
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3966/bd61200620rf.jpghttp://img63.imageshack.us/img63/1026/bd61200611on.jpg
04-29-06:
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/9787/4280651wp.jpghttp://img215.imageshack.us/img215/1715/4270612vv.jpg
03-22-06:
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/7955/getoneshot3220655sh.jpghttp://img69.imageshack.us/img69/5854/getoneshot3220625ci.jpg
03-02-06:
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/6360/getoneshot32068tv.jpghttp://img389.imageshack.us/img389/8266/getoneshot320625kx.jpg
Feb. 8:
http://img275.imageshack.us/img275/5599/bd2820066fv.jpg

[Slugbelch]

http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/4623/bdspecs5el.jpg
http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/6590/bdstatus9jo.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/9065/bdmodel5bw.jpg

[Ktulured55]

Is it me? or is the Observatory too low for how tall the building is. :yuck: Yes it is nice and high and you can see the whole city from it... but another point of an observatory is to see what it's like being up that high in the sky. I think it would be better if it was more like on floor 150 or so. You know? :rolleyes:

[Slugbelch]

^You're right, but I guess execs are paying for the top 1/4 of the building. After all, a 52 floor apt. goes for a cool $4m :D

http://img330.imageshack.us/img330/6034/bdapartment9sa.jpg