DUBAI | Burj Khalifah (Burj Dubai) | 828 M / 2,716.5 FT - Pinnacle | 162 FLOORS - Page 53

starvinggryphon · #**1041** Posted **Jun 13, 2006, 7:29 PM**

^^^
Duh. It's in a little country called Europe..........don't you know anything? I'm surprised you can talk American.

Bergenser · #**1042** Posted **Jun 14, 2006, 10:23 AM**

Kinda BIG Christmas tree

LOL

Slugbelch · #**1043** Posted **Jun 17, 2006, 2:40 AM**

Wind testing of the new/old spire (from construction mag June '06 article)

article and other pics in M.E. forum

giallo · #**1044** Posted **Jun 17, 2006, 8:38 AM**

Love the lights on the model.

Fury · #**1045** Posted **Jun 17, 2006, 3:41 PM**

Hi all. Slugbelch ... You are the MAN dude. Fantastic new stuff !
Look at the poster in that last shot that is half hidden. I would love to get a copy of that !! Some others there look very interesting too.

Daquan13 · #**1046** Posted **Jun 17, 2006, 8:18 PM**

So they do wind tunnel testing on buidings just like they do with aircraft.

Slugbelch · #**1047** Posted **Jun 18, 2006, 1:53 AM**

About 3 weeks old, but from a unique perspective. Also, another rare inside shot:

-GR2NY- · #**1048** Posted **Jun 19, 2006, 5:03 PM**

sweet jesus

-GR2NY- · #**1049** Posted **Jun 19, 2006, 5:12 PM**

According to the model, there will be structural floors all the way up to 568 meters (they would be approx 100 square feet per floor at that level though). Can anyone confirm that structural floors will actually raise to that height?

Possibly I am mis-interpreting the model?

STR · #**1050** Posted **Jun 19, 2006, 5:42 PM**

^568M? How do you come to that number?

Pandemonious · #**1051** Posted **Jun 19, 2006, 6:31 PM**

^^Define what you mean by "structural floor"? The concrete will stop (I am assuming at about ~550 meters as the construction company website listed), and then they will be attaching a structural steel section to the top of the building. The steel part may only contain the broadcast/mechanical floors though, but they would be "structural" technically.

jsr · #**1052** Posted **Jun 20, 2006, 3:11 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daquan13

So they do wind tunnel testing on buidings just like they do with aircraft.

Yep. AFAIK it started back in the sixties with the supertalls of that era.

Slugbelch · #**1053** Posted **Jun 20, 2006, 2:37 PM**

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

Fabb · #**1054** Posted **Jun 20, 2006, 2:56 PM**

Very interesting and detailed update.
The view from the top of the construction is already impressive.

NEWNANGuy · #**1055** Posted **Jun 20, 2006, 3:22 PM**

this is just amazing. i am putting my foot in my mouth when i said a year ago no way this thing would go up or be as tall as they said. i guess the latter has not been proven, although they are definately putting it up. this city is phenomenal. has there ever been any urban development on this mass of a scale and in this short of a time frame in human history?!

Daquan13 · #**1056** Posted **Jun 21, 2006, 2:34 AM**

I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

What are they doing making construction cranes? Go figure on that one.

Slugbelch · #**1057** Posted **Jun 21, 2006, 3:47 AM**

The latest from the sim city world:

Super-duper size:

The rest (43 more) in the M.E. section:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...7&postcount=82

Beyond 1000 · #**1058** Posted **Jun 22, 2006, 4:29 AM**

[QUOTE=Daquan13]I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

You also forgot that they make substandard tv sets. Also cell phones and now they make world's tallest buildings for a cheap price.

BD better come with a warranty or you better buy extended life insurance when visiting the observatory.

In the other forum, they are at part 16 and they are calculating curvature of the earth and the tip of the spire. Most of those guys need a girl.

This building will exceed 800m to spire and well over 600m to roof. For a conservative nation which does not allow girly magazines, they really are going for the full monty.

Slugbelch · #**1059** Posted **Jun 22, 2006, 2:26 PM**

another site pic:

Daquan13 · #**1060** Posted **Jun 22, 2006, 4:09 PM**

[QUOTE=Beyond 1000]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Daquan13

I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

You also forgot that they make substandard tv sets. Also cell phones and now they make world's tallest buildings for a cheap price.

BD better come with a warranty or you better buy extended life insurance when visiting the observatory.

In the other forum, they are at part 16 and they are calculating curvature of the earth and the tip of the spire. Most of those guys need a girl.

This building will exceed 800m to spire and well over 600m to roof. For a conservative nation which does not allow girly magazines, they really are going for the full monty.

Yeah, makes you wonder what they'll do next.

I hope that it's not THEM who will help build the Freedom Tower! Can you imagine getting on an elevator and seeing the word Samsung as the name of the company that made it? Good gosh!!

As Theodore Wilson who played Sweet Daddy Williams in Good Times would say: " JJ,You are in t-r-o-u-b-l-e...............!"