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

[BulldozerGirl]

The UAE and Dubai have nothing to do with Saudi Arabia, and Emaar has nothing to do with Bin Laden.

I like Samsung.

[Aboveday]

200 floors?OMG.

[Coffeeman]

Nice Looking Building....

[GO_UAE]

Originally Posted by Coffeeman

Nice Looking Building....

HaHa . the BIGGEST , TALLEST MOST GIGANTIC STRUCTURE IS RISING , AND you call it a building ???? :nuts:

:eek2: :eek2: :eek2:



الصحافة الأمريكية تشيد بـ "مسار التميز" العمراني في الإمارة
برج دبي أعلى بمرتين من "بتروناس" ويتفوق على "برج الحرية"


حظي مشروع "برج دبي" باهتمام اعلامي دولي واسع النطاق كونه البرج الأطول في العالم، حيث ذكرت بعض الصحف العالمية ان طوله يصل إلى 800 متر نظراً لتصميمه شديد التميز.

وذكرت صحيفة “التايمز” البريطانية أن برج دبي تفوق على مشروع مدينة نيويورك لبناء أطول برج في العالم وهو برج الحرية الذي من المقرر تشييده مكان مركز التجارة العالمي الذي تعرض للدمار في سبتمبر/ أيلول ،2001 في حين أكدت “جيزمو” الاسترالية أن المشروع يعكس مسار التميز الذي تسير عليه مشاريع العمران الجديدة في دبي التي نجحت في التحول إلى مركز سياحي وتجاري حيوي يستقطب ملايين الزوار سنوياً. وتحدثت المجلة عن تفرد دبي ومشاريعها العمرانية العملاقة بداية من مشاريع النخلة إلى العالم ودبي لاند وغيرها من المشاريع التي ترسخ الدور الريادي للمدينة.

وبدورها تحدثت “نورث جيرسي الأمريكية” عن مشاريع دبي والسرعة القياسية التي تمضي بها الثورة العمرانية الجديدة للإمارة. وأكدت أن مشروع “برج دبي” سرق الأضواء من مشروع برج الحرية العملاق الذي تجعل منه المقارنة قزماً أمام برج دبي.

ونقلت المجلة عن اليزابيث كوباني المتحدثة باسم شركة سكيد مور أوينجز أند ميريل، أكبر شركات الهندسة العمرانية المختصة في بناء أطول أبراج العالم أن الشركة لم تعد تعتمد برج الحرية نموذجاً في حديثها عن الأبراج الأطول.

يشار إلى أن البرج الأطول في العالم اليوم هو برج سي إن في تورنتو وطوله 553 مترا، ويليه برج بتروناس التوأم في كوالالمبور ويبلغ طوله 452 مترا وقد شيد البرج عام 1998. وينتظر أن يحطم برج تايبيه 101 الرقم القياسي كثاني أطول برج في العالم، حيث من المقرر أن يصل طوله إلى 508 أمتار.

ويصل طول مبنى الإمباير ستيت في نيويورك والذي شيد عام 1931 إلى 381 متراً، أما كناري وارف في لندن فطوله 237 مترا.

ويشكل “برج دبي” جزءاً رئيسياً من مشروع وسط مدينة دبي الذي يمتد على مساحة تصل إلى 500 فدان وتقدر تكاليف إنشائه بأكثر من 8 مليارات دولار.

وسيضم البرج وحدات سكنية وتجارية وفندقاً ومكاتب ومحلات تسلية وترفيه ومساحات خضراء مفتوحة وشلالات ونوافير مياه وطرقاً خاصة بالمشاة ومدينة قديمة وأكبر مركز للتسوق في العال

[JACKinBeantown]

Originally Posted by GO_UAE

I really do hope so , i love it when volcanoes errupt , so the BD going down with all the dust and fire + great sound effect ( people screaming and metal meeting concrete) Oh wow , i`m getting excited already

Oh Lord Please let this happen

Um... not funny.

[GO_UAE]

Alabbar with Kim Kye Ho, executive vice-president of Samsung
The main contract to build the world’s tallest tower, Burj Dubai, has been awarded to the Samsung-Besix-Arabtec JV.

Speculation that the joint venture company would be successful had been rife in the market since early September, but up until last week the final agreement had yet to be signed. Commenting on Samsung’s role in the JV, Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of Emaar, developer of the Burj Dubai, said: “Samsung Corporation has been awarded this contract because it matches Emaar’s global quality standards and processes, which have become benchmarks for developers around the world.

“The company has an impeccable reputation and unrivalled expertise in constructing tall towers. The tower represents the next stage of growth for Emaar and will be the basis for future developments and act as a signpost for the ambitions of the region.”

Meanwhile, the Burj Dubai, which could eventually top 800 metres,is going to cost an estimated US $1 billion to build , according to Emaar. Construction is already well underway. Chicago-based Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has designed it and Turner International Construction is project and construction manager. The contract to build the structure of the tower was awarded to the JV following an 11 month process that began earlier this year and involved bids from major global contractors in joint ventures with local operations.

Middle East Foundations and Bauer did the piling work for the tower and Nasa Multiplex completed the raft. Construction of the tower from the ground up will now be taken up by the joint venture, whose members all now have some experience of high-rise construction: Samsung in Korea, Besix with Emirates Towers and Arabtec at Jumeirah Beach Residence.

Burj Dubai will combine residential and commercial space, and will include a boutique hotel, recreational facilities, serviced residences, apartments and an observatory. It will be the centrepiece of a US $8 billion residential and commercial district, known as ‘Downtown Dubai.’ This will include the Dubai Mall, currently being built by the Dutco Balfour Beatty - Al Ghandi Consolidated Contracting Co. JV, which is likely to be the world’s largest retail complex, a 3.5 km boulevard, The Residences and The Old Town.

The Burj Dubai’s base will rise upward in a series of steps and it is composed of three elements arranged around a central core. The tower thins out as it reaches towards the sky and it has been designed to reduce potential wind effects.

A high performance exterior cladding system will be employed to withstand the extreme temperatures during Dubai’s summer months. Primary materials include reflective glazing, aluminum and textured stainless steel panels, as well as vertical stainless tubular fins designed to accentuate the height and slenderness of the tower.

Burj Dubai will have to outdo some stiff competition to earn the mantle of world’s tallest building. The current champion is the 509 m Taipei 101 in Taiwan. It was completed this year. Though expectations are that Burj Dubai will soar to 810 m, the height has never been confirmed and Emaar is likely to allow for an increase in height during construction if required.

[arkhagello]

I'm so glad for Dubai!!! This is a really exciting moment in scrapers history, the possibility of seeing a 1km tall superscraper is so incredible, so sci-fi, so much that people is assimilating it very slowly, and much more because it is being built in a Middle East country, where westerners still think is inhabited by camels, bandits, savages and terrorists. It is been so hard for them to accept the change, to accept that it is not Western who is rising the biggest structure (the same who invented skyscrapers), but a wrongly misunderstood culture with what seems limitless economic funds, it is almost like if many people wanted it to be cancelled, to be fictious, and for months they have asked for proves, and now the have them they are still very skeptic about it. But surely in a couple of years we will finally admire the city of Dubai and Burj Dubai in its real dimension.

[Indica]

How would this structure hold up to seismic activity??

I take it that Dubai isnt really that active, but quakes still do happen all over in the middle east.. what if???

Im sure they probably thought of that, but what could be done on a structure so huge to help resist it against quakes??

(aside from the tuned mass dampner devices in lots of Chinese High rises)

In downtown , Los angeles, we have the library tower which is 310 meters tall (tallest building in the west half of the US)
and it was designed to handle a quake over an 8 pointer! Supposedly they went crazy on the internal core during construction, with massive retrofitting (the most used EVER on ANY high rise this size). This huge building will hold up when lots of others in this area will crumble.

And FYI, there are rumors that we are expecting a quake off the San Andreas over an 8 pointer up to 5-7 minutes long. Well weve been expecting it for years, but sooner or later it will happen..

Im getting a little off subjuect, so heres my ??

Are they taking any massive efforts to retrofit the Burj in case Dubai suffers a quake?? a 6-7 pointer quake doesnt seem out of place for that region.


LOL in a buidling like the Burj, you would have to enter your desired floor on a keypad in one of the elevators because it has soo many floors. The elevators in the Burj are going to have to be some pretty state of the art equipment, I just wonder if they would have an express elevator in that building that goes all the way up.

[GO_UAE]

Indica , i`m sure they have taken certain measures just incase an earth quake does occur , however , there has not been any sesmic activity in this region for a long time , but we do get 2-3 on the rectar scale , it happens in the mountainous areas only

[Aboveday]

Samsung to build tallest building
A computer image of the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates
The tower is set to change Dubai's skyline
South Korea's Samsung Corporation has won the contract to build the world's tallest building, the Burj Tower in Dubai.

Samsung won the $306m(Ł160m) deal, after an 11-month bid process.

The concrete and steel tower will be part of an $8bn(Ł4.2bn) 500-acre project in the United Arab Emirates.

Workers have already started to clear the ground for the 800-metre high, 160-floor skyscraper and it should be completed by November 2008.

Construction work on the Burj tower will begin in January, and when completed it will be taller than the world's current highest building, Taiwan's 508-metre TFC 101 building.

The building will have a hotel, a shopping mall, offices and luxury apartments.

It was commissioned by Emaar Properties, as part of its Downtown Dubai development.

"Samsung Corporation's appointment is a defining moment and the tower is set to rise and change the face of Dubai," said Mohamed Ali Alabbar, chairman of Emaar Properties.

"The tower represents the next stage of growth for Emaar and will be the basis for future developments and act as a signpost for the ambitions of the region."

Dubai is proud of its adventurous construction projects, such as the seven-star Burj al-Arab hotel which has already become an iconic structure.

Samsung teamed up with Belgium's Besix and local company Arabtec to outbid seven other groups for the contract.

Burj Dubai Tower
800 metres (2,640 feet) tall
Upward-spiral design
Exterior cladding system
Built of glass, aluminium, concrete, steel
Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago
Total floor space of 500,000 sq m (5.35 million sq ft)

BBC News

[GO_UAE]

These pictures were taken by Dubai_Lover , over at SSC Enjoy

[Fabb]

Is 800 m the new "official" height ?

[GO_UAE]

Yes it is Fabb

It was announced by Emaar officials on more than one occasion , that the Burj Dubai will have an "initial" Height of 800 meters , however , it could be raised to 950 meter if needed

But put into mind , dubai is getting two other super talls

The Plam Tower between 700-750 meters ( Residental ) with only 500 apartments and an observation tower (APPROVED)

And the Plam jebel Ali tower mentioned by a top official in one of the magazines published here in Dubai , he said it would be even taller than the one of palm jumierah

so maybe 750-850 meters !!!(PROPOSED)

So with all this in mind , i think the Emaar guys will have to reach the 1000 m mark to stand out

Lets just wait and see


I bet one year from now , when DL takes some photos of this area , there will be a huge difference

[coth]

Originally Posted by Fabb

Is 800 m the new "official" height ?

Yes... they just increased spire... now it is 150 meters tall... stupid unfair idea...

[coth]

old


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[GO_UAE]

Originally Posted by coth

Yes... they just increased spire... now it is 150 meters tall... stupid unfair idea...

Where did you get this information from ? Proof Please

[GO_UAE]

I wouldnt go by those renderings Coth , coz i have a day old rendering of it , its takes up a whole newspaper page , and the spire aint tall at all !!

[Beyond 1000]

I like the idea of the Palm Jebel tower going for 800+ meters or the Pinnacle going almost that height.

Reason?

As GO_UAE said, it will be forcing Emaar to push the BD to 1k or at least hit that 950m mark.

They might as well go for 1000m since nobody else can claim that first. This will truly put BD on the world headlines.

[Benhamin]

I'm really excited this project is going foward. It looks like an amazing building.

I think GO_UAE was kidding when he said he would like to see it be a terrorist target. Why would he want that? It's in his backyard.

[coth]

ok, GO_UAE. if spire is not tall then building will be 705m tall.

Beyond 1000
actually there was not increasing. just after completion of foundation there was news that foundation can withstand 800m and up to 950m.