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

[davee930]

Originally Posted by smile1

In Taipei 101, the fastest elevator of the world travel with 16,8 m/s!

hopefully it doesn't accelerate faster than gravity when you're going down haha

[FrancoRey]

It's okay if it's only slightly faster. Floating is fun.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Great shots Kirre - enjoy your stay and please post more if / when you have some.

Here is a vid from level 153 ( says 155 ) - posted at SSC by Bonnani today.

I see youtube changed its site - I was wondering why vdownloader wouldn't work anymore. I just got Free Youtube Download from DVDVideoSoft - works great and you can save in AVI. Make sure you are well protected - virus and spyware.

[mclancer]

What a view.

To bad the observation deck was not on the 155th floor
(or higher)

[Imre]

23/February/2008

Burj Dubai and my favourite security















massive road works have started



...and lake works as well

[AltinD]

Work on the 5th floor of the steel section started today. The first column was up when I drove by around 3:30 PM. Maybe more have come up since then.



... didn't someone said they are slow and are probably facing financial problems?

[AltinD]

Basically the building has reached now a height of 617.70 m or 2027 ft.

[Fury]

Hi all.

So kool - once the columns are up for the first level of tier 18 - level 160 mezz. 3 - we will have the tallest structure on earth ! I realize the cranes have been taller for a while now but they aren't part of the structure.

Some pics - click the thumbs and then view original ( then in XP if your settings are default click on the pic ) to see full size as some are very large.

Picasa - AJ - 08 01 10 and 11



Picasa - Diana - 08 01 20



08 02 09



Flickr - FotoGraficSub - 08 02 18



Picasa - Alpen - 08 02 20 and 21



Have a good day all.

[jason111]

it'll be interesting to see what dubai will look like in 10 years

[speedy1979]

In 10 years they will have a mile high skyscraper.

[Bergenser]

Originally Posted by AltinD

Basically the building has reached now a height of 617.70 m or 2027 ft.

Thanks, I've been waiting for height updates for a while now,
a bit over 600 meters is what I estimated.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Flickr :

outnabout1 - 08 02 19



iheartfinn - 08 02 24

[Colin Giersberg]

Originally Posted by speedy1979

In 10 years they will have a mile high skyscraper.

Maybe sooner.

[graham]

Originally Posted by sapphireblueeyes

Surely if you count the contruction cranes in their upright position, as it is in some photos, it is already taller than the 646 meter (2,121 foot) tall Warsaw Radio Mast, the tallest structure ever built!

I mean the height of the building is now listed as 604.9 meters (1,985 feet), just 41.1 meters (136 feet) shorter than the Warsaw Radio Mast, and thats not counting the cranes in upright position which surely are taller than 136 feet just by themselves! So literally the manmade height in those photos is likely already higher than anything man has ever built, including guyed masts!

Good Point and one which others seldom make.
Just because they are used as cranes does not mean that it's not a man made structure. Albeit not permanent in nature.

[Fury]

Hi all.

Picasa :

Ursula - 08 02 15





Valeri Lev - 08 02 17







Great to see the steel pace ramping up. Perhaps the will get to the scheduled pace :

[towerguy3]

the Warsaw Radio Mast collapsed:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_radio_mast

[L.u.v.]

^ Zomg when did that happen??

[SD_Phil]

The cladding is coming out much better than I could have hoped. It's looking really really slick. Can't wait for the steel sections to rise up faster.

[AltinD]

The previous floor took just 5 days and the current one who started on Saturday, might be completed tomorrow (meaning the next one might start) and if that would be the case, then they would have reached a 4 days build time for a floor.

Cladding also reached the 100th floor already

[Fury]

Hi all.

Picasa - Peter - 08 02 19