The total weight of aluminium used on Burj Khalifa is equivalent to that of five A aircrafts and the total length of stainless steel bull nose fins is times the height of Eiffel Tower in Paris.
In November , the highest reinforced concrete core walls were pumped using 80 MPa concrete from ground level. A vertical height of metres. The concrete pressure during pumping to this level was nearly bars.
The amount of rebar used for the tower is 31, metric tons - laid end to end this would extend over a quarter of the way around the world. Need help? How can we help you? Close Start Chat. Learn more about our commitment to cleanliness and safety measures. Building a Global Icon. Architecture The architecture features a triple-lobed footprint, an abstraction of the Hymenocallis flower.
Wind Tunnel Testing Over 40 wind tunnel tests were conducted on Burj Khalifa to examine the effects the wind would have on the tower and its occupants. Construction Excavation work began for Burj Khalifa in January and over the ensuing years to its completion; the building passed many important milestones on its goal to become the tallest man-made structure the world has ever seen.
Construction Highlights Over 45, m3 58, cu yd of concrete, weighing more than , tonnes were used to construct the concrete and steel foundation, which features piles buried more than 50 m ft deep.
Burj Khalifa Construction Timeline January Excavation started February Piling started March Superstructure started June Level 50 reached January Level reached March Level reached April Level reached May Level reached July Level reached world's tallest building September Level reached world's tallest free-standing structure April Level reached world's tallest man-made structure January Completion of spire Burj Khalifa tops out September Exterior cladding completed January Official launch ceremony.
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Press ESC to cancel. Ben Davis April 4, What materials did Burj Khalifa use? How was the Burj Khalifa made? Building a tower that size can greatly improve the identity of city and its reputation in the world, and to capture the attention of the world. Bring the title of World's Tallest Building back to Middle East as Khufu Pyramid had ever been the tallest building of the world for more than years. The ruler of Dubai once said in twitter that the idea of building the Burj Khalifa was inspired by a visit to Empire State Building in New York City many decades ago in s, Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world by that time, the ruler got deeply inspired by it and generated the idea of a tallest building in his homeland.
The tower is built on a shamrock-shaped footprint, making the tower seen like a letter 'Y' from above in the air, this shape derived from Hymenocallis, also known as desert lily, a local plant live in desert, the tower's cross section area reduces gradually as it rises.
This shape in the one hand is for the stability of the building, the Jeddah Tower which currently under construction is also based on this shape and the shape can also be found on other structures such as CN Tower, Wuhan Greenland Center and Russia Tower cancelled. On the other hand, this sort of shape is more suitable for the hotels and residences, in which the scenery from the outdoor should be highly concerned, the Y-shape design can provide the people living in it with views to the greatest extent, that is why the lower portion that below the level where the Y-shape is more apparent is used for hotels and residences and the upper portion where the Y-shape has almost transformed to circular is occupied by offices, where people working there are supposed to concentrate their focus on their work not the scenery.
Burj Khalifa was developed by Emaar Properties, a renowned local real estate firm that has also developed many other skyscrapers in Dubai and now they are working on next tallest structure of the world which temporarily named 'Dubai Creek Tower'. The construction of Burj Khalifa was contracted by Samsung Construction, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, the group is best known for its electronic products and in respect of construction it had also constructed many famous buildings around the world including Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei Tower in Taipei.
The construction began in , the building started rising in March After that Burj Khalifa grew very fast, below is how it looked in February The building had become a floor highrise building from a Y-shape base structure in less than one year. As the building tapers into the sky, the construction became faster when the building built to higher floors. As of January , the tower had become an imposing supertall skyscraper that has more than one hundred floors built.
And one month later it became the building with most floors on the earth. The tower surpassed Taipei to become world's tallest building in architectural height by July In less than a month the tower surpassed Sears Tower's antenna at m becoming the world's tallest building in any category, unofficially though. In September the CN Tower was surpassed by Burj Khalifa and lost its title of tallest free standing structure in the world, not officially again, as Burj Khalifa was still under construction and growing.
Although the tower had already become the tallest building and tallest structure in the world, the height of Burj Khalifa was still substantially growing. The tower topped out in January at its full height of The whole project cost 1. But for buildings in Dubai, this number is far ahead of other supertalls while the majority of Dubai's supertall skyscrapers cost only around million dollars.
Burj Khalifa has the world's highest building-based observation deck. When the tower first opened in , they opened the observation deck on level named At The Top at the same time, it's a observatory that contains outdoor terrace, at meters high, almost only a half height of the tower, even Shanghai World Financial Center which is only meters tall has a observation deck at m high. But At The Top had been the highest observation deck that contains outdoor terrace until the Canton Tower's m high outdoor observatory surpassed it.
In Burj Khalifa opened its second observation deck named At The Top SKY at level at height of m, surpassed the observation deck of Canton Tower, which was the highest observation deck back then. And there's also an outdoor part, thus became the highest observation deck of the world in both the indoor and outdoor category. The price of the admission ticket is much higher than other skyscrapers around the world.
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