Burj Dubai September 5th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai September 5th 2008 photo update, some photos of the Burj Dubai taken today. The cladding is coming along nicely and the 17th steel floor is all but finished now.

Burj Dubai September 4th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai September 4th 2008 photo update,the 18th steel floor should be started very soon maybe before the 12th the projected date for the tower to go over 700 meters.

Burj Dubai September 3rd 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai September 3rd 2008 photo update, the Burj Dubai is now 694.5 meters tall. Maybe in a week or so the tower will reach 700 meters.

Burj Dubai September 2nd 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai September 2nd 2008 photo update, a nice photo of the Burj Dubai taken today.

Burj Dubai soon to reach 700 meters

Going by the steel timeline by OTR we could see the next level (so over 700 m.) maybe by the 12th of September.

- The use stated in the plans for levels 156 to 159 includes communications - not sure if that means just for the structure or if it includes communications with the outside world as well.

- Tiers 16 to 18 (the first of the steel section) are just more of the structure but with steel framing instead of reinforced concrete.

- Tiers 19 to 22 are named Roof 1 to 4.

- Tiers 22 to 26 are named Spire 1 to 5 - tier 22 is both roof 4 and spire 1.

- Tiers 27 to 30 are named Pinnacle 1 to 4.

So 2 more sections untill they are working on the spire.

Burj Dubai now a record 688 meters tall and continues to rise

Dubai, UAE; September 1, 2008: Burj Dubai, the iconic tower being developed by Emaar Properties PJSC, has reached a new record height of 688 meters (2,257.2 ft). The tower became the world’s tallest after surpassing North Dakota, USA’s KVLY-TV mast (628.8 metres; 2,063 ft) in April 2008. Currently at over 160 storeys, the tower also has the largest number of floors in any building.

When completed, Burj Dubai will meet all four criteria listed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which classifies the world’s tallest structures. CTBUH measures the height of buildings to the structural top, the highest occupied floor, the top of the roof and the tip of the spire, pinnacle, antenna, mast or flag pole.

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

Currently, some 7,500 professionals and skilled workers are employed on-site at Burj Dubai. Cladding work is nearing completion and work has started on the interiors, which will boast superior finishes. The best energy efficient technologies are being deployed to ensure that the iconic building is also a standard for energy usage and recycling of water.

Burj Dubai anchors Emaar’s flagship mega-project, the AED 73 billion (US$20 billion) Downtown Burj Dubai. Described as the new heart of the city, Downtown Burj Dubai is a mixed-use neighbourhood with premium hotels, exclusive business facilities, modern residences, shopping malls and leisure facilities.

Burj Dubai September 1st 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai September 1st 2008 photo update, the steel section is primarily known as the "spire". now you can see why. very thin, unusable space. non inhabitable. basically floors for access to the "pinnacle". there are 40 or so of these landings which have no lift acess only staircase. Thus totalling over 200 floors if included with 162 habitable floors.

Burj Dubai August 31th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 31th 2008 photo update, a photo taken today of the Burj Dubai.

Summary of concrete mix design for Burj Dubai Tower

Summary of concrete mix design for Burj Dubai Tower

Burj Dubai August 30th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 30th 2008 photo update, 17th steel floor has now started on the Burj Dubai.

Detail diagram of the Burj Dubai August 29th 2008

Detail diagram of the Burj Dubai August 29th 2008, the cranes have moved since the last update.

Burj Dubai August 28th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 28th 2008 photo update,the cladding is a little dirty after recent sand storms in Dubai. But as soon as a good rain comes the tower will shine again.



The cladding will be cleaned using an advanced window washing and façade maintenance system consisting of twelve permanently-installed, track-mounted, telescopic building maintenance machines located in internal garages at the tower's mechanical zones.

The manned cleaning cradles of the machines will be capable of serving the entire facade from its garage level downward to level 5 with jib arm lengths when fully extended of over 20 metres.

Burj Dubai August 27th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 27th 2008 photo update, photos of the Burj Dubai taken today

Burj Dubai August 24th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 24th 2008 photo update, some photos taken today of the Burj Dubai.

Burj Dubai August 23rd 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 23rd 2008 photo update, Burj Dubai from Dubailand and from the Al Barari site.

A Skyscraper So Tall Builders Can't Use Walkie-Talkies

If you want to build a skyscraper 2,275 feet tall, you will face engineering challenges comparable to those of the Space Shuttle just because its sheer size. One of them is communications. When the unbelievable Burj Dubai started to get really high, the construction workers discovered one problem that seems obvious now: their walkie-talkies stopped working as they climbed the structure.

The reason was simple: distance. At the beginning of the construction they used walkie-talkies—which are light, durable, and have a long battery life—across the site. However, these stopped working after some time, as the tower kept raising over the desert. With unreliable communications, Samsung Corporation—the main contractor—had to turn to a different kind of link between workers to avoid misunderstandings that may have jeopardized the safety of workers (even more, because plenty of people have had fatal accidents in the tower) and delayed the project.

Fortunately for them, they turned to mesh networks, which are similar to the ones used in mobiles, but local. For that they used a company called Firetide, using several Wi-Fi-enabled VoIP phones over a HotPort wireless mesh, which also serves as the transport for the security video in the site.

Burj Dubai August 21st 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 21st 2008 photo update, a photo taken today of the Burj Dubai.

Antony wood Tall Buildings Interview

Antony wood Tall Buildings Interview

Burj Dubai August 19th 2008 photo update

Burj Dubai August 19th 2008 photo update, Burj Dubai photos from today.