Former names Burj Dubai
Record height:Tallest in the world since 2010
Preceded byTaipei 101
General information
Construction started
6 January 2004
Completed 2010
Opening 4 January 2010
Cost
USD $ 1.5 billion
Technical details Floor count 163 floors
plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement
Floor area 309,473 m 2(3,331,100 sq ft)
Design and construction Architect Adrian Smith at SOM
Developer Emaar Properties
Structural engineer Bill Baker at SOM
Main contractor Samsung Engineering and Construction Company, Besix andArabtec
Supervision Consultant Engineer & Architect of Record Hyder Consulting
Construction Project Manager Turner Construction
Grocon
Planning Bauer AG andMiddle East Foundations
Lift contractor Otis
VT consultant Lerch Bates
Website:www.burjkhalifa.ae
Record height:Tallest in the world since 2010
Preceded byTaipei 101
General information
Construction started
6 January 2004
Completed 2010
Opening 4 January 2010
Cost
USD $ 1.5 billion
Technical details Floor count 163 floors
plus 46 maintenance levels in the spire and 2 parking levels in the basement
Floor area 309,473 m 2(3,331,100 sq ft)
Design and construction Architect Adrian Smith at SOM
Developer Emaar Properties
Structural engineer Bill Baker at SOM
Main contractor Samsung Engineering and Construction Company, Besix andArabtec
Supervision Consultant Engineer & Architect of Record Hyder Consulting
Construction Project Manager Turner Construction
Grocon
Planning Bauer AG andMiddle East Foundations
Lift contractor Otis
VT consultant Lerch Bates
Website:www.burjkhalifa.ae
Interesting facts
World's highest nightclub: 144th floor
World's highest restaurant (At.mosphere): 122nd floor at 442 m (1,450 ft) (previously 360, at a height of 350 m (1,148 ft) in CN Tower)
World's second highest swimming pool: 76th floor
Within 17 months of the building's official opening, a man described as "an Asian in his mid-30s" who worked at one of the companies in the tower, committed suicide on 10 May 2011 by jumping from the 147th floor. He fell 39 floors, landing on a deck on the 108th floor. Dubai police confirmed the act as a suicide, reporting that "They also came to know that the man decided to commit suicide as his company refused to grant leave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
World's highest nightclub: 144th floor
World's highest restaurant (At.mosphere): 122nd floor at 442 m (1,450 ft) (previously 360, at a height of 350 m (1,148 ft) in CN Tower)
World's second highest swimming pool: 76th floor
Within 17 months of the building's official opening, a man described as "an Asian in his mid-30s" who worked at one of the companies in the tower, committed suicide on 10 May 2011 by jumping from the 147th floor. He fell 39 floors, landing on a deck on the 108th floor. Dubai police confirmed the act as a suicide, reporting that "They also came to know that the man decided to commit suicide as his company refused to grant leave.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa