Presentation on burj khalifa

2. world’s tallest building
Certified by : Council on Tall Buildings
and Urban Habitat ( CTBUH)
Location : 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Boulevard, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
project manager : Greg Sang
Construction started : 6th January 2004
Completed : 30th December 2009
Opening : 4th January 2010
Cost : USD$ 1.5 billion
Architectural style : Neo-futurism
Website : www.burjkhalifa.ae

4. Height and technical details
Architectural : 828m [2717 ft ]
Tip : 829.8m [2722 ft ]
Roof : 828m [2717 ft ]
Top floor : 584.5m [1918 ft ]
Observatory : 555.7m [1823 ft ]
Floor count : 154 usable floors,
9 maintenance levels,
46 spire levels, and 2 below
ground parking levels.
Floor area : 3,09,473m [3,331,100 sq ft]
Lifts/ elevators : 57 [ 55 single deck and 2
double deck]

6. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Architect : Adrian Smith
Developer : Emaar properties
Structural engineer : Bill Baker
Main contractors : Samsung Engineering and
Construction Company,Besix
and Arabtec.
construction project manager
Turner construction Grocon,
Planning Middle East
Foundation, Lift contractor
Otis

7. objectives
 World’s tallest structure that includes residential space
 World’s highest observation deck ( 148th floor)
 World’s highest outdoor observation deck ( 124th floor)
 World’s highest installation of aluminium and glass
façade
 World’s highest night club (144th floor)
 World’s highest restaurant (122th floor)
 World’s highest new year display of fireworks
 Tallest skyscraper
 Building with most floors :163
 World’s longest travel distance elevators
 Building with world’s highest occupied floor
 Highest vertical concrete pumping

12. Budget
In March 2009 , Mohammed Ali Alabbar ,
chairman of the project’s developer ,Emaar
Properties ,said office space pricing at Burj
Khalifa reached US$4000 per sq.ft and the
Armani Residences ,also in Burj Khalifa sold
For US$3500 per sq.ft .
He estimated the total cost for the project
to be about US$1.5 billion

13. periodof construction
January 2004 : Excavation commences
February 2004 : Piling starts
21 September 2004 : Emaar contractors began
construction
March 2005 : Structure of Burj Khalifa
starts rising.
June 2006 : Level 50 is reached
February 2007 : passes the Sears Tower as
the building with the
most floors.
13th May 2007 : Reached 130th floors

14. 1st September 2008 : Height tops 688m,surpassing
the previous record holder
Warsaw Radio Mast , Poland.
1st October 2009 : Exterior of the building
completed.
4th January 2010 : Burj Khalifa’s official launch
ceremony and it opened.
4th january 2010 : Burj Dubai was renamed as
Burj Khalifa in the honour
of president of UAE and the
ruler of Abu Dhabi , Sheik
Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan
10th March 2010 : Certifies Burj Khalifa as
world’s Tallest Building.

16. RESOURCES
 The primary structure is reinforced concrete .
 Super high pressure trailer concrete pump .
 Used 330,000m cube,55000 tones of steel rebar.
 22 million man-hours .
 3 tower cranes were used during the construction of upper most
levels ,each capable of lifting 25 tonne load.
 The remaining structure is constructed of lighter steel .
 A high density , low permeability concrete was used in the
foundation
 A cathodic protection system is used to minimize any
detrimental effects from corrosive chemicals in local ground
water.
 It is highly compartmentalised with air –conditioned floors

17. Construction methodand technology
 The Burj Dubai Tower utilizes the latest advancements
in construction techniques and material technology.
 The walls are formed using Doka’s SKE 100 automatic
self climbing formwork system.
 The cranes have been specially modified to be able to
lift the extreme lengths of cable required.
 High speed ,high capacity construction hoists were
used to transport the workers and materials to the
working place.
 An extensive program of wind tunnel tests and other
studies were under taken by the wind tunnel
consultant.
 A specialized GPS monitoring system has been
developed to monitor the verticality of the structure.