case study of burj khalifa, dubai
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Case studyBURJ KHALIFA,DUBAIINTRODUCTION On January 4, 2010, Dubai inaugurated the world's tallest building, after renaming it as Burj Khalifa in honor of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan -- who had ruled Abu Dhabi since 2004 and was also President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the height of the building was 828 meters (2,717 feet).FEATURES OF TOWER an urban project spread over two square kilometers. the largest shopping mall in the world nine hotels 19 resideTRANSCRIPT
Case study
BURJ KHALIFA,DUBAI
INTRODUCTION
• On January 4, 2010, Dubai inaugurated the world's tallest building, after renaming it as Burj Khalifa in honor of Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan -- who had ruled Abu Dhabi since 2004 and was also President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the height of the building was 828 meters (2,717 feet).
FEATURES OF TOWER
• an urban project spread over two square kilometers.• the largest shopping mall in the world• nine hotels• 19 residential towers• 30,000 homes• entertainment complex• , 6.2 acres of parkland• 30-acre manmade lake• the final height would be 818 metres• , with one of the biggest fountains in the world...
Construction
• In early 2004, bids were invited from major global contractors for constructing the Burj Dubai Tower. The US$ 871 million contract was finally awarded to a JV formed by Samsung, BESIX, and Arabtec...
In March the chairman said the tower would likely be delayed by four months, which Emaar said in a subsequent statement was related to the interior design of the tower.
Work on the Burj Dubai was delayed in November when around 40,000 labourers employed by Arabtec, one of the construction companies working on the project, went on strike for a week over pay and conditions.