Burj Dubai progress
Normally i leave these posts to someone else ;) Yet it's news and in the weekends it's already scrambling for something interesting. So what do we have here? We have a building under construction which at it's current state is already the tallest building in the world and it's not even finished! Current height and projected height see below.
The Burj Dubai (Arabic: برج دبي for "Dubai Tower") is a supertall skyscraper currently under construction in the "New Downtown" of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Upon its completion, it will likely to be the tallest man-made structure, of any kind, in the world by a wide margin. Projected to be completed and occupied by 2009, the building is part of a huge development located at the "First Interchange" (aka "Defense round-about") along Sheikh Zayed Road at Doha Street. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (SOM) of Chicago is the lead architect, structural engineer and mechanical engineer of the Burj. George Efstathiou of SOM is the Managing Partner on the project, while Adrian Smith, formerly of SOM, was the Design Partner. Third Party Peer Review has been performed by CBM Engineers Inc.
Current height
As of July 15, 2007, the tower's height is reported by its developers to be 507.3 metres (1,664.4 feet), totaling 140 completed floors, indicating that the Burj Dubai has well surpassed the Petronas Twin Towers (452 m (1,483 ft)) becoming the second-tallest high-rise building in the world.
It has been announced that on Saturday July 21, 2007 the Burj Dubai will become the tallest building in the world.
On the July 20, 2007, The Gulf Today reported that Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world having reached a height of 510 m (1,673 ft)
In February 2007, the Burj Dubai surpassed the Sears Tower as the building with the most floors in the world.
However, the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), like most standards bodies will not recognize its world-record height until it is "topped out" or completed.
Projected height
The projected final height of the Burj Dubai is officially being kept a secret due to competition; however, figures released by a contractor on the project have suggested a height of around 808 m (2,651 ft), that is about 3 m (10 ft) over one-half of a mile. Based on this height, the total number of habitable floors is expected to be around 162. However, on the project's official website, an interior graphic of an elevator panel shows floor numbers up to 195. The latest photo of the Burj Dubai's construction plan shows the roof to be 681.7 m (2,236.5 ft) which would make the 195 floors shown on the elevator a reasonable number. A more recent article by building subcontractor Persian Gulf Extrusions states a final height "over 940 metres", or at least 3,084 feet, but this has not yet been confirmed by Emaar Properties. Another source, from dubaimegaprojects.com reported an estimated final height of 1,011+ metres (3,317 ft.+) and a floor count of 216+ floors.
In a recent interview the project manager for Burj Dubai, Greg Sang, was asked directly about the rumour of a final height of 808 m (2,651 ft). He responded that he did not know the origin of that figure, and confirmed only that the height would be greater than 200 m (656 ft). When pressed for a more precise figure, he merely repeated that he was able only to guarantee that the final height would be higher than 700 m (2,297 ft), and it would be the world's tallest free-standing structure when completed. In fact, at more than 700 m (2,297 ft) the Burj Dubai would be the tallest land-based structure of any kind to have ever been built.
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