Why burj khalifa was built

The construction of Burj Khalifa was contracted by Samsung Construction, a subsidiary of Samsung Group, the group is best known for its electronic products and in respect of construction it had also constructed many famous buildings around the world including Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur and Taipei Tower in Taipei.

The construction began in , the building started rising in March After that Burj Khalifa grew very fast, below is how it looked in February The building had become a floor highrise building from a Y-shape base structure in less than one year. As the building tapers into the sky, the construction became faster when the building built to higher floors.

As of January , the tower had become an imposing supertall skyscraper that has more than one hundred floors built. And one month later it became the building with most floors on the earth.

The tower surpassed Taipei to become world's tallest building in architectural height by July In less than a month the tower surpassed Sears Tower's antenna at m becoming the world's tallest building in any category, unofficially though. In September the CN Tower was surpassed by Burj Khalifa and lost its title of tallest free standing structure in the world, not officially again, as Burj Khalifa was still under construction and growing.

Although the tower had already become the tallest building and tallest structure in the world, the height of Burj Khalifa was still substantially growing. The tower topped out in January at its full height of The whole project cost 1. But for buildings in Dubai, this number is far ahead of other supertalls while the majority of Dubai's supertall skyscrapers cost only around million dollars. Burj Khalifa has the world's highest building-based observation deck.

When the tower first opened in , they opened the observation deck on level named At The Top at the same time, it's a observatory that contains outdoor terrace, at meters high, almost only a half height of the tower, even Shanghai World Financial Center which is only meters tall has a observation deck at m high.

But At The Top had been the highest observation deck that contains outdoor terrace until the Canton Tower's m high outdoor observatory surpassed it. In Burj Khalifa opened its second observation deck named At The Top SKY at level at height of m, surpassed the observation deck of Canton Tower, which was the highest observation deck back then. And there's also an outdoor part, thus became the highest observation deck of the world in both the indoor and outdoor category. The price of the admission ticket is much higher than other skyscrapers around the world.

As of , the standard ticket for accessing the observation decks on th and th floors cost UAE dirhams, approximately 37 dollars. The exception is dusk time, which starts at and ends at , it is the ideal time for sightseeing as the scenery is usually most beautiful by this time, and by the way visitors can view both the day views and night views in a single visit, a same visit by that time cost dirhams.

The admission tickets can be booked from here. The standard ticket for a visit to all three observation decks costs dirhams, approximately US dollars. For dusk times, it needs dirhams for a same visit. Note: There are more other options available, and the prices may subject to change, check the building's official website for more details and booking in advance on some third party sites will generally cost less.

Popular Culture :. Height to tip Height is measured from the level of the lowest, significant, open-air, pedestrian entrance to the highest point of the building, irrespective of material or function of the highest element. This includes antennae, flagpoles, signage and other functional-technical equipment.

Chat with us between 8. Need help? How can we help you? Close Start Chat. Burj Khalifa's construction will have used , m3 , cu yd of concrete and 39, tonnes 43, ST; 38, LT of steel rebar, and construction will have taken 22 million man-hours. The exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa began in May and was completed in September The vast project involved more than skilled engineers and on-site technicians. At the initial stage of installation, the team progressed at the rate of about 20 to 30 panels per day and eventually achieved as many as panels per day.

The total weight of aluminium used on Burj Khalifa is equivalent to that of five A aircrafts and the total length of stainless steel bull nose fins is times the height of Eiffel Tower in Paris. In November , the highest reinforced concrete core walls were pumped using 80 MPa concrete from ground level.

A vertical height of metres. The concrete pressure during pumping to this level was nearly bars. The amount of rebar used for the tower is 31, metric tons - laid end to end this would extend over a quarter of the way around the world.

Chat with us between 8. Need help? How can we help you? Close Start Chat. Learn more about our commitment to cleanliness and safety measures. Building a Global Icon. Architecture The architecture features a triple-lobed footprint, an abstraction of the Hymenocallis flower.

Wind Tunnel Testing Over 40 wind tunnel tests were conducted on Burj Khalifa to examine the effects the wind would have on the tower and its occupants.