Building the Burj Dubai skyscraper that opened Monday plan (4/1/2010) or local time during Monday night WIT certainly become the new icons are not just for the City of Dubai or the United Arab Emirates but also for the world. Imagine, the building is the tallest building in the world today.
I was so high, base to a peak of more than six times the height of National Monument (Monas). How high will certainly be announced in a ceremony later. However, that certainly more than 800 meters. Contractors who work on this tower construction project ever mention that top out the building 818 meters. The building was to be seen very tall when compared with the Monas only 132 meters high. The peak can be seen at distances up to 95 miles.
Burj Dubai is not only the tallest building in the world. He also broke the record as the tallest structure in the world who previously held by KVLY-TV in Blanchard, North Dakota, the U.S. and the highest free structure that previously held by the CN Tower of Toronto.
Burj Dubai to meet all the criteria of the highest structure, not only follows the antenna and accessories, but also the highest measured primary and bagunan highest inhabited part of the human CTBUH appropriate assessment (Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat). Although the total height of more than 800 meters, the highest occupied floor at 636 meters. While supporting the concrete structure as high as 574.4 meters.Burj Dubai also has the fastest elevators in the world that moves at speeds up to 16.7 meters per second or 60 kilometers per hour. This is also part of the elevator that had operated the world's highest.
The ground floor area of 334,000 square meters. Surrounded by an area of 15 hectares and includes an underground parking area for 3000 vehicles.
Burj Dubai Development which in Arabic means Dubai Tower that requires a lot of material. For example, concrete used when calculating the calculated equivalent weight of about 100,000 adult elephant.
To meet the water needs of everyday life, Burj Dubai supplied 15 million gallons of water, equivalent to 20 Olympic-standard swimming pool. While cooling facilities needed for the process of withdrawing the equivalent of 10,000 tons of ice every day. Lighting necessary for the equivalent light bulb 360,000 each 100 watts.
Total of all costs required to complete the Burj Dubai around 4.1 billion U.S. dollars, or around Rp 40 trillion. Cost is part of the investment the City Center Dubai megaproyek worth 20 billion U.S. dollars.
Burj Dubai was designed by Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, an architectural consultant in Chicago, USA. The project developer Emaar Properties is one of the largest real estate developer in the UAE. While the contractor is Samsung joint project of the Belgian Besix and local company Arabtec. Burj Dubai is located on Sheikh Zayed Road crossroad exactly Doha Street.
source : kompas
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