The Abraj Al Bait Tower, also known as the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower, is a mega-tall structure in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, with a height of 1,972 feet and capacity for 100,000 people. The tower features a four-faced clock, numerous luxurious accommodations, and a shopping mall, but it has also sparked controversies concerning its height relative to the Masjid al-Haram. Despite objections, it is considered beneficial to Saudi Arabia's economy by providing facilities for pilgrims visiting for Hajj and Umrah.

1. ABRAJ AL BAIT TOWER

2. INTRODUCTION:
A. Other Name: Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower
B. Mega Tall Structural
C. Location: Makkah,KSA
D. Civil Structural Company: Dar Al- Handasah Group
E. Main contractor: Saudi Bin Ladin Group
F. 5-Story: Shopping Mall
G. Parking: 1000 vehicles
H. Height: 1,972 feet
I. Accommodate: 100,000 people
J. Clock Faces: 43 m × 43 m
K. Islamic Museum
L. Lunar Observation Center

3. FEATURES:
A. Four-Faced Clock, visible From 25 km
B. Floor required: 120
C. Clock--above ground: 1,300 ft.
D. Illuminated: 2 million LED lights
E. Golden domes
F. 21,000 white and green colors lights
G. New Year: 16 bands of vertical lights from
10 km up into the sky.
H. 98 million pieces of glass mosaics.
I. Minute hand: 72 ft. longer
J. Hour hand: 56 ft. longer

4. Crescent and Spire:
A. Spire: 93 m
B. High golden crescent: 23 m
C. Lunar gallery, Control tower
D. Premier Composite Technology
E. Crescent: fiber glass-backed mosaic gold,
weighs up to 35 tones
F. Muslim Eids and new Hijri years
G. 16-beam light illuminate

5. Construction fire incidents:
A. 1st Fire struck the Hajar Tower on 28 October
2008
B. 400 firefighters--10 hours-- nine floors.
C. No injuries
D. 2nd fire struck Safa tower on 1 May 2009

6. Comparison of some notable four-face clocks at the same scale:
Top-left: Metropolitan life insurance company tower
Bottom-left: Allen-bradley clock tower
Middle: Abraj al bait tower
Top-right: Palace of Westminster clock tower
Bottom-right: Kremlin clock

8. Interior Of Al Abraj Tower:
A. Fairmont Hotel
B. Hotel Story: 76
C. King Abdul Aziz Endowment
Project

9. Spa and Fitness
Accommodation
A. Fairmont Hotel Spa
B. Male and Female health clubs
C. Open from 10 am till 10 pm daily,
seven days per week
D. 1542 Guest rooms and suites
E. Elevators: 76
F. Royal Floor

10. Events:
A. Full service dining
B. 8 state of art meeting rooms
C. 3,200 sq. meters of flexible
event space over 2 floors

11. This is first tallest building in the Muslim central state of revolution of skyscape.It is not
good for Muslim central state to build in front of masjid of Al Haram of Makkah. There
are many other controversies on the building of this tower. Like In Islam do not build your
houses and other else taller than minaret of majid. But it is benefical for Saudi Arabia
economic structure from hajji comes from other Islamic countries for ummarah and hajji
to provide them accommodation and dining facilities.