The Burj Khalifa in Dubai is the world's tallest building at 828 meters high with 162 floors. It took over 6 years to construct from 2004 to 2010 using over 45,000 cubic meters of concrete and 192 foundation piles over 50 meters deep. Key aspects of its construction include its reinforced concrete mat foundation 3.7 meters thick, exterior cladding of 26,000 individually cut glass panels, mechanical systems supplying nearly 1 million liters of water daily and electrical systems powering the equivalent of 360,000 light bulbs simultaneously.

1. BURJ KHALIFA
by s.selvaprakash

2. GENERAL
 world’s tallest building
 828meters height(2717 feet)
 It contains 162 floors
 It include 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, 6 acres of
parkland, 19 residential towers, and
the 12 hectare Burj Dubai Lake.
 This building constructed in 1,325 days

3. BURJ KHALIFA CONSTRUCTION
TIMELINE
 January 2004 = Excavation started
 February 2004 = Piling started
 March 2005 = Superstructure started
 June 2006 = Level 50 reached
 January 2007 = Level 100 reached
 March 2007 = Level 110 reached
 April 2007 = Level 120 reached

4. Cont…
 May 2007 =Level 130 reached
 July 2007 =Level 141 reached - world's tallest
building
 September = 2007Level 150 reached - world's
tallest free-standing structure
 April 2008 =Level 160 reached - world's tallest
man-made structure
 January 2009 =Completion of spire - Burj Khalifa
tops out
 September 2009 =Exterior cladding competed
 January 2010 =Official launch ceremony

5. CONSTRUCTION HIGHLIGHTS
 Over 45,000 m3 (58,900 cu yd) of concrete,
weighing more than 110,000 tonnes were used to
construct the concrete and steel foundation
 which features 192 piles buried more than 50 m
(164 ft) deep

6. Cont…
 Foundation
 Exterior Cladding
 Window Washing Bays
 Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing
 Fire Safety
 Elevators & Lifts

7. FOUNDATION
Pile footing are used , The 1.5 meter
diameter x 43 meter long piles were used
Mat foundation was used, The mat is 3.7
meters thick

8. EXTERIOR CLADDING
Close to 26,000 glass panels, each
individually hand-cut, were used in the
exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa.
The cladding system is designed to
withstand Dubai's extreme summer heat

9. MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL &
PLUMBING
The tower's water system supplies an
average of 946,000 litres (250,000 gallons)
of water daily
The tower's peak electrical demand is 36mW,
equal to about 360,000 100 Watt bulbs
operating simultaneously

10. ELEVATORS & LIFTS
Burj Khalifa will be home to 57 elevators
and 8 escalators The building
service/fireman's elevator will have a
capacity of 5,500 kg and will be the
world's tallest service elevator.
Travelling at 10 metres per second, they
will have the world's longest travel
distance from lowest to highest stop.