Dubai being well known for its Oil Reserves and profits that they have gained so far, making them one of the richest country in the world, came up with a plan of changing their oil based economy to service and tourism based economy. What better than constructing the tallest building in the world, to set an eg. of international cooperation, symbolic beacon of progress and dynamic prosperity of middle east, a tangible proof of Dubai’s growing role in changing world.

1. Case Study of
Burj KhalifaBy,
Vaibhav, Jebin,Ashish,
Nirmal ,Krishna

2. Conception
• Dubai being well known for its Oil Reserves and
profits that they have gained so far, making them
one of the richest country in the world, came up
with a plan of changing their oil based economy
to service and tourism based economy.
• What better than constructing the tallest building
in the world, to set an eg. of international
cooperation, symbolic beacon of progress and
dynamic prosperity of middle east, a tangible
proof of Dubai’s growing role in changing world.

3. Enough of Oil,
lets go with
Tourism

4. CLIENT EMMAR Properties
CONSTRUCTION
MANAGER
TURNER INTERNATIONAL
GENERAL
CONTRACTOR
Samsung Joint
Venture (consisting of Samsung, Korea base contractor;
Besix, Belgium base contractor; and Arabtec, (Dubai base
Contractor) together known as SBAJV
ARCHITECT and
DESIGNER
Adrian Smith (Chicago) from the architecture firm
Skidmore, Owings& Merrill.
SUB-
CONTRACTORS
More than 100 at a time on Site.

7. Highlights of Construction
Management
• Achieving 3 days cycle for structural work:
The tower consists of more than 160 floors & to be completed within a
very tight schedule Hence, the following key construction technologies
were incorporated to achieve the 3-day cycle set for the concrete works:
• Auto Climbing formwork system (ACS).
• Rebar pre-fabrication.
• High performance concrete suitable for providing high strength, high
durability requirement, high modulus, and pumping.
• Advanced concrete pumping technology (BSA-14000 SHP-D).
• Simple drop head formwork system that can be dismantled and assembled
quickly with minimum labor requirement.
• Column/Wall proceeding method, part of ACS formwork system.

8. • Optimum Transportation:
They developed an optimum transportation
systems with large capacity high speed
equipments to carry raw material and pre-
fabricated components.
• Management of Labour:
They managed to get sufficient cheap labour
from South-Asian countries like INDIA, PAKISTAN,
BANGLADESH, SRILANKA etc.
• Managed to keep the pace of the work even in
adverse conditions.

9. • Management of SBAJV.
Efficent management of three different firms from three
different corners of the world, giving them specified job over
limited period of time.
• Effective Use of Softwares:
Softwares such as PRIMAVERA and MICROSOFT
PROJECT(MSP) were efficiently used in design and to assist
project managers in developing plans, assigning resources to
tasks, tracking progress, managing budgets and analyzing
workloads .

10. Causes for OverRun
• Dubai Bubble Burst (2008, borrowed 10b$)
• Change in Design of Apartments and Luxury
finishes.
• Increase in height of structure. (808 m to 828m)
• Armani Hotel.
• Conflicts between Labourers and Management
over wages and increasing death toll.
• Change in Labour Law that occurred during the
construction.

11. Figures
• 1.5- billion USD. Total cost after escalation
• 828- height of building in metre (tallest ever).
• 160-number of storeys.
• 95- Distance(km) from where Spire is visible.
• 504- rise in metre of main service lift (highest)
• 64- speed of lift in Km/hr.
• 1.25- deflection(m) of Spire’s central position.

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