The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates is the world's tallest building at 828 meters tall. It has 163 floors and took over 6 years to build from 2004-2010 at a cost of $1.5 billion. The Burj Khalifa holds numerous records for height, floors, and other superlatives such as the highest outdoor and indoor observation decks. It was designed by architect Adrian Smith and developed by Emaar Properties.

2. world’s tallest building
Certified by : Council on Tall Buildings
and Urban Habitat ( CTBUH)
Location : 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Boulevard, Dubai
United Arab Emirates
project manager : Greg Sang
Construction started : 6th January 2004
Completed : 30th December 2009
Opening : 4th January 2010
Cost : USD$ 1.5 billion
Architectural style : Neo-futurism
Website : www.burjkhalifa.ae

4. Height and technical details
Architectural : 828m [2717 ft ]
Tip : 829.8m [2722 ft ]
Roof : 828m [2717 ft ]
Top floor : 584.5m [1918 ft ]
Observatory : 555.7m [1823 ft ]
Floor count : 154 usable floors,
9 maintenance levels,
46 spire levels, and 2 below
ground parking levels.
Floor area : 3,09,473m [3,331,100 sq ft]
Lifts/ elevators : 57 [ 55 single deck and 2
double deck]

6. DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Architect : Adrian Smith
Developer : Emaar properties
Structural engineer : Bill Baker
Main contractors : Samsung Engineering and
Construction Company,Besix
and Arabtec.
construction project manager
Turner construction Grocon,
Planning Middle East
Foundation, Lift contractor
Otis

7. objectives
 World’s tallest structure that includes residential space
 World’s highest observation deck ( 148th floor)
 World’s highest outdoor observation deck ( 124th floor)
 World’s highest installation of aluminium and glass
façade
 World’s highest night club (144th floor)
 World’s highest restaurant (122th floor)
 World’s highest new year display of fireworks
 Tallest skyscraper
 Building with most floors :163
 World’s longest travel distance elevators
 Building with world’s highest occupied floor
 Highest vertical concrete pumping

12. Budget
In March 2009 , Mohammed Ali Alabbar ,
chairman of the project’s developer ,Emaar
Properties ,said office space pricing at Burj
Khalifa reached US$4000 per sq.ft and the
Armani Residences ,also in Burj Khalifa sold
For US$3500 per sq.ft .
He estimated the total cost for the project
to be about US$1.5 billion

13. periodof construction
January 2004 : Excavation commences
February 2004 : Piling starts
21 September 2004 : Emaar contractors began
construction
March 2005 : Structure of Burj Khalifa
starts rising.
June 2006 : Level 50 is reached
February 2007 : passes the Sears Tower as
the building with the
most floors.
13th May 2007 : Reached 130th floors

14. 1st September 2008 : Height tops 688m,surpassing
the previous record holder
Warsaw Radio Mast , Poland.
1st October 2009 : Exterior of the building
completed.
4th January 2010 : Burj Khalifa’s official launch
ceremony and it opened.
4th january 2010 : Burj Dubai was renamed as
Burj Khalifa in the honour
of president of UAE and the
ruler of Abu Dhabi , Sheik
Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan
10th March 2010 : Certifies Burj Khalifa as
world’s Tallest Building.

16. RESOURCES
 The primary structure is reinforced concrete .
 Super high pressure trailer concrete pump .
 Used 330,000m cube,55000 tones of steel rebar.
 22 million man-hours .
 3 tower cranes were used during the construction of upper most
levels ,each capable of lifting 25 tonne load.
 The remaining structure is constructed of lighter steel .
 A high density , low permeability concrete was used in the
foundation
 A cathodic protection system is used to minimize any
detrimental effects from corrosive chemicals in local ground
water.
 It is highly compartmentalised with air –conditioned floors

17. Construction methodand technology
 The Burj Dubai Tower utilizes the latest advancements
in construction techniques and material technology.
 The walls are formed using Doka’s SKE 100 automatic
self climbing formwork system.
 The cranes have been specially modified to be able to
lift the extreme lengths of cable required.
 High speed ,high capacity construction hoists were
used to transport the workers and materials to the
working place.
 An extensive program of wind tunnel tests and other
studies were under taken by the wind tunnel
consultant.
 A specialized GPS monitoring system has been
developed to monitor the verticality of the structure.