Burj Al Khalifa Tower Project
Burj Khalifa Tower
Phaedra Rosengarth, Joseph Barlow, Steve Corrales, Vanthea Chhim, and Kenneth Gottschalk
ITT Tech - Lathrop
Burj al Khalifa Tower
The Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft). The Burj Khalifa skyscraper is a world-class destination and the magnificent centerpiece of Downtown Dubai, Dubai 's new urban masterpiece.
Cost of Construction The Burj Khalifa tower was reported to cost an estimate of $4.1 Billion. The construction of the Burj Khalifa required 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, the foundation alone using over 45,000. This foundation consists of 192 concrete piles, which are each buried 50 meters beneath the surface. 31,400 metric tons of steel rebar were used to reinforce the concrete. All this rebar laid end to end would stretch over more than a quarter of the Earth. In addition to concrete and steel, other major materials used are glass, silicone, and aluminum, which make up the outside façade of the tower. The 132,000 square meter curtain wall façade of the Burj Khalifa is made of aluminum, silicone, and glass. It consists of over 24,000 panels specially designed to save energy (Betancourt, Coen, Garcia, & MacKay). The building features more than 1.8 million square feet (174,000 square meters) of Guardian SunGuard Solar Silver 20 and Guardian ClimaGuard NLT Low-E. Together these Guardian products offer superior solar and thermal performance. The glass provides an anti-glare shield for the strong desert sun, and a high light reflectance to keep the interior from overheating. It also has to withstand extreme desert temperature swings and strong winds (“Guardian glass covers the Burj Khalifa--Burj Residence project also uses Guardian glass,” 2010).
Challenges/Obstacles of Construction
The first challenge the designers and engineers had to overcome was wind - the engineers
Phaedra Rosengarth, Joseph Barlow, Steve Corrales, Vanthea Chhim, and Kenneth Gottschalk
ITT Tech - Lathrop
Burj al Khalifa Tower
The Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration, is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the tallest man-made structure in the world, at 829.8 m (2,722 ft). The Burj Khalifa skyscraper is a world-class destination and the magnificent centerpiece of Downtown Dubai, Dubai 's new urban masterpiece.
Cost of Construction The Burj Khalifa tower was reported to cost an estimate of $4.1 Billion. The construction of the Burj Khalifa required 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, the foundation alone using over 45,000. This foundation consists of 192 concrete piles, which are each buried 50 meters beneath the surface. 31,400 metric tons of steel rebar were used to reinforce the concrete. All this rebar laid end to end would stretch over more than a quarter of the Earth. In addition to concrete and steel, other major materials used are glass, silicone, and aluminum, which make up the outside façade of the tower. The 132,000 square meter curtain wall façade of the Burj Khalifa is made of aluminum, silicone, and glass. It consists of over 24,000 panels specially designed to save energy (Betancourt, Coen, Garcia, & MacKay). The building features more than 1.8 million square feet (174,000 square meters) of Guardian SunGuard Solar Silver 20 and Guardian ClimaGuard NLT Low-E. Together these Guardian products offer superior solar and thermal performance. The glass provides an anti-glare shield for the strong desert sun, and a high light reflectance to keep the interior from overheating. It also has to withstand extreme desert temperature swings and strong winds (“Guardian glass covers the Burj Khalifa--Burj Residence project also uses Guardian glass,” 2010).
Challenges/Obstacles of Construction
The first challenge the designers and engineers had to overcome was wind - the engineers
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