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    Taipei 101

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    [pic] Table of Contents Page No. i. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 ii. Taipei Architect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 iii. Concept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 iv. The Building . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 v. Snubbers

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    Damper

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    I. The first structure element of Taipei 101 is its tuned mass damper. As we know‚ earthquake and typhoon always occur in Taipei [Video presentation: effect of earthquake]. On 12 May 2008 a province in China experienced an earthquake which the tremors to be felt in Taiwan. So what is the best way to protect the skyscraper from collapse when the disasters occur? As skyscraper Taipei 101 installs the tuned mass damper insert the building on at level 87th to 91th. A. To ensure the tuned mass damper

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    built: 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m or 2‚121 ft) Tallest freestanding structure: 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m or 1‚815 ft) Tallest skyscraper (to top of spire): 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m or 1‚671 ft) Tallest skyscraper to top of antenna: 829.8 m (2‚722 ft) (previously the Willis (formerly Sears) Tower – 527 m or 1‚729 ft) Building with most floors: 163 (previously World Trade Center – 110)[21] Building with world’s

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    as your elevator companion—at least you would not be bored if the elevator broke down between floors 176 and 177. So‚ what is the fastest elevator in the world? The REAL fastest elevator in the world can be found in the world’s tallest building‚ Taipei 101‚ and in 2006 the Guinness Book of Records officially certified it as the fastest elevator in the world. Ground breaking technology means that the world’s fastest elevator‚ built by Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp‚ has an eye-watering

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    meters and feet. Note that this list is for buildings and does not include towers or other structures such as antennas. A building specifically is a structure designed for residential‚ business‚ or manufacturing use‚ and it has floors. Taipei 101Taipei‚ Taiwan (2004‚ 509m‚ 1‚670 ft.) Petronas Tower 1‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia (1998‚ 452 m‚ 1‚483 ft.) Petronas Tower 2‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia (1998‚ 452m‚ 1‚483 ft.) Sears Tower‚ Chicago‚ IL USA (1974‚ 442m‚ 1‚450 ft.) Jin Mao Building

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    Burj Khalifa

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    Burj Khalifa — The World’s Tallest Tower Burj Khalifa lifts the world’s head proudly skywards‚ surpassing limits and expectations. Rising gracefully from the desert and honouring Dubai with a new glow. Burj Khalifa is at the heart of Dubai and its people; the centre for the world’s finest shopping‚ dining and entertainment and home for the world’s elite. Burj Khalifa’s Grand Vision World’s tallest building. A living wonder. Stunning work of art. Incomparable feat of engineering. Burj Khalifa

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    Analysis Of Burj Khalifa

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    competitiveness of the construction companies involved in the market. For example‚ Samsung Engineering‚ which is the main construction company of the Burj Khalifa project‚ was able to involve itself in Dubai as its previous construction experiences for the Taipei 101 Tower and Petronas Tower. Companies obtain a reputation as the constructor of the world’s tallest skyscraper‚ a development that required the use of various cutting edge technologies throughout the process of construction of Burj Khalifa. On the

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    construction in the Emirate of Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates September 21‚ 2004 was the completion of restructuring of State in the first of October 2009‚ and formally opened on January 4‚ 2010‚ to become the world ’s highest building immediately replace the Taipei 101 in Taiwan Properties The top of the tower includes a balcony view open to the public‚ and also the highest mosque‚ the higher the restaurant‚ and the highest swimming pool‚ as well as the numbers belonging to components of the tower‚ which

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    Burj Khalifa

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    (one thousand four hundred and eighty-two feet) are thirty-two feet taller than Chicago’s Sears Tower (or Willis Tower‚ as it is now called); the Shanghai World Financial Center is about a hundred and thirty feet taller than the Petronas Towers; Taipei 101‚ in Taiwan‚ is fifty feet taller than the Shanghai tower; and so on. But the Burj Khalifa represents a quantum leap over these midgets. Even if you put the Chrysler Building on top of the Empire State Building‚ that still wouldn’t equal its height

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    love is able to say sorry

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    Original paragraphs 1. Of the more than 1000 bicycling deaths each year‚ three-fourths are caused by head injuries. Half of those killed are school- age children. One study concluded that wearing a bike helmet can reduce the risk of head injury by 85 percent. In an accident‚ a bike helmet absorbs the shock and cushions the head. From "Bike Helmets: Unused life savers"‚ consumer reports (May 1990): 348. 2. While the Sears Tower is arguably the greatest achievement in skyscraper engineering so far

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