Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai), world’s tallest building officially opened in Dubai, 04 Jan 2010 – video report
Burj Khalifa (formerly Burj Dubai), the world’s tallest building with 200 storeys in the tower of which 160 are habitable floors and a total floor area of 334,000 sq. m. (3,595,100 sq. ft.), officially opened on Monday, January 4, 2010, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, amid tight security. Originally called Burj Dubai, the building was renamed Burj Khalifa yesterday in a tribute to Sheik Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the head of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi, who came to Dubai’s financial rescue last month. Abu Dhabi provided about $25-billion to bailout Dubai in the past year, including a $10-billion life-line in December to the state-owned conglomerate Dubai World to avoid defaulting on its debt repayments. Dubai still faces a weighty debt load of about $100-billion that its state-controlled corporations will likely have to restructure.
The Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai), dubbed a “superscraper” is the tallest man-made structure ever built, at 828 m. (2,717 ft.), surpassing the Taipei 101 at 509.2 m. (1,671 ft.) for the title. Taipei 101, also known as the Taipei Financial Center, is a landmark skyscraper in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei 101 was the tallest building in the world until it was surpassed in height by the Burj Khalifa on July 21, 2007, upon completion of the Burj’s 141st floor. However, as a completed building, Taipei 101 retained its official title as the world’s tallest building from April 15, 2004 until the opening of the Burj on January 4, 2010. Taipei 101 was the first building in the world to break the half-kilometer height mark and the first record-setting skyscraper constructed in the new millennium.
Developer Emaar Properties spent $1.5-billion U.S. on the Burj Khalifa (Burj Dubai) tower since construction began in 2004.
- 1,325 construction days since excavation began in 2004
- 22 million man hours needed to complete Burj Khalifa
- 12,000 workers required at the peak of construction
- 330,000 cubic metres of concrete used
- 39,000 tonnes of reinforced steel used
As Dan Nolan of Al Jazeera English News reports in the following video report, the Burj Khalifa’s opening is seen as part of an effort to salvage Dubai’s reputation. But will the so-called superscraper attract enough business? The 160-floor tower will be looking down at a city struggling with an economic crisis. See the following video report for more.
» Some source information from The Globe and Mail and Wikipedia.
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