Worlds Tallest Building: Burj Khalifa

Hashy's picture
Submitted by Hashy on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 12:47

m0rnin’

And now we have, this behemoth. =)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Burj_Dubai-Dubai3214.JPG

The Burj Khalifa, formerly known as the Burj Dubai, stands at 828metres (2,717feet), and has taken 6 years to complete.
160 habitable floors, 334,000 m2 of floor space for various uses including Accomodation/Hotels, Restaurants, Observation, and 55 floors for Mechanical, and also 3 floors for Communications & Broadcasting too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BurjDubaiHeight.svg

So what I want to know is, with all those floors for “mechanical” usage, when does the thing transform and get up to move?

I’m guessing in 30 odd years when the base is underwater xD

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Robag's picture

omfg

Submitted by Robag on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 12:55.

i so want to spit off the top of that thing lol

nice find hashy

ta
Robag

Hashy's picture

Aussie company gets contract to clean the Burj Khalifa's windows

Submitted by Hashy on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 13:43.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/01/05/2785658.htm?section=australia

n0mad's picture

What a view!

Submitted by n0mad on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 15:57.

A great Vid 0f s0me0ne filming fr0m it’s t0p…………..

n0mad

Sha8doW's picture

Mech

Submitted by Sha8doW on Tue, 05/01/2010 - 18:58.

sorry to disipoint you hashy, it wont transform. the Mech areas are floors for mechanical plant i.e. Air condensing units, boiler rooms, IT areas.

what gets me is with only 160 floors, 55 of which are dedicated as Mechanical plant… it means that its every 3rd floor!

worlds highest mosque…. (nope im not going to say it)

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