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Burj Khalifa
The Burj Khalifa (formerly known as Burj Dubai) is the world's tallest building at 828 meters (2,717 ft). Located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the skyscraper took five years to build and opened in January 2010.
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The tallest building in Dubai, is the Burj Dubai. It is 818 M/ 2,684 FT tall. It was finished being built on January 17, 2009. The Burj Dubai is also currently standing as the tallest building in the world.
Who designed burj khalifa in Dubai?
Adrian Smith of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrell (Now with Adrian Smith+Gordon Gill Architecture) designed the Burj Khalifa (it was previously called the Burj Dubai).
He also designed other great skyscrapers including Trump International Hotel and Tower (Chicago) and Jin Mao Tower (Shanghai)
How much is a room in Burj Khalifa per night?
Unfortunately, there is not a Bur Dubai hotel. However, there are hotels in Bur Dubai. The average night for the hotels in Bur Bubai around $136.00. If you plan ahead, you should be able to get a good deal on dates further out.
How tall in shiekh hamdan of Dubai?
It is just over a half mile high at 828 meters, or 2717 feet tall. The arhitect was SOM, and it was given the title worlds tallest building on January 29, on its date of completion, passing the Taipei 101 tower of Taipei Taiwan, which currently stands at 508 meters (1,667 ft) high. Thers has been confusion with whether the burj khalifia is located on the continent of Asia or Africa, and the truth is that it lies on Asia. So the taipei 101 building is no longer the tallest building in Asia, and the Shanghai World finance Center is now ranked Asias third tallest building.
On 21st September, 2004 construction began on the Burj Khalifa (Khalifa Tower), then known as the Burj Dubai. It's exterior was completed on 1st October, 2009. Burj Khalifa was opened on 4th January, 2010.
Would the earth's curvature be seen from top of Burj Dubai?
It is impossible to see the curvature of the earth from the first three layers of the atmosphere...
Also, it is impossible to see the curvature of the earth from an aeroplane (which flies up to 28,000 feet) whereas the Burj Khalifa's spire reaches only 2,723 feet.
Hence proved, we cannot see the curvature of the earth from the Burj Kahlifa...
Ofcourse, you can go there and try it yourself...
How long did it take Burj Khalifa to be made?
Burj Khalifa took 5 years to be built. The construction began on 21 September 2004, and the exterior of the structure completed on 1 October 2009. The building officially opened on 4 January 2010.
Is the Burj Dubai the tallest building in the world?
a burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world
It is currently the tallest building ever built; it is 818 metres tall and has 160 floors.
There are currently plans in the works to build even taller buildings.
What are old tenement buildings like?
One style that is common in parts of New England has 3 levels where each floor is more or less similar as the floor below. More or less the same square footage and room layout. There is likely to be a basement also. The roof might be close to flat or there could be a peaked roof given snow conditions. There are some examples visible in the movie Good Will Hunting. Tenements can be larger or have more stories. For the most part the housing was popular with lower income areas and maybe areas with high immigrant populations. Stories and other references can be found if you do a search.
Define tender and types of tender?
There are three types of tendering methods used in construction industry!
1. Open Tendering
2. Selective Tendering
3. Negotiated Tendering.
Open tender is an arrangement where an advertisement in local newspapers or trade journals invites contractors to apply for tender documents.
A deposit is usually required to ensure that only serious offers are made;
Presumably it is needed to cover the cost of copying the documents. Local authorities have been advised against open tendering because it often leads to excessive tender lists where the cost of abortive tendering is considerable. There are instances of selection criteria being applied after the tender has been submitted, so a bid could be rejected if a contractor does not belong to an approved trade association.
Advantages of Open Tender
The main advantage of such tendering is as follow:
- Give high level of competition and contractors tend to give best prices as compare to other tendering method
- There is no list of restrictive tenderer, which does not allow favoritism
- It is very transparent process which ensures that only the contractor with the best price and meeting all the technical requirements will win the tender.
- This process is usually manage by procurement board where its staff are trained for such exercises and board ensure that all the procedures involved in tender are followed.
Disadvantages of Open Tender
The low price usually detriment of quality and often result in the client obtaining poor quality job and late completion of work.
Given that its open tender and thus there are no restrictions on the number of contractor who can bid and become bulky and lengthy job for tender analyses which often result in delays and high cost.
Selective tender: Selective tendering consists of drawing up a list of chosen firms and asking them to tender. It is by far the most common arrangement because it allows price to be the deciding criterion; all other selection factors will have been dealt with at the pre-qualification stage. There are three ways in which selective tendering lists are drawn up:
- An advertisement may produce several interested contractors and suitable Firms are selected to tender.
- The consultants may contact those they would wish to put on an ad-hoc list.
- Many local authorities and national bodies keep approved lists of contractors in certain categories, such as work type and cost range. Contractors who ask to be included on select lists of tenderer are usually asked to provide information about their financial and technical performance, particularly about the type of work under consideration. The National Joint Consultative Committee for Building (NJCC) has written the 'Standard form of tendering questionnaire - private edition' so contractors can prepare answers to relevant questions in advance. The questions mainly deal with projects carried out during the previous three years. Once the form has been completed, it can be used for specific projects or for those compiling lists of selected contractors.
Ngotiated Tender :under this method normally one contractor is approached and such tender mainly used for specialist work such as lift system or airport project at big level, in such case there are limited number of contractor who do such work in the market .it is based on one-to-one discussion with contractors to negotiated the terms of contract
What is the latitude and longitude of the Burj Khalifa?
Latitude: N 25° 11' 49.7", Longitude: E 55° 16' 26.8"
Is the shard bigger than the burj khalifa?
No, it's not! Burj Khalifa is massive compared to it. But I'll tell you what is bigger: The Tower of Paradise in France. It is 2,888 feet high. It is also called the Eifel Tower's Twin because it was built in the same country. It is almost 2,000 years old.
Winner: Tower of Paradise.
How many steps dose the berj khalifa have?
The Burj Khalifa has a total of 2,909 steps from the ground to the observation deck on the 148th floor. However, the building is primarily designed for elevators, and the stairwells are used mainly for emergency purposes. Only a small portion of the steps is accessible to the public, and most visitors use the elevators to reach the observation areas.
Which is the highest building in the world Burj Khalifa or eiffle tower?
the Burj khalifa is a lot taller then the Eiffel tower its bout another 500 metres taller than the Eiffel tower , the Eiffel tower is 325 metres and the Burj khalifa is 828 metres
The Taipei 101 tower was succeeded by the Burj Khalifa as the world's tallest building.
When will the Seasons Community in Dubai be built?
The Developer says by the last quarter of 2009 though the contracts says June 2008. However the banks who finance the property is 'optimistic' that it can be completed in 2010 or even their lending is secured even if the delivery happens in 2011. Hopefully by 2010!
How many apartments are in Burj Khalifa?
There are 900 private residential apartments in Burj Khalifa, located on floors 2 - 108.
The length of the Dubai Emirate is around 75 Km (from Sharjah Emirate to the border of Abu Dhabi Emirate). The City Dubai from the Sharjah side to the Jebel Ali Port is 45 Km. But the coming years Dubai City will spread out when the Palm Jebel Ali & Dubai Waterfront are ready. Map with distances: www.startpagedubai.com/maps/Dubai-map-with-distances-in-km.htm
Why is the Burj Khalifa called the Burj Khalifa?
The Burj Khalifa means "Khalifa tower" in Arabic. It is named for Sheikh Khalifa (Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan), the emir of Abu Dhabi and president of the United Arab Emirates.
The Burj Khalifa is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the world's tallest building since 2010. Originally it was called the Burj Dubai, but problems with the financing and marketing of the huge structure led to seeking outside capital, which was provided by the ruler of the neighboring emirate of Abu Dhabi.
