BURJ KHALIFA SAFFA ROSHAN

ADVANCE BUILDING MATERIALS

BURJ KHALIFA FACTS

“Burj Kahlifa” world’s tallest building.

Height : 829.8m (2,722 ft).
Occupied Floor area : 33,31,100 sq. ft.
Consists of 163 floors, plus 46 maintenance
levels and 2 parking levels in basement.
Situated in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
WHY IT IS CONSTRUCTED ?

It is constructed to change Dubai’s economy from

an oil based to one that is service and tourism
based.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice
president of UAE and constitutional monarch of
Dubai.
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS
Construction started in 6 January 2004.
Completed in 2 December 2009.
Construction cost “USD $ 1.5 billion” (9,117,93,75,000.00 in Rs).
Chief Architect: Adrian Smith atSOM.
Developer: Emaar Properties.
Structural engineer: Bill Baker at SOM.
Main contractor: Samsung Engineering and Construction
Company.
 Structural steel
Braced Frame System

Reinforced Concrete
Core wall/Frame System
CASTING OF CONSTRUCTION
The soil stratum of Dubai is very week so they had to excavate up to
50m deep to get a hard rock structure.
But the rock that they found was fragile and saturated with
ground water and is having holes.
The engineers filled this holes with a viscous polymer slurry.
194 piles were constructed to avoid sinking of this structure.
Over 30,000 tons of steel were used.
About 250,000 m2 concrete wasused.
CASTING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED

High performance concrete(HPC) is used which has Low

permeability and High durability.
C80-C60 cube strength concrete was used.
For reducing cracks due to high temperature concreting was
done only at night.
They used heavy pumps which can pump 25000 tons of
concrete to 150th floor in 14 minutes.
They completed every new floor in 3 days.
CASTING OF CONSTRUCTION CONTINUED
The three wing shaped basement allow for greater
building height by buttressing one another by a central
core.
It is called as Hexagonal Hub.
This hub is surrounded by the three wings.
These three wings afford the torsional
resistance and the twisting of the tower.
FLOOR PLANS
Communication and broadcast

Corporate Suits

World's second highest

outdoor observation deck

At.mosphere
Restaurant

Mechanical

Residential Rooms

Armani Hotels
As with any tall building, wind plays a major
factor in the construction and design process.

In order to begin building, the design team of

Burj Khalifa conducted over 40 wind tunnel tests
at Guelph, Ontario, Canada.

The 3D analysis and dynamic analysis indicated that

the tower sways 1.5m at its highest point.

Engineers spent months in wind tunnels with

scale models perfecting this “Y” shaped design.
Wind could strike the tower from any one
direction and the opposing leg of the “Y” would
remain unstressed.
During the construction of the Burj Khalifa people from
all over the world came to work on different aspects of
the building.

During the height of construction over 12,000 workers

were on site every day, and after all was said and done
over 60 contractor companies had made their mark on
this extraordinary project.

Managing all these people and all these operations was

no small task that was only complicated by the extreme
conditions of the building site.
Impressive safety measures were implemented
throughout the building of the Burj Khalifa.

Workers initially were put through an extensive

training course.

The higher you climbed the more thorough was the

safety, which also depended on the type of work
that was to be done.

Strict, “almost military like” rules (Mohammad Moiz Al

Deen, health and safety manager at Burj Khalifa)
including a strict no smoking policy were enforced
throughout the project, with over 100 people being
fired for various incidents.
 WINDOW CLEANING
To wash the 24,348 windows, a horizontal track has been installed on the exterior of Burj
Khalifa at levels 40, 73, and 109.
Each track holds a 1,500 kg bucket machine which moves horizontally and
then vertically using heavy cables.
Above level 109, up to tier 27 traditional cradles from davits are used.
The top of the spire, however, it is reserved for specialist window cleaners, who brave
the heights and high winds, dangling on ropes to clean and inspect the top of the
pinnacle.
 ADDITIONAL FEATURES

Burj has 9 Refuge Rooms for every 30 floors which can resist fire for more than 2
hours.
The Burj utilizes solar power, nearly 378 panels having an area of 1020 sq.m.
These panels have the ability to heat 140,000 lit of water when supplied with
just 7 hours of day light.
The Evacuation system of Burj Khalifa is self controlled whenever it
recognizes smoke or fire it will automatically puts out that by special
mechanism.
CONCLUSION
Tallest Building built by man.
Several new techniques were introduced while
constructing burj khalifa.
The construction of the Burj Khalifa proves that height
doesn't matter in any civil engineering construction.