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malec
May 28, 2006, 8:40 PM
On the 45th or 46th floor

By AltinD:

28/05/2006


http://i4.tinypic.com/10ynndj.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10ynpu1.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10ynt34.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10ynwxe.jpg




More (same composition) from a different angle:


http://i4.tinypic.com/10yo1n6.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10yo31d.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10yor4h.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10yov2e.jpg


As you can see, facade testing has started :cheers:



Ok, ok ... 2 more:

http://i4.tinypic.com/10yoxu1.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10yoyyp.jpg


By Imre:

Tonight :)

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z32ur.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z35eb.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z35tc.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z366r.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z36mc.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z36za.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z38kh.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z38te.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z3954.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/10z39ee.jpg

Jonovision
May 28, 2006, 11:08 PM
GLASS!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't expect to see any facade at least until the end of summer! This is amazing!!!:cheers:

:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

R@ptor
May 28, 2006, 11:12 PM
LAST PAGE (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=61955&page=80)

Facts:

Height: 808m (2650ft)
Floors: 162
Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Developer: EMAAR Properties
General Contractor: Samsung Construction Company
Construction Companies: Arab Technical Construction Co. & Besix

- An observation deck will be located on the 124th floor

- Scheduled to be opened on 30th December 2008

- Will have the fastest elevators in the world with a speed of 700m/min (42.3 kmh / 26.1 mph)


http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6874/burjdubai2small6ax.jpg

http://www.burjdubaiskyscraper.com/2005/renders/dubai.jpg

Daquan13
May 28, 2006, 11:53 PM
I think they started doing that for some time now.

-GR2NY-
May 30, 2006, 6:45 PM
^ ^ Funny that when I mentioned they were putting up some of the facade a month ago, everyone thought I was nuts.

Slugbelch
May 31, 2006, 2:19 PM
Taken around the 24th:
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7227/bd44storeys0bw.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd44storeys0bw.jpg)

Bergenser
May 31, 2006, 6:13 PM
great, can`t wait to see more GLASS! :) :cheers:

Slugbelch
Jun 5, 2006, 12:23 PM
Webcam finally working. It was down forever and was hoping for an upgrade...


nope. No progress on this part of Dubai.

The wings have caught up with the core though.

UrbanSoldier
Jun 5, 2006, 9:29 PM
OMG!!! The glass is beautiful, even if it's only 4 panels!

It looks like it's navy blue and silver. The Burj Dubai never ceases to amaize me!

Slugbelch
Jun 7, 2006, 12:24 AM
I think this is the first shot from on top of the thing:
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/138/bdtop4mu.jpg

Lee J Buividas
Jun 7, 2006, 2:32 AM
Interesting that the signs are in english!

Lee J Buividas

Lecom
Jun 7, 2006, 2:42 AM
Sweet updates! Glass! Views from the top! Good stuff. This is a milestone in the tower's progress.

Slugbelch
Jun 7, 2006, 3:47 AM
Core 3 in this direction, I guess.

It looks like the mall in the background, but I wonder what they will put in the empty ground in the distance? Because after that, it starts to get hazy.

If I had an Armani apt. where he is standing and had this view of the rooftop of the big, fat mall, I would hope that there would be something nicer to look at in the future.

Jonovision
Jun 7, 2006, 7:12 PM
Isn't all that land in the background for Bussiness Bay?

malec
Jun 7, 2006, 10:29 PM
Business bay is to the right of that pic I think

jamesinclair
Jun 8, 2006, 1:30 AM
Interesting that the signs are in english!

Lee J Buividas

I believe that the workers are mostly for India, and they are probably more familiar with english than arab.

WonderlandPark
Jun 8, 2006, 2:00 AM
Who is that guy? One of the posters here? Or just someone else's photo from the internet?

Slugbelch
Jun 8, 2006, 2:36 AM
^puliskalawakan from flickr. He was a visitor to the site around 3-22-06. He also posted the model and the construction site pic ground level also:
http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/9452/bd322069ml.jpg
(All were posted in the Middle East forum)
BTW, another one from there. Old but good:
http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/7153/bd4066st.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8130/bd410622to.jpg

Fabb
Jun 8, 2006, 5:51 AM
It's probably been said before, but, the number of cranes is amazing.

nergie
Jun 8, 2006, 6:18 PM
It's probably been said before, but, the number of cranes is amazing.

I am currently in Dubai while on project. I have been here numerous times, but today I took the Big Bus tour and I am still in shock at what is going on in this Emirate. Absolutely unbelievable, I do not understand what is driving all this but good for Dubai.

Slugbelch
Jun 9, 2006, 10:29 PM
From one of the sites working on it:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8268/bdfuture20068gn.jpg

http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/9672/bdfuture200625ta.jpg

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/6927/bdmay20064se.jpg

Slugbelch
Jun 9, 2006, 11:23 PM
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3696/bdmodel1small5xb.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7649/bdmodel2small6oy.jpg

Supersize versions in the Middle East forum.

Daquan13
Jun 9, 2006, 11:37 PM
Nice updated avatar, Daquan.

...so much for the 1000th post in the thread



Thanks!

choyak1
Jun 10, 2006, 1:41 AM
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/3696/bdmodel1small5xb.jpg
HAHAHA the ceiling tile had to be removed to fit the spire in!!!

If this is how the lighting will be, I can only say EXCEPTIONAL!!!

Joey D
Jun 10, 2006, 3:03 AM
^ Remarkable. Simply Remarkable.

Slugbelch
Jun 10, 2006, 4:51 AM
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7649/bdmodel2small6oy.jpg

It looks like you can see through the water to the bottom and still see the structure, sort of.

Supersize versions in the Middle East forum.

James Bond Agent 007
Jun 10, 2006, 5:06 AM
That model makes it look like it's dressed up for Christmas. :D

some_stupid_nut
Jun 11, 2006, 5:07 AM
It best flash different colors and have strobes and amaze the masses and cause seizures!

Fabb
Jun 11, 2006, 6:38 AM
The other buildings look ridiculously small.

Daquan13
Jun 11, 2006, 12:45 PM
That model makes it look like it's dressed up for Christmas. :D



Yeah, also notice the shorter towers around it, also looking like little Xmas trees as well.

Fury
Jun 11, 2006, 7:39 PM
From one of the sites working on it:

You wouldn't want to elaborate on that site, would you ? :D

alphawolf
Jun 11, 2006, 9:56 PM
That model makes it look like it's dressed up for Christmas. :D

I would buy one as a christmas tree.

Fury
Jun 11, 2006, 11:15 PM
You wouldn't want to elaborate on that site, would you ? :D


Found it ... Arabtec. Some interesting info there on tiers, heights, usage, etc. Nice monthly progress pics from the same perspective too. Check it out all ...

http://www.arabtecuae.com/Burj/Default.aspx

:cheers:

Slugbelch
Jun 12, 2006, 12:01 PM
Good diggin' Fury.:tup:

I gave a few hints, but I see you found it.

BTW, I'm surprised nobody found it yet. It had been there for almost a year now. I found it some time ago, but like with Doka, they are waaay late in posting photos and updates. The monthy BD photos I posted in the Middle East forums (post 72 (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=71308&page=3)) didn't show up until March of this year. At least they backdated and posted monthly pics from last year. Lets hope they are just as interested about the tower as we are and be more active on their website.

The other buildings look ridiculously small.
I believe modelmakers do that on purpose as to not distract from what they are promoting. In the Saudi Economic City thread (M.E. forum), I posted a model of the city. They actually made the 100 floor tower out of crystal as to not be a distraction.

Ktulured55
Jun 12, 2006, 7:08 PM
What's cool about the pics on that site.. .is if you look at all the months and look at the buidlings under construction in the backround, you can see them grow too!!!!

Just look at like December or January, and then click on May, huge difference in the backround skyline.

Good website!!!!:tup:

Slugbelch
Jun 12, 2006, 7:43 PM
From flickr 6-10-06:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8650/bd6100610hk.jpg
mall behind it:
http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/2687/dubaimall610065py.jpg

SoMaSF415
Jun 13, 2006, 7:25 AM
What is going to happen when half these buildings under construction in Dubai are not occupied? One thing is for certain there is a lot of money flowing through that place and the world's tallest building is still on track...

Slugbelch
Jun 13, 2006, 2:29 PM
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/6738/bdsmall6120624om.jpg
w/mall:
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/5302/bdsmall6120617ph.jpg

3 supersize versions in the M.E. forum

Ktulured55
Jun 13, 2006, 4:00 PM
What is going to happen when half these buildings under construction in Dubai are not occupied? One thing is for certain there is a lot of money flowing through that place and the world's tallest building is still on track...


Every year more and more people will move there and visit there, as every day the city grows and becomes more extravagent. The mainstream of people... if you just ask the regular person on the street they will still have no idea of what Dubai is and what country its in. But when the world fully awakens to the city of Dubai, there will be no problem in filling every single building there. I'm not sure when... but probably in the next couple of years or maybe when Burj Dubai is complete and local news stations and national ones start talking about it, then everyone in the world will know what Dubai is and that's all it will take.

Like if you ask that regular person... they know what London is, and Moscow, Tokyo, France... they know what all of those cities are.... in a few years they will well know the name of Dubai as well.

JACKinBeantown
Jun 13, 2006, 6:35 PM
France is a city?

starvinggryphon
Jun 13, 2006, 7:29 PM
^^^
Duh. It's in a little country called Europe..........don't you know anything? I'm surprised you can talk American.

Bergenser
Jun 14, 2006, 10:23 AM
Kinda BIG Christmas tree :D LOL

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/7649/bdmodel2small6oy.jpg

Slugbelch
Jun 17, 2006, 2:40 AM
Wind testing of the new/old spire (from construction mag June '06 article)
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4250/bdwindtest13zw.jpg
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/6313/bdwindtesting4cg.jpg
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4962/bdspiretesting0ng.jpg
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/2022/bdwindtest37vf.jpg
http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/8674/bdwindtest27qo.jpg
http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/9938/bdmodel0kc.jpg

article and other pics in M.E. forum

giallo
Jun 17, 2006, 8:38 AM
Love the lights on the model.

Fury
Jun 17, 2006, 3:41 PM
Hi all. Slugbelch ... You are the MAN dude. Fantastic new stuff !
Look at the poster in that last shot that is half hidden. I would love to get a copy of that !! Some others there look very interesting too. :D

Daquan13
Jun 17, 2006, 8:18 PM
So they do wind tunnel testing on buidings just like they do with aircraft.

Slugbelch
Jun 18, 2006, 1:53 AM
About 3 weeks old, but from a unique perspective. Also, another rare inside shot:
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/3075/bd5064ov.jpg http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5251/bd50617ow.jpg

-GR2NY-
Jun 19, 2006, 5:03 PM
sweet jesus

-GR2NY-
Jun 19, 2006, 5:12 PM
According to the model, there will be structural floors all the way up to 568 meters (they would be approx 100 square feet per floor at that level though). Can anyone confirm that structural floors will actually raise to that height?

Possibly I am mis-interpreting the model?

STR
Jun 19, 2006, 5:42 PM
^568M? How do you come to that number?

Pandemonious
Jun 19, 2006, 6:31 PM
^^Define what you mean by "structural floor"? The concrete will stop (I am assuming at about ~550 meters as the construction company website listed), and then they will be attaching a structural steel section to the top of the building. The steel part may only contain the broadcast/mechanical floors though, but they would be "structural" technically.

jsr
Jun 20, 2006, 3:11 AM
So they do wind tunnel testing on buidings just like they do with aircraft.

Yep. AFAIK it started back in the sixties with the supertalls of that era.

Slugbelch
Jun 20, 2006, 2:37 PM
More rare pics from on the tower. From Otis Elevator worker June 1:

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/912/bd6190690xk.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/9669/bd6190648aw.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/99/bd6190685lv.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2108/bd6190675ew.jpg

http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/8589/bd61906102my.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/623/bd6190653eh.th.jpg (http://img100.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd6190653eh.jpg) http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/4661/bd619062a9cs.jpg http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8240/bd6190616ni.jpg

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/1630/bd6190663hs.jpg

Fabb
Jun 20, 2006, 2:56 PM
Very interesting and detailed update.
The view from the top of the construction is already impressive.

NEWNANGuy
Jun 20, 2006, 3:22 PM
this is just amazing. i am putting my foot in my mouth when i said a year ago no way this thing would go up or be as tall as they said. i guess the latter has not been proven, although they are definately putting it up. this city is phenomenal. has there ever been any urban development on this mass of a scale and in this short of a time frame in human history?!

Daquan13
Jun 21, 2006, 2:34 AM
I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

What are they doing making construction cranes? Go figure on that one.:shrug:

Slugbelch
Jun 21, 2006, 3:47 AM
The latest from the sim city world:
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/9954/bdsim177rs.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim177rs.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1919/bdsim104mk.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim104mk.jpg) http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/1333/bdsim72zo.th.jpg (http://img145.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim72zo.jpg) http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/1219/bdsim181xd.th.jpg (http://img220.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim181xd.jpg) http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3221/bdsim163gx.th.jpg (http://img155.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim163gx.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5617/bdsim6a4fp.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim6a4fp.jpg) http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/927/bdsim6b2qz.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim6b2qz.jpg)

Super-duper size:
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9325/bdsim96jq.th.jpg (http://img92.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdsim96jq.jpg)

The rest (43 more) in the M.E. section:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=2135437&postcount=82

Beyond 1000
Jun 22, 2006, 4:29 AM
[QUOTE=Daquan13]I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

You also forgot that they make substandard tv sets. Also cell phones and now they make world's tallest buildings for a cheap price.

BD better come with a warranty or you better buy extended life insurance when visiting the observatory.

In the other forum, they are at part 16 and they are calculating curvature of the earth and the tip of the spire. Most of those guys need a girl.

This building will exceed 800m to spire and well over 600m to roof. For a conservative nation which does not allow girly magazines, they really are going for the full monty.

Slugbelch
Jun 22, 2006, 2:26 PM
another site pic:
http://img385.imageshack.us/img385/8083/bdfkr621069ir.jpg
http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5069/bdpresentationctrsign6oi.jpg

Daquan13
Jun 22, 2006, 4:09 PM
[QUOTE=Daquan13]I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

You also forgot that they make substandard tv sets. Also cell phones and now they make world's tallest buildings for a cheap price.

BD better come with a warranty or you better buy extended life insurance when visiting the observatory.

In the other forum, they are at part 16 and they are calculating curvature of the earth and the tip of the spire. Most of those guys need a girl.

This building will exceed 800m to spire and well over 600m to roof. For a conservative nation which does not allow girly magazines, they really are going for the full monty.



Yeah, makes you wonder what they'll do next.

I hope that it's not THEM who will help build the Freedom Tower! Can you imagine getting on an elevator and seeing the word Samsung as the name of the company that made it? Good gosh!!

As Theodore Wilson who played Sweet Daddy Williams in Good Times would say: " JJ,You are in t-r-o-u-b-l-e...............!"

-GR2NY-
Jun 22, 2006, 5:30 PM
[QUOTE=Daquan13]In the other forum, they are at part 16 and they are calculating curvature of the earth and the tip of the spire.

No they aren't. I was curios on some of the figures myself, so I went and checked, and nobody has posted anything like that in the burj dubai thread. :shrug:

EngiNerd
Jun 22, 2006, 5:33 PM
^^^He means in the SSC construction forum for Burj Dubai. They definately are there.

Slugbelch
Jun 22, 2006, 5:46 PM
I believe it was at the end of part 15

http://skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=352826&page=24&pp=20

-GR2NY-
Jun 22, 2006, 6:17 PM
Ahh I see, part 15.

FYI, you will be able to see the spire's tip from 60 miles off.

Daquan13
Jun 22, 2006, 7:12 PM
[QUOTE=Beyond 1000]

No they aren't. I was curios on some of the figures myself, so I went and checked, and nobody has posted anything like that in the burj dubai thread. :shrug:



I did not post that.

I believe that it was part of the post from Beyond 1000.

malec
Jun 22, 2006, 10:31 PM
^^Define what you mean by "structural floor"? The concrete will stop (I am assuming at about ~550 meters as the construction company website listed), and then they will be attaching a structural steel section to the top of the building. The steel part may only contain the broadcast/mechanical floors though, but they would be "structural" technically.
I can't remember exactly but I think they said the concrete structure will go up to floor 155 and be around 580m or so. Check the doka website for the details. Anyway, they've said the 160th floor will be the last to contain useable space so that means there must be a few mechanical ones above that. The steel structure should consist of mostly spire but also contain a few floors. The last floor should be a tad over 600m with the spire above that.

witchypoo
Jun 22, 2006, 11:29 PM
Does anyone know if there's a documentary being made about the construction of this building ?
That'd be interesting to see after it (the building and the documentary) was complete.

witchypoo
Jun 22, 2006, 11:34 PM
Ooops, double post.

Slugbelch
Jun 23, 2006, 12:25 AM
Here are the specs from the main players:
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/7418/arabtecspecs61065zo.th.jpg (http://img73.imageshack.us/my.php?image=arabtecspecs61065zo.jpg) http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/862/besixspecs61065sa.th.jpg (http://img20.imageshack.us/my.php?image=besixspecs61065sa.jpg) http://img446.imageshack.us/img446/3041/dokaspecs61065ug.th.jpg (http://img446.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dokaspecs61065ug.jpg)

Samsung, Emaar, and official BD site (:yuck:), don't have specs posted yet. Any others are pure speculation.

Ragging Tower
Jun 23, 2006, 2:32 AM
omg look at this view for the people who will live here and higher

http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/8240/bd6190616ni.jpg

It will be sweet to see an aireal of the shkroad and burj area updated.

Documentry- probally there is like that when they built the empire state building, such glory to build the wtb

Slugbelch
Jun 23, 2006, 4:13 AM
Well, all the articles said that it passed level 50 a couple days ago, but none of them said on how high that is.
Anyway, since the official height has never been released during construction of the thing,
it's safe to say that it is close, or already gone over, another milestone:

____#14: 1908 The Singer Building NY 612ft (187m) 47 floors (http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?b1031)
1909: http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/9578/singer190927ne.jpghttp://img127.imageshack.us/img127/1807/singer3oe.jpg
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5837/singer19092rh.jpg
http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/6578/singerconstruction9dh.jpghttp://img434.imageshack.us/img434/1613/singertitanic6tt.jpg

#13: 2008 Burj Dubai UAE (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7787)
623.36ft / 190m 50 Levels
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/1384/bdjune7qn.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bdjune7qn.jpg)
#14: 1908 Singer Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=1031)
612ft / 187m / 47 floors (Demolished)
http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/1548/singercolor0rr.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singercolor0rr.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/3679/singercolor23dk.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singercolor23dk.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6750/singerpostcard8xy.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerpostcard8xy.jpg) http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/2017/1908220ky.th.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1908220ky.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9987/singerconstruction20yv.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerconstruction20yv.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/8489/singerconstruction1gk.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerconstruction1gk.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2977/singerinside0xg.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerinside0xg.jpg) http://img434.imageshack.us/img434/811/singerlookingup2vs.th.jpg (http://img434.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerlookingup2vs.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/6485/singerlower2la.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singerlower2la.jpg) http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/375/singertop2zi.th.jpg (http://img151.imageshack.us/my.php?image=singertop2zi.jpg)
#15: 1899 Park Row Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=3927)
391ft / 119m / 30 floors
#16: 1895 Milwaukee City Hall Wisconsin (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=744)
353ft / 108m / 9 floors
#17: 1894 Manhattan Life Insurance Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7343)
348ft / 106m / 18 floors
#18: 1890 New York World Building (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7344)
309ft / 94m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) / 20 floors
#19: 1891 The Masonic Temple Chicago (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=7345)
302ft / 92 meters / 22 floors
#20: 1889 Auditorium Building Chicago -Sorry no link. Not in SSP diagram database-
269ft / 82m (Pinnacle 349ft / 106m) Emporis: 73 m / 238 ft / 17 floors
#21: 1876 St Pancras Chambers London UK (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=9888)
269ft / 82m / 6-9 floors
#22: 1868-76 Equitable Life Assurance office Building NY (http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=45876)
142ft / 43m / 6-8 floors (Destroyed)

Bergenser
Jun 23, 2006, 10:39 AM
Does someone know the exact height now? Is it 850 metres?

-GR2NY-
Jun 23, 2006, 2:16 PM
^ ^ I don't think anyone knows the final tip height of the spire, not for sure anyways.

The Chemist
Jun 23, 2006, 3:12 PM
I thought that Samsung only made micrwave ovens and refrigerators.

What are they doing making construction cranes? Go figure on that one.:shrug:

The Samsung Group, like its compatriot The Hyundai Group, and like the Japanese company Yamaha, have their fingers in many pies in many sectors of the economy - from consumer products to industrial products and shipbuilding. While the subsidiaries that build consumer electronics are under the same umbrella as those that build cranes and ships, each subsidiary is operated as an independent company.

Ktulured55
Jun 23, 2006, 9:03 PM
this is just amazing. i am putting my foot in my mouth when i said a year ago no way this thing would go up or be as tall as they said. i guess the latter has not been proven, although they are definately putting it up. this city is phenomenal. has there ever been any urban development on this mass of a scale and in this short of a time frame in human history?!

NewNan, I'd have to say no.

I think this whole mass skyscraper production in Dubai is a very historical event.

And who knows, it may be a worldwide event in a way..... even in the US. how many cities are getting a new 'tallest' building ? I dont' know them all, but I can at least list these, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore .... and I know there are more just can't think of them at the top of my head... and all within a few years of eachother when all of those cities have had their previous tallest for 10, 20, and 30+ years!!!

malec
Jun 23, 2006, 9:18 PM
plus don't forget many asian supertalls aswell

malec
Jun 23, 2006, 10:24 PM
Can't remember if I posted these images here but here goes anyway, sorry if you've seen them before (anyway if I did, there's a lot of progress since then).


http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/9228/18gs5.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18gs5.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5537/27ex2.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=27ex2.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7648/35xf.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=35xf.jpg)

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/1668/47rn.th.jpg (http://img436.imageshack.us/my.php?image=47rn.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/1595/57jh1.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=57jh1.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/2118/66jp.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=66jp.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/7329/73qr.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=73qr.jpg)

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4069/87jt.th.jpg (http://img218.imageshack.us/my.php?image=87jt.jpg)

Slugbelch
Jun 24, 2006, 4:50 AM
^ I love that stuff! :cheers:

malec
Jun 24, 2006, 10:15 PM
Pics from today by AltinD on SSC:


http://i4.tinypic.com/15hekwz.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hehrl.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/15hek2u.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hczgp.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hd0nq.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/15hd3bs.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hd5zr.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/15hdd3d.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hdgcm.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/15hdiqh.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/15he3vo.jpg

http://i3.tinypic.com/15he4ye.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15he7aa.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hedec.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/15heee8.jpg

http://i5.tinypic.com/15hegjk.jpg

Slugbelch
Jun 25, 2006, 12:20 AM
This thing should start to pick up speed now that it has only two walls to pour. Nice pics :cheers:

Bergenser
Jun 26, 2006, 9:20 PM
nice pics :)

Slugbelch
Jun 27, 2006, 4:27 AM
Also, looks like glass mounts being installed from floor 6 - 9?

udigold
Jun 27, 2006, 3:14 PM
Damn, this thing is huge already. I wonder but why haven't they started placing the facade when it's this high.

STR
Jun 27, 2006, 6:09 PM
A new BD model I've been working on in my spare time this week. Should be done today or tomorrow, at least the tower should be done. Every floor, column, shear wall and pane of glass is or will be depicted.

Malec, I'd send you a copy when it's done, but this thing has as many or more polygons than the entire Dubai model combined.

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6084/bd2-1.jpg
http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/4017/bd2-3.th.jpg (http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd2-3.jpg) http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/3439/bd1-2.th.jpg (http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd1-2.jpg) http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8528/bd2-2.th.jpg (http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd2-2.jpg) http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/6868/bd1-1.th.jpg (http://img527.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bd1-1.jpg)

geoking66
Jun 27, 2006, 6:29 PM
This is quite an extraordinary building. I can't wait to se it get bigger. Those are quite nice 3D models; I never realised how complex the structure actually is.

-Phil

ArchMadness
Jun 27, 2006, 6:49 PM
Simplely massive.

malec
Jun 27, 2006, 7:08 PM
Wow, some model! Don't bother about sending it to me, most of the towers in my dubai model are only roughly done anyway so the one you gave me is more than enough.

What's the height of this version though, it looks a bit chunkier than the last one so is it lower?

Slugbelch
Jun 27, 2006, 7:33 PM
Interesting notches in the nose section(s)
http://img438.imageshack.us/img438/4685/nosenotch3fa.jpg
Hope it doesn't affect your model.

EngiNerd
Jun 27, 2006, 8:07 PM
^ I wouldn't worry about putting those in. They most likely increased the depth of the slab at the location of the columns. The slab needed to be thicker at the location of the columns probably because of rebar placement (depth and development lengths)

Funny to me though that they were trying to do value engineering like this on a project of this scale, the difference in concrete can't be that much in the overall scheme of things. Would have thought they would have just kept the whole slab thicker.

STR
Jun 27, 2006, 9:05 PM
^Those notches wouldn't take any more than 5 minutes to put in even if they were a final feature. Good explanation though.

Wow, some model! Don't bother about sending it to me, most of the towers in my dubai model are only roughly done anyway so the one you gave me is more than enough.

What's the height of this version though, it looks a bit chunkier than the last one so is it lower?

It's 810m, but the it is wider because I've scaled it correctly this time around. The other model was some 25% too thin in most areas. However, the renders above aren't the latest revision, which I've tweaked the upper floors to make them mesh with the architectural models that are seen every so often around here and SSC. This reduction (of the floors) a mere 5 meters really alters the top.

I can modify this one to roughly the same level of detail and number of polygons as the one I already gave you, so it's correct as well.

Here's a render I made 5 minutes ago.
http://img468.imageshack.us/img468/7348/bdside6xp.jpg

Basically how I went about scaling it:
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/908/scale2su.jpg
We know the height of an average floor is 3.5m from floor to floor. Other floors have heights of 4m, 4.5m 5m and the concourse (which will be visible from one side, thus would likely be the zero mark for height) is 7 meters high. So I found a photo of an average floor and used it to calculate that there's a span of 9.5m from shear wall center to shear wall center. Using that I scaled the rest of the building.

Slugbelch
Jun 27, 2006, 10:07 PM
^Not bad for somebody on 4 beers and no food.

STR
Jun 27, 2006, 10:33 PM
I do my best work buzzed.

http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/4906/bdd9xy.jpg

geoking66
Jun 27, 2006, 11:26 PM
I know that this is probably a stupid question, but what are those orange panels on the walls (the rectangular ones)?

-Phil

architect1
Jun 28, 2006, 12:57 AM
Its forum work. for casting the concrete and holding it there. they look to me like there cast and go so well ones drying there pouring the next one. speeds things up.

seamus21514
Jun 28, 2006, 12:58 AM
I know this sounds stpid, but mabey to stop the sun for drying concrete too fast, or to protect the workers

Slugbelch
Jun 28, 2006, 1:39 AM
Looks like a few more various level heights starting to appear:
level 16-18 (1st setback/3 mechanical levels) and level 25 (2nd setback):
http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/2357/13zb2.jpg

level 33 (3rd setback):
http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/7484/floorheight330to.jpg

level 37-39 (??):
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5283/floorheight37391oj.jpg
looks like two different heights in addition to the "standard" height (3.5m) in the 4th setback area. This doesn't look like the mechanical level either.

FYI, the guy circled is standing in the most numerous 3.5m floor (floor 32)

Since no official construction height has been made so far, at least we can get pretty close.

^ I wouldn't worry about putting those in. They most likely increased the depth of the slab at the location of the columns. The slab needed to be thicker at the location of the columns probably because of rebar placement (depth and development lengths)

Funny to me though that they were trying to do value engineering like this on a project of this scale, the difference in concrete can't be that much in the overall scheme of things. Would have thought they would have just kept the whole slab thicker.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I only see this on this section. It looks like to me that the section below it, or the ones on the other wings, don't show it.

Fury
Jun 28, 2006, 2:26 AM
Hi all.


:previous: What, no second podium level anymore ?


This is refering to the renders above and is in no way intended to dis STR's beautiful renders. Just wondering if they changed the plan. :cheers:

geoking66
Jun 28, 2006, 6:42 AM
I wonder how cool this thing will look when it's completely covered in glass. Very cool I presume. Keep on building! I'm obsessed with Burj Dubai, and all of Dubai for that matter.

-Phil

EngiNerd
Jun 28, 2006, 2:54 PM
^^^If you look at the pictures, the outer "nose" sections below the setback has 4 concrete columns, where the "nose" sections started above the setback have only 2 concrete columns. The columns above the setback also appear to be much larger in diameter. This greater concentrated load from only having 2 columns vs. 4 most likely is the reason for the thickened slabs at this area. We will see if this is the same for all the second setbacks.

The loading will be different at all the setbacks too since they happen at different floors, thus having load depending on the number floors above. So every "nose" section might be unique.

But you are right at the lower setback areas the concrete slab is not thickened around the columns

STR
Jun 28, 2006, 5:24 PM
Hi all.


:previous: What, no second podium level anymore ?


This is refering to the renders above and is in no way intended to dis STR's beautiful renders. Just wondering if they changed the plan. :cheers:

I was reworking it so I made it invisible to for the render. When I post a few shots today it will be finished along with the first 120 or so floors.