News from the Schmidin Groups Burj Dubai's site official.
The Al Abbar Group and Gartner LLC who was given the cladding rights to the Burj Tower Podium and pool complex has now been awarded the full contract to complete the curtain walling instead of the now defunct and struggling Schmidlin LLC Group over political and logistical issues with the companies Swiss head office and the failing of strict first cladding tests.
Transfer of information about the build will be released to them in stages in order to protect the final height debate as yet again the design of the upper stage is under review, pending investigation into structural re-enforcements to allow for the new height to be acheived!
Here's the companies website
http://www.alabbargroup.com/portfolio/burjdxb.htm
So, mixed news good and bad....it's gonna get taller, but expect delays!