BURJ DUBAI PROJECT

ABHISHEK M.A
CMBA12-1801
BACKGROUN
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 Conceptualised in 2004 by Dubai Govt. and
Emaar Group.
 Tallest building in the world.
 Renamed Burj Dubai to Burj Khalifa in
honour of President of UAE.
 Met all criteria of CTBUH
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 Draw attention as tourist hub
 PROJECT
OBJECTIVES
 Emblem of Dubai’s building prowess, financial
strength and global ambitions.
 Reinforce Dubai’s status as tourist hub.
 Bring in foreign investment.
 Dubai Shopping Festival
 Put Dubai on the map with something really
sensational.
 The height showed industrial might and
strength of Dubai Economy.

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 Contract financing by 3 UAE banks:
Emirates Bank Intl, Abu Dhabi
Commercial Bank and
Mashreqbank.
 Tower Designer: Skidmore, Owings
& Merrill LLP (SOM)
 Project Execution: Turner
Construction Co.
 Cladding Suppliers -- Arabian
Aluminum Company LLC and Far
East Group (Honk Kong).

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PROJECT
MANAGER/TEAM
• Turner International LLC
• Skidmore, Owings &
Merrill
• Architect: Adrian Smith
• Structural Engineering
Partner: Bill Baker

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PROJECT DETAILS & DESIGN
• ‘Y’ shaped Buttressed Core System for
enhanced stability and resistance for
moderate earthquakes.
• Firm Wing Anchors
• Hexagonal Concrete Core
• Concrete for building to withstand fire.
• Curved with right angles to avoid
sandstorm
• Downtown Burj Dubai: Dubai Mall
• Armani Hotel Dubai

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 PROJECT SCOPE
 144 Armani Residences.
 First 37 floors- Armani Hotel Dubai.
 Next 68 floors- 1000 Residential Units.
 2,20,000 sq. ft. Prime Business Space.
 35,000 people to live, work and stay
 15,000 sq. ft. Fitness Area
 3000 parking spots on 4 levels.
 50 elevators, double decker elevator
carrying 42 people.

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 TIMELINES/SCHEDULE
 Tower Designing -Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP (2003).
 Conceptualised by Dubai Govt. and EMAAR (2004).
 Construction began on 21 Sept. 2004
 Initial stages: One floor every 3 days.
 Interior Design- SOM (2005)
 Mismanagement in workers wages led to delays in project (2006).
 Schmidlin was removed from contract of cladding (2007).
 Replaced with JV -- Arabian Aluminum Company LLC and Far East
Group (Honk Kong).
 Became tallest tower in world by surpassing Taipei 101 in height. (July
2007)
 Overtook Sears Tower antenna‘s height of 527.3 meters or 1,730 feet 8

(August 2007).
 BUDGET
• Total budget of Burj Dubai: $4.1
billion
• Downtown Burj Dubai: $20 billion.
• JV formed by SAMSUNG, BESIX and
Arabtec: $871 million.
• Contract financing by 3 UAE Banks:
Emirates Bank Intl, Abu Dhabi
Commercial Bank and Mashreqbank
• Initial cost of project: $876 million,
overrun by $624 million ($1.5 billion)

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PROJECT
RISKS

• Global Recession in Real Estate

Market.
• Toleration of High Wind Loads.
• Complicated shape of tower:
Structure became slimmer as it
rose.
• Dubai’s extreme Environment:
Sandstorm, Wind, Heat and Fine
Dust.
PROJECT PERFORMANCE

• Delay by almost 1 year: Bankruptcy,

Global Recession
• Completed within 69 months.
• One floor a week to One floor every 3
days. (2.3 floors a week)
• Surpassed Taipei 101 in height.
• Overtook Sears Tower in Chicago, US for
building most floors (after 100 floors).
• Tallest freestanding structure in the
world, surpassing CN Tower, Canada.
(553.33 meter or 1882 feet)

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Thank You
Abhishek M.A
CMBA12-1801