Burj Dubai Next World Trade Center
World's Tallest Building Tower & Fastest Elevator
Burj Dubai is scheduled for completion in 2008 when the skyscraper will surpass Toronto's CN Tower as the world's tallest structure.
Estimates of the final height of Burj Dubai range as high as 940 metres (3,084 feet). The United Arab Emirates decided to build the world's tallest building in Dubai as part of a major transition from a trade-based, oil-reliant economy to a service-oriented tourist destination.
Burj Dubai will be the center of a development that includes 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, 6 acres of parkland, 19 residential towers and a 12-hectare lake. Full costs are projected to be US$2 billion. In addition to bestowing the Middle East with the title of hosting the tallest structure on earth, the skyscraper will make Dubai an internationally renown city.
Burj Dubai is being built to attract international customers. Building a world trade center in the Mideast is fitting goal considering that the project is being built primarily by immigrant engineers and workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines. South Korea's Samsung Corp. is the chief contractor for construction of the skyscraper. Currently workers are finishing one floor every 7 days.
The skyscraper will feature the world's fastest elevator, with speeds of up to 65 kilometers per second (40 mph). The world's largest manufacturer of elevators, Otis Elevator is building the elevators for Burj Dub
World's Tallest Building Tower & Fastest Elevator
Burj Dubai is scheduled for completion in 2008 when the skyscraper will surpass Toronto's CN Tower as the world's tallest structure.
Estimates of the final height of Burj Dubai range as high as 940 metres (3,084 feet). The United Arab Emirates decided to build the world's tallest building in Dubai as part of a major transition from a trade-based, oil-reliant economy to a service-oriented tourist destination.
Burj Dubai will be the center of a development that includes 30,000 homes, 9 hotels, 6 acres of parkland, 19 residential towers and a 12-hectare lake. Full costs are projected to be US$2 billion. In addition to bestowing the Middle East with the title of hosting the tallest structure on earth, the skyscraper will make Dubai an internationally renown city.
Burj Dubai is being built to attract international customers. Building a world trade center in the Mideast is fitting goal considering that the project is being built primarily by immigrant engineers and workers from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines. South Korea's Samsung Corp. is the chief contractor for construction of the skyscraper. Currently workers are finishing one floor every 7 days.
The skyscraper will feature the world's fastest elevator, with speeds of up to 65 kilometers per second (40 mph). The world's largest manufacturer of elevators, Otis Elevator is building the elevators for Burj Dub