Discussion on civil engineering marvels:)

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  CIVILPRINCESS

  BURJ, DUBAI. (BURJ KHALIFA)
  
  Basic details:-
  
  Height : 828 m
  
  Floors : 160
  
  scheduled for 2009. completed on 2010
  
  Developer : Emmar properties
  
  Architect : Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
  
  Construction : Arab Technical Construction Co., Besix.
  
  Burj Dubai (Burj Khalifa), the tallest man-made structure ever built. The skyscraper will include offices, apartments and a posh hotel. The Hotel Interior is by Giorgio Armani. An Armani Hotel, the first of four by Armani, will occupy 15 of the lower 39 floors.
  the uniqueness here is in the 124th floor's observation deck, we can have a 360[SUP]0[/SUP] view.
  
  the interview of the structural engineer who was in charge of the Burj kalifa with CE in small talk is in the following link:
  
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  guys if you haven't been through it check it out...😀
  
  and CEans put in all what you can to build the discussions😀
  
  thanks
  -CP
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  in the interview Mr.Baker had said that an important design aspect was the wind load on the building and how it reacted to the load.
  if the wind load is so huge what will be the difference in the design:?: i've still not started taking design loads into considerations and so would like to know how it would change the design of the structure.
  
  also he had mentioned that the foundation design had not changed that much from the shorter buildings. but if the wind loads are much, won't the toppling effect be higher:?: would the piles alone sustain the load? please put in your thoughts guys😀
  
  thanks,
  -CP
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  gohm

  Didn't they do some unique work with the counterbalancers? Can you tell us about that?
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  CIVILPRINCESS

  gohm

  Didn't they do some unique work with the counterbalancers? Can you tell us about that?

  i don't know about that yet ghom😔
  but i'll try to research on this and find more😀
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  maria flor

  hey Cp, Can you please add more civil engineering marvels???😀