World's Tallest Building Project - X SEED - 4000 - TAISEI Corporation

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  DEP

  hi biggie,
  
  am back on CE after a long time and this is the first post i read. Wasn't aware of this project. AS i see it , there can be many difficulties:-
  
  1. Japan is located in an area where several continental and oceanic plates meet resulting in a high frequency of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
  and i believe that even if they have chosen the best possible location in tokyo(where it was proposed to build) then also the natural disasters cant be escaped.
  
  2. what about pumping water to the upper floor?? Hell lot of energy/power consumption.
  
  3. Elevator problem(this isnt my original idea.read about it). Imagine the waiting time to reach upto the top floor.
  
  4. Can you completely rely on the materials for the building's strength?
  
  
  
  even with so many problems, i would still appreciate the japanese for thinking something of this sort. They think "BIG" and they do it as well.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  Hi Dep,
  
  Welcome back to CE 😀 . I agree with all the problems that you mentioned. There's one big problem I see - how to maintain ground-level atmospheric conditions on the top floors!
  
  Do we have anyone here who's worked on building a skyscraper?
  
  -The Big K-
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  DEP

  you are right biggie. The problem surely has a solution. It might not have been worked out yet but still i dont think it is an impossible thing to achieve.
  What do you say?
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  Prasad Ajinkya

  hmm ... if you can work around all the other challenges .. earthquakes, energy, materials, location, where on earth would you find the businesses to fill that commercial building up 😀
  
  what does wiki have to say about it?
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  MaRo

  It'll end up by Burj Dubai being the Tallest.
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  We'll try to have Bruj Dubai Engineering team on CE. 😀
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  MaRo

  Great 😁
  
  btw Big_K, it's "Burj" not "Bruj". Burj means Tower in Arabic
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  xheavenlyx

  For all those interested and curious engineers, here is an interesting white paper on Burj Dubai and its engineering challenges. Its a must read!
  
  ABSTRACT:
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  FULL TEXT PDF:
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  I will try to contact someone in Emaar or Samsung Engineering and Construction, the main contractors.
  
  Here is relevant information for the interested 😀
  
  Design and Architect:#-Link-Snipped-#
  
  
  Contractor (Main construction): #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  Mechanical and Electrical: By the same company who designed Burj Duabi. SOM: #-Link-Snipped-#
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  xheavenlyx

  For all those interested and curious engineers, here is an interesting white paper on Burj Dubai and its engineering challenges. Its a must read!
  
  ABSTRACT:
  #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  FULL TEXT PDF:
  #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  
  I will try to contact someone in Emaar or Samsung Engineering and Construction, the main contractors.
  
  Here is relevant information for the interested 😀
  
  Design and Architect:#-Link-Snipped-#
  
  
  Contractor (Main construction): #-Link-Snipped-#
  
  Mechanical and Electrical: By the same company who designed Burj Duabi. SOM: #-Link-Snipped-#

  Hey xHx, it would be great if you can get in touch with engineers involved in making of Burj Dubai 😀
  
  Oh yes, we'll rely on you for the pictures of Burj Dubai! :sshhh:
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  Kaustubh Katdare

  MaRo

  Great 😁
  
  btw Big_K, it's "Burj" not "Bruj". Burj means Tower in Arabic

  Ah, sorry for the typo 😔 . Thanks for correcting, I'll keep that in mind. 😀
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  civiLLian

  Well I believe there were tons starting from financial but here are some that I could think of:
  
  Steel - Just imagine the sheer size of it, the steel intake would be tremendous. Think for abit as how many steel factories they have to order from.
  
  Foundation of the structure - with its sheer size just imagine how deep would the foundation has to be. Not to mention finding the hardrock that could sustain the weight of the structure.
  
  Concrete - I believe up until now, nobody has tried to cure a concrete at 4000 meter. I wonder if the curing time and the strength changes with height as the temperature, moisture and the atmospheric pressure changes.