Dubai - Burj Dubai - 162st/818m- World's tallest Structure.

**fury** · 24th October 2008, 05:30

Hi all.

Here is a shot from Imre - 08 10 19

Here is a shot from DennisS - 08 10 22

The top of tier 30 (the top tier) is above section 22B (the highest erected section so far) by ~10m. The top of section 22B is 720.1m. so we are at ~730m. right now. The tier 30 pinnacle we can see at the top has some of the fins attached. The top platform should be added on top of tier 30 soon. After that the staged jacking proceedure can begin. It will be in stages so they can attach fins to the pinnacle tiers 27 to 30 and so they can attach the small wings of tiers 24 to 26. The total jacking height will be ~90m. taking the top of tier 30 to 818.0m. Top out should be before year end if all goes according to plan. The larger wing of tier 23 and the rest of the second wing of tier 22 will be erected after jacking is complete. The year and a half old schedule I have had top out half way through Sept. so we are approx. 3 months behind that schedule. Not sure if the later top out will effect the planned completion date of August '09.

**fury** · 25th October 2008, 21:21

Hi all.

Flickr - donpf1 - 08 10 21

Flickr - Broko-lee - 08 10 23

Picasa - Mahadev - 08 10 24

**Nitronic_12** · 27th October 2008, 05:21

O_O

AMAZING

I never thought it would come out so splendorous.

**fury** · 29th October 2008, 21:36

Hi all.

Flickr - 08 10 28

Picasa - 08 10 29

**fury** · 1st November 2008, 05:46

Hi all.

I see all 7 fins are on tier 30 pinnacle. The temporary welding platform to weld the 2 halves of tier 30 together was in the way of 2 fins but with it gone they have attached them.

The fins are 2.135m. long and are set on the pinnacle every 3.2m. rotating 30 degrees counter-clockwise as they descend. The top fin faces 120 degrees (and the crane) and is just below the top of tier 30. When the top platform is welded on, the top of the fin almost touches the floorplate. The fourth fin down is 90 degrees rotated from the top fin and is half way down tier 30. The 7th fin down is at the bottom of tier 30 and is rotated half way around the pinnacle from the top fin.

Tier 29 has 3 fins continuing the rotation. The 10th fin down is at the bottom of tier 29 and is rotated 3/4 around the pinnacle from the top fin.

Tier 28 has 3 fins. The 13th fin down is at the bottom of tier 28 and faces the same as the top fin - the descending fins have completed a full rotation of the pinnacle.

Tier 27 has 3 fins. The 16th fin down is at the bottom of tier 27 and has continued the counter-clockwise rotation another 90 degrees for a total of 1 and 1/4 rotations from the top fin.

Tier 26 has 3 fins. The 19th fin down is at the bottom of tier 26 and faces 300 degrees (opposite the top fin). The fins have rotated a total of 1 and 1/2 times around the pinnacle. Tier 26 has one wing facing South (180 degrees) so only 2/3 of the pinnacle is exposed.

Tier 25 has 2 wings facing 60 and 180 degrees so only 1/3rd of the pinnacle is exposed facing 300 degrees. There is only 1 fin in the top third of the tier that continues the counter-clockwise rotation another 30 degrees. So there is 20 fins in total rotating 570 degrees around the pinnacle.

On another note;

Rogers wireless put up a freestanding tower recently that I can see from my place. I went there to take a look today. The company that put it up was there doing some grouting and finishing up wiring, etc. I talked at length to the head guy and my suspicions were confirmed. When I first saw the tower I thought that it must be close to the dimensions of the pinnacle of the Burj Dubai. This tower is 4 sections of decreasing diameter like our pinnacle - not exactly the same, as the bottom of this tower is not quite 2.1m. dia. but the top section is close to 1.2m. The guy didn't know the diameters but he did know it is 180 feet high. Our pinnacle (tiers 27 to 30) is 49.9m. or 164 feet high.

It is cool to have a 4 section tower close to the same height and decreasing diameter as our pinnacle so close to where I live. This tower is the second tallest structure in my city. It must be because of its small diameter but standing beside it lookin up - it looks freaking tall !

Now when I imagine the bottom of it at 768.1m. high as it is on the Burj I am just blown away !! It must be fantastic for all the guys in Dubai that can stand near the Burj and marvel at its height in person. This small tower for me has really brought things into perspective. We throw around numbers in the 800 meter range here in this forum like nothing but this thing is definitely a "must see before I die" - simply staggering.

Anyway I am a numbers guy and needless to say had to put the Burj into my conversation with the guy I was talking to. He hadn't even heard of the Burj. I rattled off numbers to the guy for a while untill I noticed the look on his face was such that he thought I was either a bullshitter or if nothing else that I wasn't quite right.

Now every time I look out the window this tower will remind me of the Burj - as if my mind isn't saturated with it already. Also when the Burj is completed and I have some good pics of it in its entirety I will be able to use this small tower compared to the pinnacle of the Burj to show people (and remind myself) how tall it really is.