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There are so many trees and plants already. This is good. Dubai is helping mother earth.

Yeah Dubai is the greenest city on Earth hehehe! :)

^^ Actually, Johannesburg has the largest man made forest in the world. :tongue2:

But, nonetheless, it's still amazing that they have turned the desert into this lush oasis of canals and green spaces. :drool:

Dubai would have had it's annual average rainfall in that storm! ;)

P.S. Love those lightning pics! :cheers:

HELPING mother earth!?!? i hope youre joking.

sure planting a couple thousand trees is nice (in an insignificant way), but the dubai palm islands have destroyed the marine ecosystem. god knows how much sediment they turned up building them, which gets caught in the regional currents...

lets just stick to saying dubai is a fantastic example of human capability - the burj looks sweet!

HELPING mother earth!?!? i hope youre joking.

sure planting a couple thousand trees is nice (in an insignificant way), but the dubai palm islands have destroyed the marine ecosystem. god knows how much sediment they turned up building them, which gets caught in the regional currents...


I've got to agree here. Not to mention the fact that the majority of the water used to irrigate these massive swaths of desert is in fact desalinated at much capital and energy expense! Dubai in NO WAY helps mother earth!

the lighting still try to touch Burj Dubai several times....

It's cloud to cloud lightning. It wouldnt touch the Burj anyway.

thats why i was joking, surely you cant believe Dubai is the greenest city on Earth, its one of the most polluted, with the least green cities in the world...

and its the most wasteful according to its GDP

almost finished!!!!!:)

I've got to agree here. Not to mention the fact that the majority of the water used to irrigate these massive swaths of desert is in fact desalinated at much capital and energy expense! Dubai in NO WAY helps mother earth!


WRONG!

thats why i was joking, surely you cant believe Dubai is the greenest city on Earth, its one of the most polluted, with the least green cities in the world...

and its the most wasteful according to its GDP

Yeah, sorry "DBXQuantum", i realized your comment was sarcastic. I should have quoted "sdblackshade", who my comment was directed towards. Youre totally right, there is NO WAY Dubai is the greenest city. Closer to the opposite id say.

I'm sure all the people living in places burried in snow for most of the winter are the greenest places around, right?

But hey, afterall they don't use energy for cooling so that statement must be true.

Pffffff .... gimme a break :|

so tall ....so taller...so super taller....

So hypertall... (hint, hint, hint)

I'm sure all the people living in places burried in snow for most of the winter are the greenest places around, right?

But hey, afterall they don't use energy for cooling so that statement must be true.

Pffffff .... gimme a break :|

no, they would be the whitest;) AND heating buildings throughout a long cold winter uses no energy at all!!! ...kidding, so kidding.

WRONG!

Altin, as you object that the majority of the water used to irrigate these massive swaths of desert is in fact desalinated,

then let us know, at least let me know (since I do not know)

what are the sources of all the waters Dubai people drink, bathing, watering etc in Dubai?



Cheers!

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they use water that has already been used by people so that there's no need to go through the desalination process again. Obviously it'd have to be cleaned but I don't think they desalinate water for watering plants.

It's funny how none of the people bickering back-and-forth over the environmental/water usage in Dubai have provided one credible source to support their viewpoints.

Here's one: http://www.newsweek.com/id/143689

In Dubai, entertainment trumps the environment everywhere you turn, imitating it and reconstituting it. On the inland edge of Dubai a stupendous theme park and resort complex now under construction advertises itself as 186 million square meters "encompassing the entire spectrum of human experience." A promotional video calls it "a fantasy land set right in the heart of the desert." Yet there's going to be water everywhere: seawater made potable by enormous oil- and gas-burning plants that already have an installed capacity of 1.26 billion liters a day.

Altin, as you object that the majority of the water used to irrigate these massive swaths of desert is in fact desalinated,

then let us know, at least let me know (since I do not know)

what are the sources of all the waters Dubai people drink, bathing, watering etc in Dubai?

Cheers!

For watering and gardening the landscaped areas, is used ONLY treated sewage water.

Desalinated water is used for the tap water (not drinkable) and for the huge aluminum swelter complex (DUBAL), which disposable water is then treated and bottled as drinkable water for the masses (from 2L PET bottles to mostly 19L containers for the water coolers). Of course there is also natural mineral spring water (Masafi) consumed in mass by the people in 0.5L and 1.5L PET bottles.

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5335/dubaiw.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64355523@N00/favorites/)

wow, is that photoshopped?

holy hell. looks photoshop. is it?

For watering and gardening the landscaped areas, is used ONLY treated sewage water.

Desalinated water is used for the tap water (not drinkable) and for the huge aluminum swelter complex (DUBAL), which disposable water is then treated and bottled as drinkable water for the masses (from 2L PET bottles to mostly 19L containers for the water coolers). Of course there is also natural mineral spring water (Masafi) consumed in mass by the people in 0.5L and 1.5L PET bottles.

Thanks for the info


http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5335/dubaiw.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64355523@N00/favorites/)

Hard to believe if it is not a photoshoped pic.

Cheers!

wow, is that photoshopped?

??? would you believe it if someone actually said no? I think its definately edited.

Yes, edited with HDR

It is certainly photoshoped and it's certainly my new desktop background.
Lol when I click on it, it says goodbye dubai, and dark clouds and stuff. Something to do with credit crunch? Someone pessimistic or something. Or just someone traveling and leaving Dubai.

And remove those onenike posts please mods...

amazing pic, a master piece

I think it was a simple "wave goodbye" to Dubai, in the traveling sense and not the Economic Doomsday sense. Nice pic, photoshopped or not.

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Waste of space - your disgusting stinky trainers. Throw them in the garbage where they belong!!

Great picture! But as buildmilehightower already said, how can this pic possibly not be photoshopped? A camera can only over- or underexpose. Then its either too dark or too white. There's no way to just take a picture like this. I reckon much HDR effort has been put into it or at least a lot of changes to contrast and saturation. Not that I want to put it down, setting this up requires quite some experience with the software and still it takes alot of effort on the computer to come up with something brilliant like this :cheers2:

cool how'd two workers die I saw on the news earlier this week.

^^only !

lets keep to topic guys. or my deletion tab is ready

that is a beautiful pic on the prev page. this thing is going fast, when is the set completion datE?

the photo is amazing

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they use water that has already been used by people so that there's no need to go through the desalination process again. Obviously it'd have to be cleaned but I don't think they desalinate water for watering plants.

Thats what I thought, I have also seen bags of DEWA fertilizer. Even though the thought made me feel a little ill. All the Springs/Meadows development lakes are basically treated brown water too.

Water in london is likely to be many times before.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaimed_water

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5335/dubaiw.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64355523@N00/favorites/)

WTF! Dubai's skyline is starting to reach the same level as Hong Kong's and Chicago's.

^^ If it comes to supertalls or even taller then 200 meters yes, otherwise is far from it.

Yeah, you're right. Dubai is not even close, just a bunch of tall skyscrapers along a highway. BTW awesome pic XD.

Yeah, you're right. Dubai is not even close, just a bunch of tall skyscrapers along a highway. BTW awesome pic XD.

I think Dubai's density will increase over time, providing development continues post-economic meltdown. It's true though that the skyline looks quite stark as a strip of skyscrapers.

Dubai has the potential to have the best skyline in the world although areas such as Shanghai and many other chinese cities still have some space to fit some nice buildings in.
But the American cities are pretty much stalled; the new WTC towers in NY are coming up where old ones were and Chicago found an obscure area for its spire.
I think that if Americans want to be in the competition, they should learn from dubai and build cities from scratch although, US is not an oil rich nation so that could be a problem.

And to think that in the upcoming years, the Burj Dubai will almost be nothing compared to all these new supertalls that are going to be built. :) (Well, maybe not almost nothing, but smaller) :nuts:

Dubai has the potential to have the best skyline in the world although areas such as Shanghai and many other chinese cities still have some space to fit some nice buildings in.
But the American cities are pretty much stalled; the new WTC towers in NY are coming up where old ones were and Chicago found an obscure area for its spire.
I think that if Americans want to be in the competition, they should learn from dubai and build cities from scratch although, US is not an oil rich nation so that could be a problem.

Neither is Dubai...

is that the april´s fool banner?
all sites going for the same virus joke

imre?
where am you man?

Imre is a family man now, so ...

stunnig effect in last picture ;)

09.09.09 is going to be an amazing day in Dubai for so many reasons!

Hi all.

It's been a while since we had some good close ups of the top. I wonder if any steel work has been done ? Or any more of the small half wings been put up ?

Cladding is moving along albeit slowly. The office annex is the only thing we can see progress on at a reasonable pace.

We need some interior shots via site visits as I'm sure great progress is being made in there.

The exterior stuff and the crane disassembly proceedure will have to be done in the next 5 months - before the soft opening on 09 09 09 I would think.

:cheers:

Here's a 3 minute, 10 second video of the Burj Dubai.

(You can see it on the right hand side of the video):

CYMCwojoOQM

In HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMCwojoOQM&fmt=22

(sadly, YouTube doesn't really do the original video justice, but you get the idea)

Fantastic......

I really liked watching the Burj Dubai in your video ;)

Theyre getting beter at co-ordinating the fountains finally... the lighting is alot better now, only being on when the waters first pushed up, instead of all the time.

Here's a 3 minute, 10 second video of the Burj Dubai.

(You can see it on the right hand side of the video):

CYMCwojoOQM

In HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMCwojoOQM&fmt=22

(sadly, YouTube doesn't really do the original video justice, but you get the idea)
I have no wards to describe this video @gerald its simply awesome :) I am guessing that fountains in this video should probably reached 150m ?

What an extraordinary new art form!

Certainly a beautiful display but the height is certainly nowhere near 150m. I wonder if that was a false rumor or if the height will come later? I'm guessing the highest seen in this video is only about 50m at most.

It's so beautiful...:drool:
Looks awesome...

Here's a 3 minute, 10 second video of the Burj Dubai.

(You can see it on the right hand side of the video):

CYMCwojoOQM

In HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMCwojoOQM&fmt=22

(sadly, YouTube doesn't really do the original video justice, but you get the idea)

I've seen the Bellagio in Las Vegas' one before and I can assure you that the bigger jets are hella loud. I can't imagine how these ones can be ( being bigger than Bellagio's )

its not a rumor, they are going to go to 150m / 500 ft.

I have got few pics by email:)

Burj Dubai

http://i43.tinypic.com/ohnviu.jpg

^^ If it comes to supertalls or even taller then 200 meters yes, otherwise is far from it.

Chicago has ~1000 highrises, dubai has 400 plus 300 under construction. After about 10 years, I think that Dubai will equal Chicago in number of highrises.

I have got few pics by email:)

Burj Dubai



The spire?
That's a long way to the top...:nuts:

Here's a 3 minute, 10 second video of the Burj Dubai.

(You can see it on the right hand side of the video):

CYMCwojoOQM

In HD:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYMCwojoOQM&fmt=22

(sadly, YouTube doesn't really do the original video justice, but you get the idea)

serious WOW at 1:35!

Great Picture Imre,, I feel bad just posting a typical image.
Today.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2a7daqh.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/2v8iwd3.jpg

I have got few pics by email:)

Burj Dubai

http://i43.tinypic.com/ohnviu.jpg

omg
:dance:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5335/dubaiw.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64355523@N00/favorites/)

woow, it's look great :cheers:

have you this pic on huge size? :)

HELPING mother earth!?!? i hope youre joking.

sure planting a couple thousand trees is nice (in an insignificant way), but the dubai palm islands have destroyed the marine ecosystem. god knows how much sediment they turned up building them, which gets caught in the regional currents...

lets just stick to saying dubai is a fantastic example of human capability - the burj looks sweet!

There was no real marine eco system because all sandy beaches mean the under water world is like a desert aswell. Actually, the artificial reefs / wave barriers are huge improvements. Sand sediment fallout is really local, to heavy to be carried by currents.

I have got few pics by email:)
Burj Dubai
http://i43.tinypic.com/ohnviu.jpg
Very strange looking ladders! It's interesting to note the differences from how they would be built here. These wouldn't even come close to meeting OSHA requirements for many reasons including no place to rest every 20ft. I also wonder why they have two ladders instead of one?

Well they could let go , fall down a few feet and get some air blown on their faces , freshen up then grab on to the stair case again ! we have super men from tibet !

on a more serious note , i do agree with you , if it is the case.

Here's a 3 minute, 10 second video of the Burj Dubai.
(sadly, YouTube doesn't really do the original video justice, but you get the idea)

^^^^

Oh my GOD!!! it´s simply amazing :drool:...You have a very beautiful city!

I also wonder why they have two ladders instead of one?

These ladders are for the future Burj Dubai Triathlon.
1. Swimming through the lake (fountains are on, of course)
2. Running up the emergency stairs to the top of the spire
3. Base jumping from the Burj Dubai

;)

The fountain is quite cool. It kind of sounds, and looks like fireworks!

I have got few pics by email:)

Burj Dubai

http://i43.tinypic.com/ohnviu.jpg

I would assume that there would be some kind of sliding safety rope that attaches to the centre of the ladder, and also, how high does it look like it is to the mesh floor, because the photo was probably taken from the one below it, and it looks like there could be about 6m, or 20 ft, up to it.
Edit: actually it does look like it could be more than that, based on the steps

http://www.friendsoflight.com/pp/data/502/Dubai_Swimming_in_the_Sun.jpg
by Dalal AlDhobaib

^^thank you for posting kind sir! :)

^^
That last picture was absolutely breathtaking :master:

Thanks for sharing

Hi all.

Wow - great shot Imre. More More More :nuts:

It looks like the shot is taken inside the 2.1m. dia. pinnacle pipe from a lower tier where the pipe is inside the steel structure of the spire. The pipe starts in tier 20 (section 20B) and is only considered the pinnacle starting at tier 27. I don't think the shot is up in the pinnacle for 3 reasons :
1 - I don't see any transitions to a smaller diameter.
2 - The ladders in the pinnacle only go from tier to tier as there is a grate landing at each tier.
3 - The ladders face 120 degrees away from the last and next ladder.

When OTR gave us those great shots of a part of the pinnacle laying on the podium waiting to be hoisted up, we could see a ladder inside and the support for a lower ladder that faced differently by one third of the circular pipe.

The pic exif says 09 01 28 so it is after top out (the pinnacle is up there). The light we see up higher must be from the hatches with no doors on them (or open doors).

I agree that it does look like a long ladder climb to the grating above. The one way rail for a sliding lanyard attachment can be seen in the middle of the ladders so there is some thought of safety.

Let me repeat - great shot Imre - keep 'em coming.

:cheers:

To put it as politely as possible:

I'd [curseword] my [curseword] pants if I had to climb those scrawny ladders...

thats tall,taller,tallest tower till now...

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5335/dubaiw.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/64355523@N00/favorites/)

Does it ever get this dark in Dubai (i.e. during a thunderstorm/sandstorm in the evening or early morning)?

Dubai is having lots of Big Projects so far........which one is the biggest Daring Project so far......for Dubai...........

BPS it got quite dark maybe as dark when the last hail storm hit a week back

Hi all.

It's been a while since we had some good close ups of the top. I wonder if any steel work has been done ? Or any more of the small half wings been put up ?


Fury, there will be no small wing to be put up. They have completed the "cladding" of the spire on the crane facing side all the way down to the base of that teer.

Change of plans ... ?

great shot imre. does seem weird that no landings with tall climb.maybe put on later?
the mighty burj is looking great

I think, this building's record as the tallest in the world will be longlived. It will be difficult for other cities to surpass this in a short period of time.

^^ this one's guaranteed to be surpassed, but takes time.

http://i43.tinypic.com/10x94qp.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/nl7n1z.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2jg2fiv.jpg

Burj Dubai,675m

http://i39.tinypic.com/whci95.jpg

http://www.friendsoflight.com/pp/data/502/Dubai_Swimming_in_the_Sun.jpg
by Dalal AlDhobaib

ouuu i like it!!! :)

The fountains are great. Thank you for this video. :banana::banana::banana: :master::master::master:

Burj Dubai,675m

http://i39.tinypic.com/whci95.jpg

Imre, who sents you all these great inside pics? Or is it an anonymous person?

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hOl2e0230VA/SdY6vRYhSHI/AAAAAAAACwc/jUWb0J3E-s4/s800/IMG_0151.JPG

Haha, cool! Great pictures. As the Burj doesn't change a lot anymore, the photographers get more creative.. ;)
Hope to see some views from 675 meters... :cheers:

Here's a view from level 157. This was taken back in June 2008 during my site visit, excuse the quality, it was taken from my mobile camera.

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9425/dsc00352n.jpg (http://img243.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00352n.jpg)
http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/dsc00352n.jpg/1/w1024.png (http://g.imageshack.us/img243/dsc00352n.jpg/1/)

http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hOl2e0230VA/SdY6vRYhSHI/AAAAAAAACwc/jUWb0J3E-s4/s800/IMG_0151.JPG

I know I lost them somewhere....

Is that photo shopped or the origional? What lens did you use for that? Fantastic picture in itself complimenting the creativity.

photos by psycho bob from flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-bob/



http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/5383/3409736170bf1c7a919fb.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3409736170bf1c7a919fb.jpg)

Hi Res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-bob/3409736170/sizes/o/

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/7420/3408898229c673e3d175b.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3408898229c673e3d175b.jpg)

Hi Res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-bob/3408898229/sizes/o/

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/9499/3408957911f9ecd11e36b.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3408957911f9ecd11e36b.jpg)

Hi Res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-bob/3408957911/sizes/o/

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1305/3409793430b99c4daea3b.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3409793430b99c4daea3b.jpg)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/psycho-bob/3409793430/sizes/o/


Lightning

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/8250/3201423249f508d1d90eb.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3201423249f508d1d90eb.jpg)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6654/32029889517349960a18b.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=32029889517349960a18b.jpg)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/558/32022648886309052bcab.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=32022648886309052bcab.jpg)

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/1088/320229067423a947198eb.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=320229067423a947198eb.jpg)

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/950/3202282254b1b63ba884b.jpg (http://img7.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3202282254b1b63ba884b.jpg)

Hi all.

Fury, there will be no small wing to be put up. They have completed the "cladding" of the spire on the crane facing side all the way down to the base of that teer.

Change of plans ... ?

Hi Altin.

Yes I realize the small wing and 2 small half wings are completed on tier 23. I was referring to the 2 small half wings of tier 22. They are 19.2 meters high and are on the North side of the pinnacle pipe. I have shown them in this print. I call them half wings for lack of a better term - they are each "half" of a small wing ...

http://g.imagehost.org/0065/56_Tier_23_Start.jpg (http://g.imagehost.org/download/0065/56_Tier_23_Start)

The crane is at the bottom of the print as is the second larger wing that still has 2 sections to be added to yet.



Hi Imre.

Another great shot. The fact that it is from the same section as the base of the pinnacle pipe tells me the pic from yesterday was also taken from this section. As I posted yesterday the shot inside the pinnacle pipe was taken from much lower than tier 27.



Hi Omar.

Nice shot.

At the end of June '08 the top of the BD was at section 19B and the top of that is 662.5 meters. Your shot was not from the top of the steel work as there was no concrete up there at the highest sections at that time. The 719 written on the concrete must mean something else. Your shot is most likely from a concrete slab lower down in the steel section or higher up in the concrete section of the structure.

I'm not trying to be an asshole - just stating the facts. As I said it is a nice shot and I like many wish we could go on a site visit of the BD.

:cheers:

Those lighting shots are jaw-dropping! Either someone used a lot of exposures to get them right, timed it very well, or did something I'm not sure how to do yet. Crazy!

if an alien landed on earth and wanted to see our tallest edifice, i would be honoured to show him Burj Dubai. 3 years ago i wouldnt been happy to show taipei 101.
just didnt do it for me.
now i would be proud as a human to build such a structure.

Is that photo shopped or the origional? What lens did you use for that? Fantastic picture in itself complimenting the creativity.

The original - the only time I've ever done any post-processing was when I stitched 8 shots together to make my monster pic of the Burj (incidentally, if anyone's going to Gulf Print next week, do pop down to the Canon stand - they're hoping to have a 40 foot tall print of my Burj Dubai photo on display :) ).

Lens was a Canon 24-104L f4.0.

http://i43.tinypic.com/2zog8qd.jpg
from ParisianGirl (SSC forumer)

the pics of dubai are breathtaking!! awesome...

04/April/2009

Burj Dubai

http://i42.tinypic.com/2q9jpcn.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2a76gra.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/316kyty.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/14lof4j.jpg

http://i44.tinypic.com/fq4j9.jpg

http://i41.tinypic.com/316kyty.jpgFour months without notable cladding progress... :bash:

Thanks Tauriq for sharing those great pics with the lightning!

photos by psycho bob from flickr
Lightning

http://img17.imageshack.us/img17/6654/32029889517349960a18b.jpg (http://img17.imageshack.us/my.php?image=32029889517349960a18b.jpg)



can anyone tell me whts happenig over here???????????

can anyone tell me whts happenig over here???????????

Frankenstein is at it again...

Get your pitchforks and torches everyone. : P

04/April/ 2009

Burj Dubai

http://i43.tinypic.com/50qiyq.jpg

http://i40.tinypic.com/2w7frk3.jpg

http://i43.tinypic.com/10gbor8.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/2n8o615.jpg

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04/April/ 2009

Burj Dubai

http://i40.tinypic.com/nx81mx.jpg

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04/April/ 2009

Burj Dubai

http://i44.tinypic.com/2hscl86.jpg

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100 new pics here: www.dubaiupdate.com (picasa)

finally we get the close up on top of the tower... cheers imre/

What is the status with the callding to the spire? How come it is not progressing very fast?

^^ I do know that the invisible interior work are being done very quickly.

http://i39.tinypic.com/2ikr40x.jpg

^^

Lol, someone else posted that pic one page back, but said it was yours. Nice style

^^ LOL Yes, it's true. :D

I originally posted it on UAE forum here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=435275&page=366

Should have posted this shot here already, as well, but better late than never I guess..:cheers:

http://i39.tinypic.com/j7x3qc.jpg
http://www.boston.com/news/world/blog/2009/03/kirsten_gobi_a.html

04/04

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great shot

woow, it's look great :cheers:

have you this pic on huge size? :)

that pic takes my breath away it's just amazing...i set it as wallpaper on my computer hehe:lol::lol:

love the parisian girl shot!

i was reading my book today and i came across something i didnt see before.
it said the focus on the height was such that at one point, smith says, he and Robert booth, executive director of EMAAR, Alabbar's company, discussed the possibility of a hydraulically controlled spire that could be raised in case some other developer decided to, well, trump Alabbar with a taller building. wouldnt that be cool to have a hydraulically controlled spire :lol: but what they didnt think of was, once its T/O the CTBUH would only count what was the originally offical height. so i would say it would be pointless to have a hydraulically controlled spire.

Hi all.

Good thought Helghast. That must be where many reporters got confused with a telescopic pinnacle verses a jacked into position pinnacle.

I labelled 2 shots to illustrate the small wings of tiers 22 and 23. The shots are from Imre and AltinD who both continue to update us with great pics.

I didn't label the larger wing of tier 23 or the larger wing of tier 22 that is already erected.

The top 9.6m. of tier 22 half wings is up there now. Once they erect the 2 sections left of the second larger wing of tier 22 and the bottom half of the half wings, there is only cladding and roofing (of the terraces) left to do.

Once that is done the crane disassembly proceedure can commence.

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I've said it before and I'll say it again - what a fantastic structure !

:cheers:

I have many more pics, will post them tomorrow (well it will be today actually, but since I'm going to sleep now, I'm allowed to say that)

On a second thought, here's another one

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It's just unbelievable, just amazing. Congrats Dubai! Finally getting to end up the tower!

oh great shots IMRE, finally youve taken shot of the edge of hollow tubes , so they get rid of the concrete filler ha...

Great shots Imre; i havev a question: whats going on with the rest of the Burj Dubai cladding? Any progress on that issue?

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A daredevil climber dubbed a modern-day Spiderman is gearing up for his greatest challenge yet - conquering the Burj Dubai without so much as a rope.
http://www.7days.ae/storydetails.php?id=76157&title=Spiderman%20to%20tackle%20Burj%20Dubai
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`wow! very nice!

the top looks like it'll be very complicated.

Nice pictures

I'm just throwing out a random idea here: if there is going to be some telecommunications equipment/radio equipment up at the top -- wouldn't we see that equipment installed first before they clad?

That might take some time.

These are just great shots everyone, thanks.

that BD pic from dusk looks so elite.

It knocks the socks off everything that went before.

I'm just throwing out a random idea here: if there is going to be some telecommunications equipment/radio equipment up at the top -- wouldn't we see that equipment installed first before they clad?

That might take some time.

Almost anything now days would fit in a 19" rack and go up internally. Unless they want to cover Abu Dhabi there's no need for a half mile tall, high powered transmitting antenna.

^^ Progress of BD is such a sight to behold! Cheers! :cheers:

As promissed, pics from yesterday (April 4th)

The whole tower

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The upper part

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The spire

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A daredevil climber dubbed a modern-day Spiderman is gearing up for his greatest challenge yet - conquering the Burj Dubai without so much as a rope.
http://www.7days.ae/storydetails.php?id=76157&title=Spiderman%20to%20tackle%20Burj%20Dubai
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Excellent! Is this official? Ever since I seen a documentary on this guy I was hoping he would climb it, how could he not? September sounds like a stunt for opening day...:banana:

The base

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The annex buildings

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Airplanes

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Water reflections

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Interactions

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holy sh*t, the facade just shot up in the steel section. and i noticed they got ride of the external lifts :cheers:

great shots altin

Very good updates Imre and Altin:cheers:

Hi all.

Thats some nice stuff Altin.

Looks like 6 levels is what the office annex addition is going to be. The columns don't stick up above the top beams that are going to be the roof, like they did above the previous steel levels.

In the shots of the base the cladding looks cleaner and really shiny. Perhaps the heavy rains washed them some. It gives a some idea of what it is going to look like after it is cleaned......

:banana::banana: Fantastic :banana::banana:

:cheers:

Wow! These pictures are sooo beautiful!!! Thank you guys for sharing it with all of us! :)

Found this on Flickr

In The Pit of the world's tallest elevator.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobil/

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^awesome! 514m is highest run in burj dubai

diagram update
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Fantastic!!!!:cheers:

Greetings

I that pic of the elevator, it would be cool if they switched off every light except the one at the top and then took a pic.

^^
You'd have a black photo with a tiny white dot at the top. There'd be nothing to see.

Found this on Flickr

In The Pit of the world's tallest elevator.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobil/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3416418161_cbd0590ded_b.jpg

^^ What an incredible shot ... a mountain of concrete :uh:

Thx for posting :cheers1:

Yes, thanks for posting that is really quite something! Would be abit scary if the cabel snapped if you were anywhere near the top!

That lift shaft photograph is awesome...simply awesome.

Yes, thanks for posting that is really quite something! Would be abit scary if the cabel snapped if you were anywhere near the top!

Cable can still snap, but there are more than one safety installations which will stop the elevator from falling 500m...

I thought there would be, cause even with a springy bottom I don't think anyone survive that.

just do a mythbusters and jump a second before you hit the bottom, you will survive :D lol

Haha would have to be one hell of a jump!

Would need to be on the roof of the car as well! Or it would just crush you!

06/April/2009

Burj Dubai

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Nice pics, what building are those foundations for in a couple of them above?

Nice pics, what building are those foundations for in a couple of them above?

pics 1-2: Bay Square ( Business Bay)
pics 3-4:The Opus (Business Bay)
pic 5: Executive Towers (Business Bay)

we can see The PAD in the 1st pic as well

Great shots Imre; i havev a question: whats going on with the rest of the Burj Dubai cladding? Any progress on that issue?

cladding u/c but th progress is still slow.

06/April/2009

Burj Dubai

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awsome pics Imre! thx

Um, is that something falling off the tower? or a UFO?

Probably one of those UFO's again :ohno:

Corrected by SkyScraperMember's spellingcheck

probably-... -.-

^^In the 4th picture.....lol....i think it is just a bird.....

[QUOTE=dstamand;34726950]Found this on Flickr

In The Pit of the world's tallest elevator.

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I read somewhere that the longest elevator shaft in the world is actually in the Internation Commerce Center (ICC). One elevator shaft in the ICC extends all 118 floors. Though the 124 story elevator shaft to the Burj Dubai observation floor would seem taller, the ICC floors are all office floors which tend to be taller than hotel and residential floors found below the Burj Dubai observation deck. So the 118th floor of the ICC is taller thant he 124th of the Burj Dubai.

The cladding on the steel section is progressing nicely. The final result is getting clearer everyday, on the outside at least.

Found this on Flickr

In The Pit of the world's tallest elevator.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/knobil/

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/3416418161_cbd0590ded_b.jpg
Think to all those constructors (for elevators) who worked and still work there: all those stuff (cables, drivers lift, lights, elevators cambines, to construct and connecting all those stuff) made by possible risk of their lifes...
Cheers :cheers:

^^ Thanks for all the pics, a lot of new stuff lately :)

The facade looks stunning! I wonder why the 2 lowest mechanical levels look different than the upper ones in Imre's first pic of this page..? Is it because of the rails that are fully installed there or because of some cleaning maybe?

^^The first two mechanical floors look diffrent because of the rails. You are right - nice stunning pics from Imre!:cheers:

^^ Yes, the rails reflect sun-light

^^ imagine using ladder to climp up there! Dang it amazes me how big this thing is.

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[© XPRESS/Wanchai Mana]

Is it topped out yet?

Yes, thanks for posting that is really quite something! Would be abit scary if the cabel snapped if you were anywhere near the top!

it would be alot worse if you were anywhere near the bottom when the cable snapped actually.

great elevator shaft pic ,you should have said that you were looking down ,that would be more impressive, lol

Is it topped out yet?

:ohno::ohno::ohno:

:nuts:woow

it would be alot worse if you were anywhere near the bottom when the cable snapped actually.
Hmm, why's that then? You mean if you are still in the lift?

If you were at the base of the shaft and the cable snapped a couple of metres above your head you may be OK; if a few hundred metres of cable came whipping and snapping down the shaft on top of you then you'd be mincemeat.

Less time for the brakes to do their job too

I've constructed a not-so accurate model of the Burj on the map/geometry editing free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter known as "Sauerbraten".
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3493/burjdubair.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8233/burjdubai3.jpg
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[© XPRESS/Wanchai Mana]

Wow, beautiful!

Is it topped out yet?
:lol: You're kidding right? If not you really ought to learn how to read the title of a thread, the T/O in the title means it's topped out! :nuts:

:eek2: Great pics!

ouooooooooooooo! is this real?!!!!!!

no, this whole thread is fake

:bash:

LOL hahahahah.....

the sun in that photo looks like a white dwarfe...

but the pictures you can get in Dubai can be incredible at times.

Yes, thanks for posting that is really quite something! Would be abit scary if the cabel snapped if you were anywhere near the top!

If the cable snapped, nothing would happen:

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53 elevators!

ouooooooooooooo! is this real?!!!!!!

:lol: Quick way to be banned.

Anyway stunning pictures, showing how really big is this monster tower. I was wondering how high, or what level will be open for sightseeing, like in Empire State Building for example. If there is going to be a level like that.

:lol: Quick way to be banned.

Anyway stunning pictures, showing how really big is this monster tower. I was wondering how high, or what level will be open for sightseeing, like in Empire State Building for example. If there is going to be a level like that.

124th floor.

Speaking of the Observatory Deck on the 124th floor, the access area it will be inside the Dubai Mall, in the Food Court Area and from there it will be connected to the tower from an underground tunnel. Considering the distance I don't know if they will have peoples movers or moving walkways.

Also the area inside the Mall where they are working is big so probably souvenir shops will be there as well, and of course the security scanning.

When I first climbed the CN Tower in 2003 they had this bomb sniffing air blowing machines type of scanners. I'm sure similar and even more advanced ones will be installed here.

All in all it seams that everything related to the Observatory deck would be totally isolated from the rest of the tower, for security reasons of course.

^thats unsual? do you think alot of people will turn up at base of tower trying to find a lobby to catch lift to ob deck? how far is mall entry from lobby of burj?

@DXBQuantum - Thanks.

But only 124th. Thats only like half of it. Well better that than nothing. Any idea when is that going to be open for visitors. I might go to Dubai just to see that.

Wow Amazing Pics Mr. AltinD.

This Tower is Amazing!!

Greetings from México.

^

thats unsual?

do you think alot of people will turn up at base of tower trying to find a lobby to catch lift to ob deck?

how far is mall entry from lobby of burj?

Everything about this tower is unusual (well you get what i mean)

No, because the tower is not what you call accessible friendly, plus signs will be all over the palce.

Which Mall entry? As compared to which lobby entrance of the tower? You know the difference can be several hundreds of meters :lol:

Simply, amazing!

I wonder how many will forsake the elevator and take the stairs, to the observation deck. Climbing 124 floors sound like a challenging task. It’ll be fun if they hold a marathon, like in the Empire State.

nice construction, lombax!

I wonder how many will forsake the elevator and take the stairs, to the observation deck. Climbing 124 floors sound like a challenging task. It’ll be fun if they hold a marathon, like in the Empire State.

I doub't anyone will have that option.

As for the marathon, they already do one yearly of climbing the stairs of Emirates Office Tower so it is very likely to happen.

As for the marathon, they already do one yearly of climbing the stairs of Emirates Office Tower so it is very likely to happen.

You gotta love these marathons (it's a sport that is real fun to watch). That and it tests the limits as to how far man can go as the buildings go higher and higher.

P.S.
Since we have that, I guess base jumping will also occur as well:lol: :)

^^ Already has!

Here are some photo's from yesterday:

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The rest can be seen here. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/25327990@N07/sets/72157616385197055/)

I've been a very long time lurker on these forums and have been following this thread from almost the beginning.

Here are my contributions from today (on holiday in dubai):

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:cheers:

Me, I would take the stairs :), I like going up buildings the slow way cause you gradually get higher and higher rather than just straight up. I'd even take them right to the top just to see how long that takes! And thanks all for the incredible photos.

I've constructed a not-so accurate model of the Burj on the map/geometry editing free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter known as "Sauerbraten".
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/3493/burjdubair.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/8233/burjdubai3.jpg
http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4456/burjdubai4.jpg
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^^Thanks! Now you got me hooked on a new FPS!!! as if world of warcraft, or counter strike isnt enough for me to dwell on.. lol... you did a great job with the Burj model.

Care to share the level you made with the Burj? I would love to have a skirmish on that map! :cheers:
:banana:

Speaking of the Observatory Deck on the 124th floor, the access area it will be inside the Dubai Mall, in the Food Court Area and from there it will be connected to the tower from an underground tunnel. Considering the distance I don't know if they will have peoples movers or moving walkways.

Also the area inside the Mall where they are working is big so probably souvenir shops will be there as well, and of course the security scanning.

When I first climbed the CN Tower in 2003 they had this bomb sniffing air blowing machines type of scanners. I'm sure similar and even more advanced ones will be installed here.

All in all it seams that everything related to the Observatory deck would be totally isolated from the rest of the tower, for security reasons of course.


I thought that was a little unusual as well at first.. but it makes perfect sense in the end. If I had spent all that money for a condo -or- spent all the money for a night in the Armani Hotel -or- if I was paying all that rent for an office in the clouds; I wouldnt want to see thousands of befuddled tourists gawking and gazing and in my way all the time when Im doing my daily business in that building! Im just surprised that the access to the obs deck would be all the way in the mall... :)

Like Altin said, they probably will have some people-movers like what you see in major airports and some amusement parks with all kinds of souvenir/gift shops and possibly some museums lined along the way.

If things get better and business moves again, I would be able to book hotel and flight plans sometime perhaps by next summer - There will definitely be some SSC and SSP'ers that will be making the trip and it would be nice to make an attempt to all go at a common time so we could vist the Burj and see the rest of Dubai in a group - It would be nice to meet some of the people that I've been conversing with on and off for the past 5 years watching this monster tower materialize. :cheers:

Have the added the final 2 steel floors on one of the teirs yet?

wow, theyre still going at it with the floatey thingies?
how long do you think it will be before they find a decent method of cleaning this enormous "swimming pool"?

^big job.
COUNTDOWN TO SOFT OPENING- 155days..

Hi all.

Hey Ember - no the 2 sections have not been erected yet.

The observation access in the mall is not the only access point unless they have revised the plans yet again.

The elevator lobby for the observation deck is on the ground level on the podium zone A side - facing 120 degrees and the fountain. The ground level is also the entrance to the residence lobby that faces podium zone B or 240 degrees. The entrance faces 240 degrees. It looks to me that one can walk across the residence lobby through some doors to the observation elevator lobby.

It is cool that there will be a tunnel from the mall for access too.

:cheers:

fantastic photo,thats giant aquarium its stunning...

I was looking at it yesterday from the world trade centre, there were some clouds and of course they it was poking through the clouds at 2000 feet... from WTC you can really see how ridiculously big this monster is, the Address which is a fantastic huge skyscraper itself does not even come up a 1/3 of Burj Dubai, its just the greatest feat of engineering i have ever seen.

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Wow - is there no end to this massive construction boom?

It looks to me that one can walk across the residence lobby through some doors to the observation elevator lobby.

That will not be possible. No way anybody but residents and/or their guests will be allowed to roam that lobby.

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Very nice shots... wow, looks very modern! :)

I think only Burj Dubai deserves the title "Skyscraper" because it most certainly does.

I can't wait until it is finally finished.

It's more like a "Skypiercer"

It's more like a "Skypiercer"

Sky penetrator.

Sky cherry-popper.

Spacescraper

superb....:cheers:

08/April/2009

Burj Dubai

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08/April/2009

Burj Dubai Lake , forever job:)

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08/April/2009

Burj Dubai Lake

Renault Roadshow, preparation

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I think Dubai is really somewhere I would love to be, lots going on, lots of massive buildings going up, I reckon its going to become the biggest City in the world by the rate it is going! I think Burj Dubai will be the main landmark for a good while but look forward to this Nakheel getting started again if it does :).

great snaps imre.whats with the floating stage?emmar sponser renault?

great snaps imre.whats with the floating stage?emmar sponser renault?

http://www.emaar.com/events/Renault-Roadshow/

Seems a bit futile the lake cleaning, it also doesn't look very professional.

Seems a bit futile the lake cleaning, it also doesn't look very professional.

at least they have job

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just lik the old days, Imre zooming in to unfinished progress.. I'm so happy again.

There is nonstop cleaning of the lake for a month now and it is still as dirty as on Day 1 :ohno:

Respect to the cleaners, they are doing their very best. But regarding the equipment I have to say: "Emaar, its embarassing, dont cha think?"

That reminds me of this...
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Maybe the cleaners will get a promotion... Proper Equipment

gosh, its so hard to believe that burj is more than double the tallest building we have in height!!!

IMRE - the cladding seems to be progressing well.

whats with the floating stage? It's not floating; it sits on a platform: see here (http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hOl2e0230VA/SczE56Bw66I/AAAAAAAACsA/_L793-xIxUA/s800/IMG_0003.JPG).
(pic courtesy of gerald.d, posted at #16915 on 27 March)

Does anyone know what is included in the September "soft opening" ?

As one can see in any of the evening pictures shown recently, there are a few lights seen in the bottom floors in the hotel area, but hardly any at all above the first mech. levels. Either the workers are good at turning off the lights, or the state of the finishing is still very elementary in most of these areas.

We have not seen or heard of any evidence of what is going on inside. We have seen the outdoor construction lifts gone, but have these just been moved inside into the permanent shafts ?

At this point, I'd be surprised if 09 09 09 consists of any more than a floor of hotel rooms and a coffee shop, if it happens then at all.

Thanks for any information that becomes available.

Does anyone know what is included in the September "soft opening" ?

As one can see in any of the evening pictures shown recently, there are a few lights seen in the bottom floors in the hotel area, but hardly any at all above the first mech. levels. Either the workers are good at turning off the lights, or the state of the finishing is still very elementary in most of these areas.

We have not seen or heard of any evidence of what is going on inside. We have seen the outdoor construction lifts gone, but have these just been moved inside into the permanent shafts ?

At this point, I'd be surprised if 09 09 09 consists of any more than a floor of hotel rooms and a coffee shop, if it happens then at all.

Thanks for any information that becomes available.

september 9 is still five months away tomorrow or today depending on where your reading this. five months is plenty of time to finish the cladding and build out the the rest of the building. all the habitual floors have cladding so interior work is being performed, while the upper floors can be prepped after the soft opening.

http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/613885

sounds like someone is jealous.