By NNN-WAM
Dubai : Burj Dubai, the iconic tower developed by global property developer Emaar Properties, has scaled 158 levels — the most in any building in the world — and is now 598.5m high.
A press release from Emaar Thursday said that cladding work of the tower is now ongoing at an accelerated pace with 58 storeys already wearing the shimmering sheen of the high-performance cladding system. The primary materials used — reflective glazing, aluminum and textured stainless steel spandrels and vertical stainless tubular fins — accentuate the tower’s height and slenderness to the eye.
Burj Dubai is now taller than Taipei 101 (508m) and the CN Tower (553.33m) in Toronto. When completed, the tower will have used 330,000 cu m of concrete, 39,000 tonnes of steel rebar and 142,000 sq m of glass — and 22 million man hours. More than 5,000 consultants and skilled professional workers are employed on-site at the tower.
Emaar Properties partners with South Korean construction major Samsung Corporation and New York-based Project Manager Turner Construction in constructing Burj Dubai, which is designed by Adrian Smith and Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago.