Sunday, July 22, 2007

Burj Dubai becomes the tallest building in the world

141 storeys


512.1 meters high

39,000 metric tons of steel rebar

142,000 sq m of glass

330,000 cubic meters of concrete



22,000,000,000 man hours

56 elevators travelling at 1.75 to 10 metres/sec

> 5,000 consultants and skilled construction workers on site.