Zicoflex 20 Facts About Burj
Khalifa
BY SANKALAN BAIDYA+
· PUBLISHED APRIL 14,
2014
· UPDATED JULY 22,
2015
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Burj Khalifa – world’s
tallest building is marvel
of architectural genius
of 21st century. Talk of
its height or look at its
design, this building is all
set to leave you
awestruck! Breaking
several records and
bagging new world
records, this building
sets global standards
for affluence. Here are
20 interesting facts
about Burj Khalifa that
will make you utter only
one word –
“awesome!”
1. Burj Khalifa is the
tallest building in the
world with an
architectural height of
2716.5 feet or 828.0
meters. Its occupied
height (height of the
floor occupied by
people) is 1918 feet or
584.5 meters. Its total
height measured from
its tip is 2723 feet or
829.8 meters.
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2. The observatory
deck of the building is
located at a height of
1483 feet or 452.1
meters.
3. There are 163 floors
located above the
ground and it has only
one floor located below
the ground. It has 58
functional elevators
that run at a top speed
of 10 meters per
second. Burj Khalifa
boast 2957 parking
spaces, 304 hotels and
900 apartments.
4. The Gross Floor Area
of the tower is
3,331,140 ft2 or
309,473 m2. The Gross
Floor Area is the area
within the footprint of
the tower and does not
include connected
buildings and adjoining
podiums.
5. The developer/owner
of the tower is Emaar
and its design architect
is Skidmore Owings &
Merill
 and architect of
record is Hyder
Consulting.
6. MEP (mechanical,
electrical and plumbing)
engineer as well as
structural engineer is
Skidmore Owings &
Merill
.
7. Turner Construction
was the project
manager for Burj Khalifa
while Besix, Arabtec
and Samsung C&T
Corporation
 were its main
contractors. Dow
Corning Corporation
supplied sealants for
the tower while Otis
Elevator Company
supplied the elevators.
8. Located in Dubai,
United Arab Emirates,
this tower was initially
named as Burj Dubai.
The building was
proposed in 2003 but
construction work
started in 2004 and
was completed in 2010.
9. Burj Khalifa is the
tallest tower in Dubai,
UAE, Middle East and
World. It is 3 times as
tall as Eiffel Tower and
two times taller than
Empire State Building.
10. The tower also
holds world records for:
‘tallest free standing
building’, ‘highest
occupied floor’, ‘highest
number of stories’,
‘longest travel distance
elevators’, ‘tallest
service elevator’ and
‘second highest outdoor
observatory deck’.
Record for highest
outdoor observation
deck is now held by
Canton Tower which
was officially opened in
December 2011.
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11. Total aluminum
used in the tower
weighs as much as 5
A380 aircraft. Total
concrete used in the
tower weighs as much
as 100,000 elephants.
12. During peak
construction days,
12,000 workers were
engaged every day.
13. ’22 million man-
hours’, ‘55,000-ton
steel rebar’ and
‘110,000-ton concrete’
were used to complete
the construction of the
tower in 6 years.
14. Skidmore Owings &
Merill
 is an American
architect firm and they
developed the
structural system called
‘buttressed core’ that
supports 163 floors of
the building.
15. So much rebar was
used in the construction
of Burj Khalifa that if
they were laid down
end-to-end, the total
length would be one-
quarter of the total
way across the globe.
16. 26,000 glass panels
cut individually were
used to create the
exterior of the building.
300 Chinese cladding
experts worked
together to design a
cladding system for the
tower that could
withstand Dubai’s
summer heat.
17. Burj Khalifa requires
a supply of 250,000
gallons of water each
day and total electricity
consumption of the
building is equivalent to
the electricity
consumed by 360,000
bulbs of 100-watt each
burning at the same
time.
18. The building has a
specially designed
elevator system for
controlled evacuation
during emergency
situations like security
threats or fire.
19. The building has 12
machines of 13 tons
each moving along
tracks constructed
outside the building. 36
cleaners board these
machines to clean the
24,000 reflective
windows of the tower.
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20. The design of the
tower is inspired by the
shape of Hymenocallis
flower. The flower is
known for its long
petals extending out
from its center.
Please note that all
heights are measured
from the lowest level
of open air, significant,
pedestrian entrance.
Underground floors are
not included in the
measurement. The
total cost of building
Burj Khalifa was $1.5
billion.