Dubai Skyscraper almost completed....

[toekramp]

Doesn't even look real.

 

[xanis]

holy crap that's ridiculous.

 

[BassBomb]

Dubai is intense

My dad visited it and got to go within 1km of the 7 star hotel (he didn't know you needed at least a $40 reservation for tea to go inside)

 

[KLin]

I know I've asked this before, but which terrorist group is going to be the first to take it out with a 747?

 

[Scarpozzi]

Imagine base jumping off that.

I bet even batman would have second thoughts....that sucker is way up there.

 

[Vehemence]

DATS BIG

 

[Modelworks]

I watched several shows on the construction and engineering of that building.
With some of the 'shortcuts' they made, I would be very concerned.

The construction crews were so inept that the foreman in charge was ready to quit.
They couldn't even build a cinder block wall properly in the basement.

Another thing was that as they were building up they noticed that it wasn't constructed properly so the upper floors were leaning further and further in. The solution they used was to add more thickness to the outer walls to make it work.


I see bad things for this towers future.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
Dubai is intense

My dad visited it and got to go within 1km of the 7 star hotel (he didn't know you needed at least a $40 reservation for tea to go inside)

ha, I just looked at a reservation there for one night (after seeing your post I was curious), cheapest room is $1,600 a night.

 

[LemonHead]

Holy Sheite Muhammad!

 

[AstroManLuca]

That is insane. Looks like something from the cover of a sci-fi novel.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: toekramp
Doesn't even look real.

Man, that must have cost a fortune.

I wonder what the country's literacy and employment rates are.

 

[tboo]

How tall is it supposed to be?

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: KLin
I know I've asked this before, but which terrorist group is going to be the first to take it out with a 747?

Why would they blow it up, they own it.

And that thing kinda looks like the central spire on Atlantis.

 

[Saint Nick]

I must go to the top of that tower someday!!!

 

[middlehead]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Imagine base jumping off that.

I bet even batman would have second thoughts....that sucker is way up there.

Jumping from there is probably safer than what they had to do for Dark Knight. Plenty of time to pop the chute and glide before you reach the nearby buildings.

 

[toekramp]

Originally posted by: middlehead

Why would they blow it up, they own it.

:disgust:

 

[Saint Nick]

I don't understand how that thing isn't falling over.

 

[FeuerFrei]

I get the impression that Arabs believe having fancy buildings will make them a great country.

 

[So]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
I get the impression that Arabs believe having fancy buildings will make them a great country.

Skyscrapers are something to be proud of. You don't see countries with nonexistent economies building the tallest building in the world.

 

[andy04]

Originally posted by: KLin
I know I've asked this before, but which terrorist group is going to be the first to take it out with a 747?

LOL its built by them you ignorant fool

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: tboo
How tall is it supposed to be?

Antenna/Spire --- at least 818 m (2,684 ft)
Roof --- at least 636 m (2,087 ft)
Top floor --- at least 636 m (2,087 ft)

hahah @ one of the comments;

"I cant wait to see a wal-mart sign on the top of that thing when they run out of oil to sell "

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi...a/a4/BurjDubaidawn.JPG -- Comparison of the Burj with other "skyscrapers" in Dubai

 

[Modelworks]

Originally posted by: NightDarker
I don't understand how that thing isn't falling over.

Give it time.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: andy04

Originally posted by: KLin
I know I've asked this before, but which terrorist group is going to be the first to take it out with a 747?

LOL its built by them you ignorant fool

whats to say some redneck wont hijack a plane and bring terrorism to the terrorists?

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: middlehead

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Imagine base jumping off that.

I bet even batman would have second thoughts....that sucker is way up there.

Jumping from there is probably safer than what they had to do for Dark Knight. Plenty of time to pop the chute and glide before you reach the nearby buildings.

BASE Jumpers are already targeting Burj Dubai to achieve world record jumps. There are 2 documented attempts, one by a 36-year-old British jumper and another by a 47-year-old French jumper. The latter's attempt was hindered as he was arrested before jumping, whereas the Briton was successful in his jump, but was arrested upon landing. His altimeter showed a jump from over 600 m (1,969 ft).

 

[Josh]

Originally posted by: Modelworks
I watched several shows on the construction and engineering of that building.
With some of the 'shortcuts' they made, I would be very concerned.

The construction crews were so inept that the foreman in charge was ready to quit.
They couldn't even build a cinder block wall properly in the basement.

Another thing was that as they were building up they noticed that it wasn't constructed properly so the upper floors were leaning further and further in. The solution they used was to add more thickness to the outer walls to make it work.


I see bad things for this towers future.

For more info for everyone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Dubai

Burj Dubai is being built primarily by immigrant engineers and workers from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, China and the Philippines. Press reports indicate that skilled carpenters at the site earn US$7.60/day, and laborers earn US$4.00.[