Dubai Skyscraper almost completed....

[jonks]

Originally posted by: 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?

A building that size couldn't possibly be brought down by one plane. You'd have to have men on the inside planting explosives...

ED: wow, beat by one second, and I was j/k. sheesh.

 

[HannibalX]

I'm more interested in the Chicago Spire.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: jonks

A building that size couldn't possibly be brought down by one plane. You'd have to have men on the inside planting explosives...

explosives disguised as water fountains

 

[jorken]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Imagine base jumping off that.

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

Slider down.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

The stupidity of many of the comments in this thread is ASTOUNDING!

 

[ViviTheMage]

shit balls, that is scary high.

 

[ivan2]

Originally posted by: Josh

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.[

overseas worker making that much money is too little even in chinese standard.

 

[Hoober]

Originally posted by: SphinxnihpS
The stupidity of many of the comments in this thread is ASTOUNDING!

Welcome to ATOT. Have you tried the dip?

 

[LegendKiller]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

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?

You could fly an A380 into it and it still wouldn't go down. Properly engineered and constructed skyscrapers don't go down if a single plane hits it. I guess that tells you something about the quality of the twin towers.

Besides, all you need to do to prevent another 9/11 is put about $50 worth of steel reinforcements on the cockpit door.

Every building is designed differently. The WTC were designed to maximize floorspace in some of the most dense and expensive RE in the world. To do that they eliminated a lot of of the traditional structures for buildings.

It was designed to take on a plane, just one of the day and age's, and it wasn't imagined that the ablative coating would blow off.

It might have been a poor design in hindsight.

Would this building fall to a plane? Who knows, anything is possible.

 

[CptCrunch]

what were the documentaries on this building? I remember seeing one on discovery channel, but would like to watch them all.

 

[TehMac]

COME DOWN SARUMAN.


Someone beat me to it.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: CptCrunch
what were the documentaries on this building? I remember seeing one on discovery channel, but would like to watch them all.

there are a few out. I watched part of one the concrete pouring they did. As i said they had a bunch of truck loads come in and fail so they couldn't use it. Finally the Foreman was forced (not sure who forced him since he was on the phone) to accept the trucks even though they couldn't get it right.

Also while building the base they screwed up on it. they had to add a part to make it a bit more sturdy.

There was also a few other things they did that would worry me.


But damn what a beautiful building

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

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?

You could fly an A380 into it and it still wouldn't go down. Properly engineered and constructed skyscrapers don't go down if a single plane hits it. I guess that tells you something about the quality of the twin towers.

Besides, all you need to do to prevent another 9/11 is put about $50 worth of steel reinforcements on the cockpit door.

the TT were designed to withstand a hit by a plane, it just happened to be a smaller plane because its what they had at the time and it was assumed it would be lost and woudl not have full fuel tanks

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: jpeyton

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?

You could fly an A380 into it and it still wouldn't go down. Properly engineered and constructed skyscrapers don't go down if a single plane hits it. I guess that tells you something about the quality of the twin towers.

Besides, all you need to do to prevent another 9/11 is put about $50 worth of steel reinforcements on the cockpit door.

Every building is designed differently. The WTC were designed to maximize floorspace in some of the most dense and expensive RE in the world. To do that they eliminated a lot of of the traditional structures for buildings.

It was designed to take on a plane, just one of the day and age's, and it wasn't imagined that the ablative coating would blow off.

It might have been a poor design in hindsight.

Would this building fall to a plane? Who knows, anything is possible.

I'm sure anything is possible, but is it really likely? The UAE, Kuwait, and other gulf states have zero issues with terrorism. It's not like terrorists just pull out a map and throw darts at it to pick their targets. Common sense upgrades to cockpit safety have made hijackings extremely unlikely.

 

[chuckywang]

I want to see time-lapse video of that thing being built.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: MmmSkyscraper
/me looms over thread

Hahahaha!

God that thing is huge! Kickass.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: 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.

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

So all terrorists are of arabic descent? :roll:

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: 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.

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

better not tell E.L.F that.

So all terrorists are of arabic descent? :roll:

 

[preslove]

Man, that place is going to be a wasteland in 60 years, after the oil $ stops rushing in.

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: preslove
Man, that place is going to be a wasteland in 60 years, after the oil $ stops rushing in.

It already stopped rushing in. From Wiki:

Although Dubai's economy was built on the back of the oil industry,[65] revenues from oil and natural gas currently account for less than 6% of the emirate's revenues.[8] It is estimated that Dubai produces 240,000 barrels of oil a day and substantial quantities of gas from offshore fields. The emirate's share in UAE's gas revenues is about 2%. Dubai's oil reserves have diminished significantly and are expected to be exhausted in 20 years. A majority of the emirate's revenues are from trade, real estate and financial services.

Dubai is transforming itself into the Monaco of the middle east. A small hideaway for the wealthy. Even Trump is building a skyscraper there.

The real estate market is soft in the US; it's great for buyers (especially foreign ones), but hard for builders and sellers.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: LegendKiller

Originally posted by: jpeyton

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?

You could fly an A380 into it and it still wouldn't go down. Properly engineered and constructed skyscrapers don't go down if a single plane hits it. I guess that tells you something about the quality of the twin towers.

Besides, all you need to do to prevent another 9/11 is put about $50 worth of steel reinforcements on the cockpit door.

Every building is designed differently. The WTC were designed to maximize floorspace in some of the most dense and expensive RE in the world. To do that they eliminated a lot of of the traditional structures for buildings.

It was designed to take on a plane, just one of the day and age's, and it wasn't imagined that the ablative coating would blow off.

It might have been a poor design in hindsight.

Would this building fall to a plane? Who knows, anything is possible.

I'm sure anything is possible, but is it really likely? The UAE, Kuwait, and other gulf states have zero issues with terrorism. It's not like terrorists just pull out a map and throw darts at it to pick their targets. Common sense upgrades to cockpit safety have made hijackings extremely unlikely.

I'm not super familiar with flying, but are the pilots locked inside the cockpit prior to the vehicle being fueled? Sure, it's virtually impossible to hijack a jet... once it's taken off and left the airport. But, is it impossible to hijack a jet that's on the ground? How many airports in the world are closer to targets than the time it would take to scramble a response? How many people would it take to "hijack" an unoccupied jet on the ground without anyone realizing what was going on until the plane started taxiing toward the runway? (maybe I've been watching too many movies?)

 

[Nitemare]

Any pool going as to when a terrorist will bring it down?

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Any pool going as to when a terrorist will bring it down?

Why, is the US Army building a barracks in the lobby?

 

[HannibalX]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: Nitemare
Any pool going as to when a terrorist will bring it down?

Why, is the US Army building a barracks in the lobby?

Wow, equating our soldiers to terrorists. Don't bother trying to explain your way out of it.

 

[illusion88]

How long will it be until Alain Robert climbs it?