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Hi all.

Some plans from this round of Sky's goodies.

Site area plan

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Site plan - also shows temp buildings on site

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Podium zoning plan - shows how the podium areas are named

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Tower zoning plan - shows how the tower zones are named

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Podium level B2 - shows how the piles are laid out and dimensions

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Podium concourse level

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Podium ground level

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Podium level 1 - interesting how the podium is not on all 3 sides at the gound level and level 1

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Level 5

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Level 108

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Enjoy

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Fury Whistle-Stop

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Hi all.

Flickr:

dutch_sheep - 07 08 04

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Chinese characters as name - 07 08 16

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Rami Bakkar - 07 08 18

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Enjoy.

Looks to me that the crane they are taking down would be in the way of the concrete winglets for levels 144 to 147. So I don't think they are just repairing it.

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Hi all.

Here is something I've been working on for some time. I call it my construction slideshow. The shots are all from near the same angle - West to Southwest. They are as close as I could get to monthly - from early to July '07. I haven't picked out an August shot yet. I will post thumbs as some are large - click to see full size.

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Enjoy. :)

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Hi all.

Here is my plan comparison.

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Here is a comparison of the original elevation plan drawing with a pic taken April 20 '07. I have lined up the pics as best I could with my limited Photoshop skills. The pics are not stretched in any way, just sized so that the levels line up. They do line up nicely, but we can see where the pics meet. There is 5 pics I lined up for this comparison as best I could.

Clearly the level heights match up between the drawing and the pictures almost perfectly showing how the structure is following the drawing exactly up to level 111. If we look at the picture we can see the builders have marked every 5 levels just to the right of the center of the core. The tiny white markers are in between the two worker elevator masts. Many close up pics show these with the numbers clearly.

Starting from the bottom, the level 5 marker is partly hidden by the rebar for the metro pylon. It is even with the top of the rebar, on the right side. As we can see by the drawing ( and by many early pics ) level 5 is 9 1/2 levels above the foundation raft. There is a 1/2 height, non-habitable level between the lowest level in the drawing and the raft. Also the Concourse level is almost double height with the ground level above that and level 1 above that. Also the top level of every Tier is slightly higher than normal both on the drawing and the pics. The top level of tier 0 is level 18, tier 1 is level 25, tier 2 is level 33, and so on.

If we count the levels between the markers on both the pic and the drawing, they correspond exactly. Marker and level 20 is above the first set of mechanical levels. They don't count any as double levels yet. Continue up to marker 45 and we see they have counted a double level ( or "skipped" a level ). It is level 41 that is missing. We can see that level 40 marker is the tallest level of the second set of mechanical levels and there is only 4 levels to marker 45. Again this matches the drawing.

Continuing up we see a worker elevator on level 58. Between marker 70 and 75 they have counted another double level. It is level 74 that is missing, level 73 is the tallest of the third set of mechanical levels. The highest marker placed so far is level 90. Counting up we see the slightly higher than normal level 98, which is the top level of tier 8. 107 is the last normal height level before the fourth mechanical levels. The top level of tier 9 is level 111 so they will have to count 1 double level to get that number, level 110 is missing. This is a change from the drawing and is probably due to the revised placement of the observation deck.

The original elevation drawing has been deviated from after level 111. We start seeing the re-design(s) now, beginning at level 112 as I believe the drawing is the 705 meter design because of the way tier 18 ends flat, with a smaller spire continuing up. The newer 818 ( or taller) meter design continues with the spiralling setbacks through to tier 30.

Enjoy. :)

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Hi all.

Here is a tier analysis.

Here I will explain the tier methodology of the Burj Dubai.

Tier 30, 29, 28, and 27 is the pinnacle and is symetrical. The first level ( not actually a level, but I will use this term as it will be applicable for the lower tiers ) has tier 26 terrace before rising up. The terrace is the "roof" of the "wing" below.

Tier 30 is pinnacle 4.

Tier 29 is pinnacle 3.

Tier 28 is pinnacle 2.

Tier 27 is pinnacle 1.

Tier 26 - spire level 5, begins with tier 25 terrace then rises up with 1 wing added to the pinnacle.

Tier 25 - spire level 4, begins with tier 24 terrace then rises up with 2 wings.

Tier 24 - spire level 3, begins with tier 23 terrace then rises up symetrically with 3 wings.

Tier 23 - spire level 2, begins with tier 22 terrace then rises up with 1 wing added.

Tier 22 - spire level 1/roof 4, begins with tier 21 terrace then rises up with 2 wings.

Tier 21 - roof 3, begins with tier 20 terrace then rises up symetrically with 3 wings.

Tiers 20, 19, and 18 continue the trend with adding 1, 2, and 3 wings respectfully. All begin with their first level including the terrace of the wing from the tier below. So tier 18 is symetrical with 3 wings.

Tier 20 is roof 2.

Tier 19 is roof 1.

Tier 18 begins with level 160 Mezz.

Tiers 17, 16, and 15 continue the same trend with tier 15 being symetrical with 3 wings.

Tier 17 begins at level 159 and ends at 160 Intermediate.

Tier 16 begins at level 156 and ends at 158.

Tier 15 begins at level 152 and ends at 155.

Tiers 14, 13, and 12 continue with adding 1, 2, and 3 wings respectfully and all begin their first level with a terrace of the wing from the tier below. Tier 12 is symetrical and is the first tier that is only the inner core with 3 meter wings.

Tier 14 begins at level 148 and ends at 151.

Tier 13 begins at level 144 and ends at 147.

Tier 12 begins including the terrace that is the roof of the last setback of the South wing at level 139 then ends at level 143.

Tier 11 begins including the terrace of the last setback of the mall facing wing at level 124 then ends at level 138.

Tier 10 begins including the terrace of the last setback of the SZR facing wing at level 112 then ends at level 123.

Tier 9 starts at level 99 including the terrace from setback 3 of the South facing wing then ends at level 111. This tier is symetrical with three 9 meter wings.

Tier 8 starts at level 87 + terrace of setback 3 of the mall wing, then ends at 98.

Tier 7 starts at level 76 + terrace of setback 3 of the SZR wing, then ends at 86.

Tier 6 starts at level 64 + terrace of setback 2 of the south wing, then ends at 75. This tier is symetrical with three 18 meter wings.

Tier 5 starts at level 53 + terrace of setback 2 of the mall wing, then ends at 63.

Tier 4 starts at level 43 + terrace of setback 2 of the SZR wing, then ends at 52.

Tier 3 starts at level 34 + terrace of setback 1 of the south wing, then ends at 42. This tier is symetrical with three 27 meter wings.

Tier 2 starts at level 26 + terrace of setback 1 of the mall wing, then ends at 33.

Tier 1 starts at level 19 + terrace of setback 1 of the SZR wing, then ends at 25.

Tier 0 starts at level 7 + a terrace of podium 3 of all 3 wings, then ends at 18. This tier is symetrical with three 36 meter wings and is the same size as the foundation raft.

Podium 3 starts at level 5, includes a terrace from podium 2 on all 3 wings then ends at level 6.

Podium 2 starts at level 3, includes a terrace from podium 1 on all 3 wings then ends at level 4.

Podium 1 starts at the Ground level then ends at level 2.

The lower levels start at the uninhabitable Raft level, then levels B2, B1, then ends at the Concourse level.

Here is something I cooked up from a while ago.

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Here is my new Burj Analysis.

Bikes - I am honored you have my analysis from May on your site. You might want to update it with this one. There was some small errors on the one from May and this one includes more info. ( some credit would be nice but this is in the public domain so it is up to you bud ) The level heights and pour times and pour steps for tiers 10 to 13 are extrapolated from the source info and from pics.

I will post these thumbs to show source. Click on them to see full size. The first 3 are source to level 111. The last 4 are source from tier 14 and up.

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Ok - Here is the analysis.

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Enjoy and have a good day all. :):):)

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The Burj is now the tallest free standing structure in the world after surpassing the CN Tower in Toronto Canada, at 553 meters tall the CN Tower has been the tallest free standing structure in the world since the mid seventies, now at 555 meters and growing the Burj Dubai will likely have the title as worlds tallest for some time to come.

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