Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Soletanche Bachy at Al Burj site update

Soletanche Bachy,a French company was awarded the piling contract of Al Burj and their on the project site... Here is some more photos of the work going on at the Al Burj site.




Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Soletanche Bachy at Al Burj site more photo's

Soletanche Bachy,a French company was awarded the piling contract of Al Burj and their on the site... Soletanche Bachy also did the piling work on the petronas towers, so their accustom to this type of work. Here is some more photo's.





Monday, January 28, 2008

Soletanche Bachy at Al Burj site

Soletanche Bachy,a French company was awarded the piling contract of Al Burj and their on the site... Soletanche Bachy also did the piling work on the petronas towers, so their accustom to this type of work.




Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Al Burj site photo update January 2nd 2008

Here is some photos taken on December 20th, the last photo was taken on December 30th of 2007. They show the drilling rigs at the Al Burj site and the view of Dubai in the background.






Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Soil Testing continues at Al Burj site

Here is some photos takes on December 18th, 2007 of soil testing going on at the Al Burj construction site. As of December 18th there are 4 drilling rigs on location doing soil testing, once soil testing is complete construction can then start.

Technical Data of the Al Burj:

Height to tip 1,050 m (3,445 ft) varies
Height to roof 850 m (2,789 ft) varies
Height to top floor 850 m (2,789 ft) varies
Floors 228
Total Built-up area 1,490,000 m² (16,038,200 sq ft)
Usable Space 492,000 m² (5,295,800 sq ft)
Usage Mixed Use
Company
Developer Al Nakheel
Architect Woods Bagot
Engineer WSP Cantor Seinuk




Here is a model of what the Al Burj "Tall Tower" on completion might look like.