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Burj Dubai sets another record
Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, has recorded another global first with the installation of glass panels at a height of 512 metres.
- Staff Report
- Published: 00:03 May 13, 2008
- Image Credit: Supplied picture
- The record is for installing glass panels on Burj Dubai at a height of 512 metres.
Dubai: Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower, has recorded another global first with the installation of glass panels at a height of 512 metres.
Arabian Aluminium Company set the record yesterday by laying out the high-performance cladding system on Level 141.
The cladding system uses reflective glazing, aluminium and textured steel spandrels and vertical stainless steel tubular fins as the primary materials.
At 636 metres and more than 160 storeys high, Burj Dubai is now the world's tallest building and tallest man-made structure, having recently surpassed the height of the KVLY-TV mast in North Dakota, USA - 628.8 metres.
When completed, Burj Dubai will meet all four criteria listed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), which classifies the world's tallest structures.
CTBUH measures the height of buildings to the structural top, the highest occupied floor, the top of the roof and the tip of the spire, pinnacle, antenna, mast or flag pole.
Burj Dubai anchors Downtown Burj Dubai, a Dh73 billion ($20 billion) mixed-use mega project, already a bustling community described as the new 'heart of the city.'
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