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Did You Know? Burj Khalifa Fun Facts!

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Did You Know? It took a combination of creative goals and sound science to bring the Burj Khalifa to life. During this time, the initiative accumulated a staggering amount of data, figures, and statistics.

World Records of Burj Khalifa

The building’s height is a staggering 828 meters (2716.5 feet) tall, soaring over Dubai. It’s three times as tall as the Eiffel Tower and nearly twice as tall as the Empire State Building. Laid end to end, its pieces stretch over a quarter of the way around the world. Its cloud-piercing height is certainly one of the most impressive facts about Burj Khalifa.

The building not only holds the world record for being the world’s tallest building, but it also owns six other world records. The Burj Khalifa is also the world’s tallest freestanding construction, with the most stories, the highest occupied floor, the highest outdoor observation deck, the world’s longest elevator travel distance, and the world’s tallest service elevator.

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Fun Facts about the Burj Khalifa

1. The weight of the materials is one of the most astounding Burj Khalifa facts. To put things into perspective, the concrete weighs the same as 100,000 elephants. The total weight of aluminum utilized in the construction of the Burj Khalifa is equivalent to five A380 planes.

2. The sustainability and resource reuse of the building is absolutely admirable. Every year, 15 million gallons of water are gathered in an environmentally friendly manner. The water is utilized to irrigate the landscape and plants, as well as to cool the building and supply the Dubai Fountain.

3. Burj Khalifa elevator trivia: the building features the world’s longest single running elevator, which runs for 140 stories. The elevators at the building travel at a speed of 10 meters per second, making them among the fastest in the world. The building elevator takes barely one minute to reach the observation deck on the 124th floor.

4. At the height of construction, 12,000 laborers worked on the building per day, according to widely circulated Burj Khalifa facts.

5. The building was built using almost 110,000 tonnes of concrete, 55,000 tonnes of steel rebar, and 22 million man-hours.

How long did it take to construct the Burj Khalifa? In January 2004, work on the site began. The building was finally inaugurated in January 2010 after six years of construction.

That’s a lot of information on the world’s tallest building. Ready to visit?  

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