Burj Dubai – Facts and figures – Tallest building in the world

Burj Dubai is the tallest building in the world with 160 levels and 818 meter tall. This massive building is kissing the sky , it is having a length of approx. 1 kilometer. Even during the recession Dubai’s ruler Shaik Muhammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum was the inspiration behind this mammoth project. Total budget for this construction is $ 2 billion. For maintenance they have installed unmanned cleaning system which cleans 24,348 windows ,this cleaning system is developed in Australia at a cost of A$ 8 million. On Jan 4th it was opened to the public.

Interesting facts of Burj Dubai

• Burj means Tower in Arab
• Burj Dubai was build at a cost of $ 2 billion
• This tower is one kilometer high
• Burj is 818 meter tall where as second competitor Guahgzhou is 610 m tall
• The temperature at top floor is 10 degree centigrade cooler than in the bottom
• It has 160 floors
• Highest observation platform is at 124th level in Burj
• It has 500 acre of development area.
• 12,000 workers from 100 countries put effort in building Burj Dubai
• 22 million man hours to complete the project
• It took 5 years, started in March 2005

Inside view of Burj Dubai