Dubai Creek Tower: Building the World's Tallest Structure

from its early days as a small fishing village at the start of the 20th century dubai has transformed into a truly global city from the vast palm jumeirah formed on land reclaimed from the arabian gulf to the seven star burj al-arab hotel and the megatool burj khalifa the emirate is now synonymous with some of the world's most impressive construction projects but the ambition scale and extremity of the city's latest scheme will quite literally take engineering and construction to new heights [Music] dubai creek harbour is a vast residential retail and entertainment development that is set to rival the existing downtown dubai district designed by santiago calatrava to stand at the center of this new destination dubai creek tower will rise to over 1.3 kilometers in height and become the tallest structure constructed by mankind to date resembling a lily and drawing inspiration from a traditional arabian minaret the tower will consist of a simple shaft topped with an ovoid bulb structure that houses observation decks and restaurants along with broadcast and telecommunications infrastructure in addition the tower will be steadied by an array of steel cables reaching up from an extensive new plaza below constructing a scheme that extends higher than any structure to have preceded it and in such an extreme climate is far from easy work on the 1 billion us dollar project first commenced in october 2016 with the excavation of over 170 000 cubic meters of earth from here the schemes foundations consisting of 145 piles each extending to a depth of 75 meters were formed this process alone required more than 15 000 tons of steel and over 211 000 tons of concrete despite foundation works completing in may 2017 two months ahead of schedule there has been little work above ground since with the project initially intended to be complete ahead of the 2020 dubai expo delivery has now been postponed to 2021 while this state may still feel unfeasible for such an extreme structure the relatively simple design of the dubai creek tower as compared to denser fully habitable skyscrapers allows for an accelerated construction schedule though the tower's final height of 1 300 meters has been widely reported developer mr properties are keeping exact details of its summit under wraps in an effort to protect it from new rival proposals particularly across the middle east and asia at 1.3 kilometers dubai creek tower would easily eclipse the height of the world's current tallest structure the 828 metre burj khalifa and even that of the jeddah tower currently under construction in saudi arabia that is expected to stand a kilometer tall when it finally completes however it should be noted that while dubai creek tower would easily lay claim to the title of world's tallest structure it would not be eligible to take the title of world's tallest skyscraper away from the burj khalifa as it does not meet two specific skyscraper classification criteria as set out by the council on tall buildings and urban habitat firstly the tower will not be completely self-supporting partly relying on its tensioned steel cables for stability in addition to be considered a skyscraper at least 50 percent of a building's total height must be habitable a threshold that dubai creek tower will not reach technicalities aside this remarkable structure will set a new benchmark in tool building engineering further propelling mankind's seemingly endless race for the skies and once again demonstrating what our industry is capable of if you enjoyed this video and would like to get more from the definitive video channel for construction subscribe to the b1m [Music]

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Length: 4min 56sec (296 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 27 2019