World's Tallest Tower: Burj Khalifa - Dubai's Vertical City | Free Documentary

This is the story of the

tallest

tower

humanity has ever built It is the story of the engineers and workers who built it half a mile high It is the story of the men and women who live and work inside this building A story told deep behind the scenes it's just an evacuation drill no 92 no wonder it's a hundred please tonight no mistakes this is money full of emotion yes I said not to bring everything because I have no faith in storage my friend we have people here fast, fast and a history rich in glamor and emotions we are very, very happy people opening a restaurant is like falling in love this is the exclusive story of the

burj

khalifa

the

tallest

building in the

world

the first truly

vertical

city

in the

world

the

city

of

dubai

in the United States United Arab Emirates For centuries it has been a small commercial port and pearl fishing town on the shores of the Arabian Gulf, but over the past few decades the wealth generated by the region's oil reserves and the determination of its leaders to make of

dubai

a major city has created a magnificent boom in 2003 about 200 skyscrapers are completed or under construction now the ruler of dubai his highness sheikh mohammed bin rashid al maktoum gives a very simple order build the tallest

tower

in the world as with any another construction project working on the tallest building in history starts with digging a hole, a very big hole, it's been just a few months since Dubai-based developer Emar appointed the Chicago firm to be its architect project manager, Eric Tomic, has been on site from day one.

It's a little counterintuitive, but not the building. We have foundations that go all the way to rock, there isn't much rock here in the desert like you might find in New York City or other geologic climates. We use what are called friction piles and the friction piles are drilled into the sand and soft rock that is down there and these friction piles develop their load capacity based on their dimension and length and they are about 45 meters deep and generally around one and a half meters in diameter and there are around 200 of these piles that are Drilled into the desert floor, the desert flower hymenocollis inspired the shape of the towers' foundations.

The shape makes it easier to build hundreds of meters into the sky, and while already building, the team led by lead architect George Evstatheo and his client make a bold decision at the time, the brief for the tower was to design a tower of 550 meters which would have been slightly higher than the world record holder at the time, which was Taipei 101. As we got deeper into the project, we learned that we could go higher and after speaking with the client, we had the desire to go higher and not just beat the record by a little bit but actually beat it by a huge margin once the foundation is laid, the tower grows at maximum speed, the site is humming 24 hours a day, seven days a week a week, we had about 100 people, architects, engineers, designers, etc., but we had 12,000 people on site every day at the peak, there was a new floor every three days, but the higher you go, the more problems.

The biggest thing you face is the desert wind. You can't build a uniform tower of uniform dimensions all the way to the top because this creates some very bad wind effects on the structure when the terraces are arranged in a certain pattern and create a helical shape. plot the building and the building is not symmetrical, so the wind has much less effect on moving the building when the building goes up, it is an asymmetrical structure and it creeps and shrinks a little asymmetrically when building the tallest structure in the world, every centimeter counts when they poured the concrete we needed to know where the center of the building was and if it's always moving it can be quite a challenge, so the contractors installed three different GPS stations on the ground and one GPS station on the top of the building, where concrete was poured every day and through triangulation they were able to measure via GPS what was the closest approach to the center of the building and discovered that they could probe and center all parts of the formwork and pour the concrete in the right place every day.

Exterior wall panels are a great design challenge. The glass has to reflect heat but let in light and they have to be absolutely resistant to water, sand and wind. The workers are removing the panel from level 16 where we keep the panel and taking it. raised by the hoist we have around 200 panels on each floor we hope to be finished from level 9 19 20 21 within two weeks in July 2007 the

burj

khalifa

breaks the world record at 512 meters it is now the tallest structure on the planet but this is not enough, now we are at level 156, which is the beginning where we start to see steel work on concrete.

There is already some steel work cast into the concrete to give us the foundation for what is essentially a small Eiffel tower. the steel work is not fabricated at ground level and lifted, we lift it here and then do all the lifting into position and bolts in just a few weeks the tower will be finished, but there is one final task and it is not an easy one. construction of this fire, which was one of the most difficult things to build in the building and one of the last things was quite interesting in itself, it's basically a 300 foot pipe and how can you put a 300 foot pipe in the top of a building like this?

Solution cut the pipe into 25 pieces and pick them up one by one. The building has reached its final height of 802 meters. It's a really nice time to see this happen, so we've been waiting quite a while to see this. We did it. It is a proud day for Dubai and the region as Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum inaugurates the Burj Khalifa on January 4, 2010. It was a very emotional moment for me just thinking about the journey we had just embarked on and realizing of what we had just done, there were seven or eight so intense years that we worked together that when the building was inaugurated and the spectacle that was here, the Burj Khalifa made me cry at seven in the morning, the

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The city comes to life among the first tenants to move in are the ants of the canton of New York of the 1920s. OK OK. His apartment is not finished yet, but they have already developed a daily exercise routine in the Sky lobby on level 76. In general, the exercise will last about an hour for him mine is 35 40 minutes I'm done um I can't exercise that much because I have a long day ahead of me I need you to know that I am functional, otherwise I get too tired and then I could kill someone I get very irritable and I don't function Ms.

Cantonette, who does not reveal her name, has made a career as an interior designer . Dubai cannot be compared to any of the places I have been to. It's unique, it's very modern, the infrastructure is excellent for anything. We have seen it because you can work very hard and you come here to work hard, but you also have an exceptional quality of life. Nice weather it's true and the summary may be a little warm but the truth is not really sorry because the city is designed with everything air conditioned so what about from your car maybe from the place in the one you are in, towards a car that also has air conditioning?

You just live a little more inside. inside, but we love it, wow, look at this, what a beautiful day, hey guys, you're really enjoying it, hey, come on, let's go out, let's go. If the wind on the terrace was too strong, the wind tracker would automatically lock the doors. The other thing that's also amazing and we've seen this: you see the fog coming in, yeah, so you're literally inside a cloud, literally, and then you know one side could be perfectly clear and then you see the fog coming in and everything that could come. from that side or you could come from this side yes and look that is the jumeirah palm you can see the bird clearly yes you know this is the most you can ask for I mean you have it all you have the views you have the arabian wall this is wonderful thanks to god thank you try my quiche but these are supposed to be the fastest elevators in the world they are 10 meters per second 57 elevators are the vertical city highways in charge john gossen this is a unique building the building relies heavily on the elevators to Being able to travel, we can visibly see the activity of each elevator, its location and we can also control some of the safety components there.

There is now a demand on the fifth floor, so this elevator will be responding. to the fifth floor and you will see that the doors open, there are six elevators here, they are divided into two groups, the first three will take you to the lobby of the 43rd floor, up there you will have a reception and from the reception you will transfer to the local elevators that you They take you to your apartments from 43 to 72. These three elevators go to the sky lobby on the 76th floor and it also has a lobby with reception and allows you to move to your residences.

The Burj Khalifa has three wings, each with an independent entrance. called residence and consists of 900 apartments. 196 symbols in the lobby represent the many nationalities within the city. Apartments range from level 43 to 108. Concierge service is available to residents 24 hours a day. The second wing houses the corporate suites with offices on floors 111 to 154. The third wing is the entrance to the first Armani hotel in the world designed by Giorgio Armani himself. The luxurious five-star hotel has room suites and restaurants from the ground floor to level 39 and also includes the Armani residences the sky lobbies with gyms, swimming pools and jacuzzis are located on the 43rd and 76th floors sky lobby 123 houses lounges for the residences and corporate suites good morning, are you looking for the perfect moment for me?

The Cantonese goal is to turn your home into a living art gallery The workers have just arrived to modify the apartment You are on the 92nd floor of the Burj Khalifa The view we have is something we must accentuate in our design process The columns are also elements that They are a result of the external design of the building and originally when I first saw them I thought, "Oh my God, this is going to be a bit difficult" and then I thought that they do have a purpose and that is that you feel like you are in a safe place. regardless of the fact that you know it's unfortunate to have them, but I was in New York to call 911 and I know the difference between that building and this building that was primarily steel, so they thought about all these elements when they were building it and it seemed to me these huge columns happened, but they have a purpose and I am glad that in our design concept we are going to try it, the goal will be to bring the external light into the apartment first, we will use color. and it is the blue of the sky we are going to bring it inside we are going to start working anchoring the room with a table that is the lalique cactus table all made of glass and on top we are going to use a baccarat nui it is an 18 light chandelier also very suitable for allow the light to pass through and so you will not feel that you have this chandelier in the middle, it is very light and this is not the entire collection because my cousin keeps many of them we do not have more walls we need more space no, in reality we do not have a wine cellar yet okay, but we keep a good wine collection okay, great with our cereal, please close the refrigerator, please, okay, we have to be careful Also, when we cook a little here, that's nothing that causes many of you know smoke, for example, I once made a duck, okay, this is in New York, this was from New York and he kept opening the oven, so you know, leave it. like that because then it was going to be browned on the outside or whatever oh my god all the duck fat was stuck to every piece of the cabinet everywhere I told them they would never make a duck in my house again and then the smell was in the apartment and we had windows now we don't have windows here, so you can imagine if you cook during a storm, it will be interesting to see how long the apartment smells like food, you can't open a window 92 floors below, the head of aesthetic maintenance, daniela voiku, begins the daily morning briefing with her team.

Good morning everyone, good morning, okay, her job is to keep the tower in impeccable shape and order inside and out. Yes, the plan is level 25. You are doing a gender cleanse. Ok, let's start the work, thank you, the work begins in the halls of the residences with cleaning the floor. We are preparing the shampoo rug for Bush Khalifa right now. We maintain a five-star standard, so every area has to be very, very clean. We are. trying to keep it as a jewel of the city, people have to feel that it is fast and

free

, it is extremely clean and very, very nice, we can feel the smell, the aroma, the cleanliness, the whole appearance of the side has to be spectacular , 300 people work on Daniela's team, everything they do is checked and double checked so that it is perfect during the day, the air conditioning is working and then there may be an areadusty, so we have to make sure everything is clean, stain-

free

and shiny, very well polished.

Well, we have about 27 types of stones, each of them has a different durability and a different way to clean or restore, but the fortunate thing is that for maintenance we have only one type of maintenance. We have identified a chemical that is uh is. Good for maintaining all stones to make things happen. In many places there is talk of production and creation, but Dubai will deliver in three days. We will be open. Gourmet chef Dwayne Cheer is looking for flaws anyway. Who's going to clean this up? Yes, it's beautiful. once we have cleaned it, it should have a layer here, otherwise someone will cut themselves, you have to be picky now, if you are not picky now, then you live with it now and we are entering the most interesting part of the kitchen area to enjoy the atmosphere.

From here you can see the wonderfully decorated 80-seat grill. You wouldn't know it now, but this will be one of the most elegant dining rooms. here we have a very unique concept it's called jasper oven it's a spanish oven that cooks at high temperature with charcoal basically we have to make a virtue out of a necessity we can't have gas for safety reasons with this we couldn't run gas lines, i mean, too big a risk, a few floors down, in the cantonettes, the stress level is even higher, no, I said not to bring everything because I don't have storage space and things can be damaged, okay, no, I said no, like this what Please.

I don't know what you're going to do, put them outside but I can't, so just watch, I have a glass table there and if anything happens to that little ball, I'll hang each and every one of you from my tree and take what you get. They're not going to install, we'll bring back the other one, don't leave anything here, yeah, okay guys, one more thing, the table in that room is very, very bridal, delicate, okay, I don't want anything to happen to that one. table. I'm just repeating it over and over again. Okay, please, I'll hold you responsible if anything happens to the table.

No problem. Okay, perfection is the only word to describe how cantinets work. Their apartment is starting to take shape, but first they need to find the place. correct location for the delicate glass table one foot is ok in this direction ok hello guys drill to complete the aesthetic experience of the building the owners also want it to smell good a unique fragrance created especially for the burj khalifa circulates throughout all public areas let's see how the membranes work special membranes disperse the aroma through the air conditioning system the membranes are filled with natural oils that transport the precious aroma around the building today daniella reviews the final samples of the burj khalifa aroma samples that I finally found here, that's okay, we have one or two more variations just to see if you prefer them, they're just numbered, see if that's better, the building itself is very elegant, so I actually really like that it has a very elegant smell. it's a more mainly feminine smell it's very subtle it's cedar wood so it's a very very decent um so it's like burj khalifa and you can see now these are the floor vents so you have fresh air coming out of here but everything this is fresh air, cooled air coming up, so you get two effects, the first is cooling here and the other thing that happens is when the residents walk into this lobby they have that aroma that immediately, if you will, greets them.

The grand opening day of the world's tallest restaurant has finally arrived tonight. The first VIPs will dine in an atmosphere 442 meters above the ground, but staff are still busy with preparations. Chef Dwayne briefs his team on how to use the Jasper oven. a beautiful oven, very nice, so our only challenge in the Middle East is that a lot of people like to cook, uh, well done, so by the time the bug is fixed here, maybe it will be charcoal. I think we have the most modern, perhaps most modern, restaurants in the world, but we have super basic cooking methods, the tradition of a true Italian espresso is transmitted by Gabriele to the crew more than five thousand kilometers from Milan, before making any thing, you need to have a setup ready, it used to go very fast and the people on the train couldn't even go out and have a coffee at the bar, so someone invented the machine that would make the coffee fast and the name espresso, so when someone else orders an espresso, it better be quick, otherwise no, the West is not an espresso it's uh, it's a delay no, the official opening ceremony has been wonderfully delayed and now there are only smiling faces no wonder That nothing more can be done is the day of truth media from all over the world have come to capture the occasion the highest restaurant atmosphere in the world Flying in from neighboring Abu Dhabi is Indian billionaire B.R Shetty, he bought the entire apartment 100 from Burj Khalifa.

We are very, very proud of this building and I am immensely pleased to have acquired this property. I have many properties, but this is one property, I will never ever sell it to anyone. You probably won't have to sell or rent it either. Mr. Shetty's net worth is estimated at $1.6 billion. He made his fortune in health care products. The entire neighborhood can be two or three kilometers away. Nobody was there. They allowed me to enter for security reasons. I tried to come many times. No, I'm proud to say that I was the first out-of-towner to come in when they put in the plaster or slab for the 100th floor.

That's when they called me. It's a very ceremonial day here and I was told that I was the first to enter, besides the workers, these three floors together, you know, five thousand square feet each are big enough and the whole floor that we have occupied now you will be happy to see . inside, come for Mrs. Shetty, it's the first time she sees her husband's new purchase generally, usually procedurally, his wife has to show her house. She came here to rent an apartment. I received an invitation. A crystal mutation. I thought I'm VIP. They will invite me.

They welcome me and give me selection options but I had to wait almost two hours in line and then they cheated me inside. Everything sold out. There are no apartments available, but you need what I can do. A hundredth floor available if you want. Take it, take it, come on, I'll take it. I was surprised that there was always a crazy person with him. It is always unpredictable only when he is wise, then he will come and tell me. Okay, I got this. No, I think after 36 years I understood it. I'm used to it anyway, the best part about the 100th floor is the amount of glass and the view you get everywhere.

No, our main residence is in Abu Dhabi, but we all tend to come as a family on weekends and during the week. Plus, we have a place to stay when you come for the weekend, who knows when you get married. The wife wants to stay here. Stay here. It doesn't look like you can bungee jump from here. The first thing I thought about was evacuation. How are they? to evacuate the people who stay here in such a big building there is no need to get nervous or panic nothing this is just an evacuation drill it is okay to help us in case of emergency if there is something we know what we have to do Yes someone is still sleepy in the next 5 to 10 minutes, you won't believe me.

Rafiq Qarashi is responsible for security inside the tower. Today he trains staff on the observation deck of the Burj Khalifa at the top. Every day, thousands of tourists fill the platform and enjoy the View from level 124. But today there are no tourists on the platform. Guests are played by staff members. Will Rafiq's team maintain safety standards? Some of the actors were ordered to cause trouble. I just told them that they can leave right now. Why is it okay? I want to know now how to open this. We are in a very delicate situation. People are now herded up 13 floors to the nearest security level to rooms specially developed for the Burj Khalifa.

The safe area is independent smoke proof. and practically indestructible, this area where you are is safe and it's okay, because the Burj Khalifa team we have explained to you that this is a pressurized room, no smoke can get in here, you are safe here for a couple of hours anyway. We won't be here for a couple of hours, we'll get them out eventually. Fireproof elevators lower guests down and they can exit the building. The drill is incredible. Well, it went very well and each of you has played a very, very good role. of being the guest, this is what guests are like now, you have faced all the questions about what is there and you know well what is going to happen at a time like this, so you are prepared to give an answer, okay, good I work everyone, hey, come on, thanks. fact rafiq meets security chief muhammad al-sharaf for feedback i think you did your best i tried i was monitoring you from the control room he was reacting and this is actually this was the first one in this section the first drill and I am really happy with the reaction of the staff.

Always in each exercise we have something to learn. It's never 100 perfect, but we've gotten 92 percent there. I can say that it is incredible. No. 92 is not surprising. Make it a hundred. Please, we need to make it perfect. The cantonettes have no idea of ​​the excitement that is experienced a few floors above after a hard day of decorating. They enjoy the afternoon in the jacuzzi at 260 meters above sea level. We are very, very happy people and this is relaxing, right? I have to give instructions to no one right now or take instructions from anyone, this is our moment yes, okay, okay, ready, set, let's go, another beautiful day.

Daniela's workday isn't over yet, so you've already started with the wood. We also. We have a few more brands. We are going to clean them, yes, so we will have a delivery cleaning if the clients decide that they would really like to keep the cleaning with us after they move out. We have packages that are very flexible, you can have it in a daily cleaning. They have it twice a week and they can clean it at any time of the day. Their team only has one hour to clean the apartment. The result is verified with the black light test.

This is the watermark. It is in intense light and cannot be seen. Deep marks now I saw one. I carry out a proper inspection online. Now I saw one or two small marks. I will call my staff and make sure that before I leave the house, I mean hand over to the guest, these comments are deleted because we. You want to give the default service to the guest in case they want to clean the windows more frequently, it can be done at any time if you have a VIP visit or in case it rains and you only have one side of the apartment. that he is, he would like to be washed, we can bring the team and it can be done, it is very unusual for reindeer, I mean, but there is during the month of December and January it drizzles a little and that is the time we also have. strong winds so between the sand storm and a bit of rain it got a little tricky at the burj khalifa the job of a window cleaner is very similar to that of a mountaineer the men use carabiners and ropes to reach over 23 000 windows needing approximately three months to clean the entire external wall only to start over the head of rope access is jamie bunn cleaning the glass and replacing the glass in the building is one of the most difficult jobs in this project in burj khalifa we are having a large coverage area it is around 17 football fields football fields it is a huge space jamie checks each and every rope before the work starts now it is getting to where we actually need to clean a certain area today There are actually about 30 glasses around the building so we have to travel using two slings, everything is being double checked and each anchor point has two points instead of just one point so everything is backed up so it is very, very safe to reach the windows of the Cantonese apartment that the men need to climb down. 16 floors look yeah look I wonder if they see us no they can't see us you know so well because the window has a reflective treatment look I'm waving okay they can't see anything see well yeah they couldn't pay me enough money . for me to do that you are worthy ashar yes you are ready ready so are you ready tonight first night?

I mean, you have a fantastic team, you're the best chef in New Zealand and why are you laughing so much? they're one of the best ones I've worked on for three weeks, so I'll get to other things, but okay, are you ready? I know you are, yes we are ready, we are ready as we always will be. but it's not all ready yet, my friend, we need uh, we have people here, so quickly, quickly, quickly, six o'clock, six, guys, you must finish, please, now the guests enjoy the first dinner in an atmosphere 442 meters below the canternets. catwalk thank you it's living in a vertical city but having the best you know at your fingertips is perfect you press a button and the world is there everything you may need the bank the food the flowers clothes if you need clothes whatever you want it's all here and everything the world meets the burj khalifaIt has become the heart of a new district called downtown Dubai, it is a business center, the living area of ​​thousands of people and a privileged destination for gentlemen tourists.

How are you? Hello, I think they are ours, yes, thank you. Do you want me to deliver? No, it's okay, we'll check it, we'll check it. I mean, they've always delivered, but today I want to hold them back. Thank you, thank you, see you later. Yes. Such a long day. It's as if. Phew, owning space in this vertical city has become a source of pride for a man who can own almost anything, a two-thirds platform, the same way we have our apartment, I am the happiest man and today I have achieved everything that has become the workplace and success story of Gabrielle, the Italian restaurant manager, who has seen the world.

Ah, fantastic. It's been a little over a month. You can see that my breath has grown considerably. They are wilder than ever, but the restaurant is still a huge success. they are booked almost a month in advance and the burj khalifa has become the home of a happy couple who have moved from america to dubai hey beautiful it really is like feeling at home now finally finally look at this okay here we are now hope remember our From the beginning of the conversations and the space and everything we set out to do, as you can see, we took out the original brown cabinet and made room for our main centerpiece, which is this large painting, then we took out the bar area and we covered it toWe put another beautiful painting and in fact, like I said we would do, we placed the table and the chandeliers that are the centerpieces of the room so that the light goes through it and doesn't obstruct, so that it really brings the outside in . just through the glass, the mirrors, but the color of the wall, if I walk here, this is where after the work day we hang out here, please stay, stay, yeah, okay, so we're home , if we were in New York, we probably would be. in front of other buildings, but here, you know, on the 92nd floor of the Burj Khalifa, look at the view around you, it's only available here at the Burj Khalifa, nowhere else in the world, nowhere else, and that was one of the reasons we wanted to be there. here, yeah, we're, you know, living in a piece of history, let's say, yeah, okay, I love how the apartment turned out.

I love the location of the building. I love the building staff and I love you too. Heaven, I'm in heaven. Greetings. It was the story of the tallest building in the world and the people inside it, the Burj Khalifa, will see many more stories for many years to come.