Construction of A Super Tall Building
Construction of A Super Tall Building
Construction of A Super Tall Building
3-Lobed Abstraction
BURJ KHALIFA
FLOOR PLANS
RC Corridor
Shearwall,0.65m thk
A
Link Beams
A
Hexagonal RC
Core,0.6m thk
3.5mx0.60m
RC
Perimeter
Columns
Mech’l Flrs
RC Wall
Outriggers
Mech’l Flrs
Interior
Mech’l Flrs
Columns
Podium
Area
SECTION A-A
CONSTRUCTION METHODS
• Use of variable aggregate & concrete
• Use of the world’s strongest concrete
pumps for single stage pumping over
600m
• Placing boom for concrete
• Automatic self climbing formwork system
for walls
• Panel formworks for floor slab
• Prefabricated wall rebar reinforcement at
ground level
• 3-tower cranes, 25t capacity located
adjacent to the central core
• High speed & high capacity construction
hoists
• Specialized GPS monitoring system for
the verticality of the structure
• Central core & slabs casted first, wing
walls & slab follow, wing nose columns &
slab casted last
ANALYSIS & DESIGN
• Analyze using ETABS version 8.4
• Analyzed for gravity (P-Delta analysis),
wind & seismic loading
• The 3D analysis model consisted of
concrete walls, link beams, slabs & the
spire’s steel system
• Designed according to ACI 318-02 (Bldg
Code Reqt’s for Structural Concrete) for
the tower
• AISC LRFD specifications for Structural
Steel Bldgs (1999) for the Spire
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