Posted on 02/08/2010 3:58:47 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa closes to public
The world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, has closed to the public due to technical problems just a month after it was formally opened.
By Richard Spencer in Dubai
Published: 6:10PM GMT 08 Feb 2010
The observation deck on the Dubai building's 124th floor, which had been open since the building was formally named on Jan 4, has been closed indefinitely because of unspecified technical problems.
At 2,716 feet tall, the tower contains a hotel, apartments and offices. The first occupants of the apartments were due to move in later this month.
But a statement from Emaar, the builders, said: "Technical issues with the power supply are being worked on by the main and sub-contractors and the public will be informed upon completion."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
If you are keeping score, you can scratch off one more keyboard.
Can you imagine being the guy who has to get in that crane way up there? All the time knowing the building could crumble at any time.
An old Arab went riding by one hot and windy day,
He looked upon the tower that was so far away,
Then all at once a mighty herd of red eyed camels he saw,
Runnin like the mighty wind and up a sandy draw.
Ul-ul-lay, ul-ul-law,
Ghost tower in the sky...
Bet you can get quite a fire going in a half-mile vertical stovepipe.
Amen
Perhaps if they renamed it the Sauron Regency and attempted to persuade LOTR fans to come for a visit?
simply hideous
That sounds like a towering inferno waiting to happen.I’m glad I’ll never step in the building.
It is such a gaudy sign of opulence that if an airport were in range, a rag tag band of martyr- -or nuts, may be tempted to make it their launching pad to the land of 72 virgins....
Well, one can dream....
Not like those fanatics have anything against killing their own just to prove a point..
It this what happened? I did not read the story. Reminds me of the Towering Inferno where the son-in-law (Richard Chamberlin - g*y) of the building owner (Wm Holden) used cheap wiring.
LOL! Love it. Always like your posts plus most of the movie (Ronin) at least the gun fight and chase scenes.
Look at that thing. I mean it is incredible how high it is. It is like 4 times taller than a 60 story skyscraper. It is already a financial disaster but can you imagine all the bad sh*t in that thing?
The wiring is probably terrible. The AC is they do not work will raost the people. The elevators are probably death traps. Toliets and plumbing ??? And how on earth do you fix it?
I can’t help thinking about just how heavy duty the cleanout ells at the bottom of those sewer lines from the top floors need to be.
Doubt I could order one from my friendly local Ace Hardware.
What happens to all that OPEC oil money?
That’s very true.
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