[BC] WTC replacement tower

[Tom Spencer]

Google is your friend...

http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/

Dubai

At over 800 metres (2625 feet) and more than 160 stories, Burj Khalifa 
holds the following records:

o Tallest building in the world

o Tallest free-standing structure in the world

o Highest number of stories in the world

o Highest occupied floor in the world

o Highest outdoor observation deck in the world

o Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world

o Tallest service elevator in the world

Tallest of the Supertall

Not only is Burj Khalifa the world's tallest building, it has also 
broken two other impressive records: tallest structure, previously held 
by the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, and tallest 
free-standing structure, previously held by Toronto's CN Tower. The 
Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has 
established 3 criteria to determine what makes a tall building tall. 
Burj Khalifa wins by far in all three categories.

HTH!

Cowboy wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 April 2010 05:50:31 pm Dave Dunsmoor wrote:
>
>   
>>     I think I have to challenge their statement that their proposed 2000'
>> tower will be the world's tallest free-standing structure (see
>> http://www.burjkhalifa.ae/the-tower/fact-figures.aspx), but apparently it
>> makes for good local print.
>>     
>
>  I recall being told that when I worked Salem's Ethel Tower in ( obviously )
>  Ethel Texas, or maybe it was Splendora Tower, that it was the tallest
>  structure in the world by an inch or so. ( guyed )
>  ( don't remember the exact AGL, but it was some odd number like
>  2002 feet 4 inches )
>  Had my doubts even then, but it does "sound good."
>
>  Pretty sure there's a Japanese or Dubai, or some such, building
>  taller today, built with American money if Arab.
>
>  Hmmm.....
>  What *is* the "world's tallest building" today ?
>
>   

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Tom Spencer
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