Top of 800-Meter Burj Dubai Up Close, Inside and Out

01/28/2009

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To get the world’s tallest building to stretch beyond 800 meters (slide-1), workers jacked, in eight lifts, a steel-pipe pinnacle from a lifting apparatus within the steel spire (slide-2). Crews are expected to finish the cladding, including the spire’s cover (slide-3), several months before the projected fall finish.

Top of 800-Meter Burj Dubai Up Close, Inside and Out

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