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Engineer Got To Wear Two Hats for World's Tallest Structure - ENR \| McGraw-Hill Construction Publication Date: 07-MAY-08 Format: HTML

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Some may have considered Ahmad Abdelrazaq’s late 2004 move from architect-engineer Skidmore, Owings & Merrill to contractor Samsung Corp. a missed opportunity. SOM had just issued the foundation package for the supertall Burj Dubai—and Abdelrazaq had been working on the design for a year. Why give up the chance to help engineer what was touted as being the world’s tallest building?

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