Saudi Prince to Build Mile High Skyscraper

[cycloneworld]

Mile-high tower: Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire TWICE as tall as nearest rival being built | the Daily Mail

It would be twice as tall as the world's tallest building in Dubai and cost over $10 billion.

 

[twojman]

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Is it the tower of Babel all over again?

 

[balken]

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Nothing says practical like a mile-high building. Sucks if the fire alarm goes off and you have to use the stairs.

 

[C.John]

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[SIZE=+1]UK£ 5 billion = 9.9995 billion US$[/SIZE]


That's a ton of oil money.:skeptical:

 

[cstrunk]

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He can do whatever he wants with his oil. I mean gold. I mean liquid diamonds. I mean money.

 

[C.John]

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There's a joke here somewhere.

 

[balken]

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There's a joke here somewhere.

Okay, I'll try. Everyone in this picture is the same height standing up.

 

[IcSyU]

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I thought living on the 8th floor of M-W-L would suck during a fire alarm...dear god...

 

[ISUKyro]

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That's to the point that it's almost hard to wrap the mind around just how high up that is

 

[aeroclone08]

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Compensating for something?

 

[1100011CS]

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Lord Farquaad?

 

[C.John]

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I want to know how much sway will be expected at the top. Correct me if I'm wrong, but skyscrapers sway a tiny amount with the wind, correct?

 

[clones_jer]

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I want to know how much sway will be expected at the top. Correct me if I'm wrong, but skyscrapers sway a tiny amount with the wind, correct?

Towers sway ... and they're what? 9 floors?

how many standard floors in a mile?

 

[IcSyU]

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I want to know how much sway will be expected at the top. Correct me if I'm wrong, but skyscrapers sway a tiny amount with the wind, correct?

I'm wondering what kind of materials they're using that won't have problems with the extremes in temperature...

 

[IcSyU]

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Towers sway ... and they're what? 9 floors?

how many standard floors in a mile?

Wouldn't it just be 5,250 (height of proposed building) / 10? 525 floors...that's a lot of elevator buttons!

 

[SeattleClone]

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I was just reading in ENR (Engineering News Record) last week about all the new skyscrapers planned in the desert. Dubai's new buildings dwarf the Petronas Towers, which seem like not long ago were the tallest towers in the world. Now Abu Dabi is planning a new tower to top Dubai. Wasn't it just 15 years ago that Garfield used to try to ship Nermal to Abu Dabi because it was a desolate wasteland?

Either way, I hope these buildings have a lot of concrete! I work for a concrete forming company, and am just now moving into the sales group that tries to land the contracts for these monsters!

 

[SeattleClone]

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Towers sway ... and they're what? 9 floors?

how many standard floors in a mile?

11 (10 residential + ground) and I have seen water sloshing in the toilets on the top floor during high winds. I was at the top of the Space Needle once during high winds, and we got some drinks at Starbucks, and set them on a table. They were noticeably shaking as well.

 

[clones_jer]

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Wouldn't it just be 5,250 (height of proposed building) / 10? 525 floors...that's a lot of elevator buttons!

is the standard floor 10 ft in skyscraper construction? I mean even in towers the lowest floot is a lot taller

 

[kingcy]

He have little man syndrome or something? How is he going to keep planes from flying into it??

 

[superdorf]

Wow... that would be something... I'm glad that people have a lot of money burning a hole in their pocket.