EIFFEL TOWER

* The Eiffel Tower  is a 19th century iron lattice tower located on the Champ de Mars in Paris that has become both a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.
* The Eiffel Tower, which is the tallest building in Paris is the single most visited paid monument in the world
*millions of people ascend it every year.
* Named after its designer, engineer Gustave Eiffel

GUSTAVE EIFFEL :Nationality :French
Birth date     :December 15, 1832(1832-12-15)
Birth place :Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France
Date of death:December 27, 1923 (aged 91)
Place of death :Rue Rabelais in Paris
Work Significant projects :Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty

 
* The tower was built as the entrance arch for the 1889 World's Fair. 

 

MILLAU BRIDGE

 

Designed by the structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, 

NORMAN FOSTER:

Name :The Lord Foster of Thames Bank
Nationality :British
Birth date     :1 June 1935 (1935-06-01) (age 74)
Birth place :Stock port, Greater Manchester, England
Work
Practice:Foster + Partners    
Buildings :30 St Mary Axe, London Willis Faber and Dumas Headquarters, Ipswich Wembley Stadium
Projects:American Air Museum at the Imperial War Museum Duxford
Awards :Stirling Prize, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Minerva Medal, Prince of Asturias Award

 

MICHEAL VIRLOGEUX:Dr. Michel Virlogeux  is a French structural engineer and bridge specialist.
Birth date     :1946
Birth place :La Flèche, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Education :École Polytechnique École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées Work
Engineering Discipline :Structural engineer
Institution memberships :French Association of Civil Engineering (AFGC)
'Fédération Internationale de Précontrainte' (FIP)
'Fédération Internationale du Béton' (FIB)
Institution of Structural Engineers
Significant projects:Millau Viaduct, France Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
Significant Awards :IStructE Gold Medal,IABSE Award of Merit,Fritz Leonhardt Prize
 

IN BRIEF:

*It is the tallest vehicular bridge in the world, with one mast's summit at 343 meters (1,125 ft) {slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower and only 37 m (121 ft) shorter than the Empire State Building.}

   *The viaduct  is part of the A75-A71 auto-route axis from Paris to Montpelier      *Construction cost was around €400 million.     

   *The bridge won the 2006 IABSE  Outstanding Structure Award.

                                 

 

MILAU BRIDGE IN NUMBERS:

  * 2,460 m (8,071 ft): total length of the roadway
    * 7: number of piers
    * 77 m (253 ft): height of Pier 7, the shortest
    * 343 m (1,125 ft): height of Pier 2, the tallest (245 m/804 ft at the roadway's              level)
    * 87 m (285 ft): height of a mast
    * 154: number of shrouds
    * 270 m (886 ft): average height of the roadway
    * 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in): thickness of the roadway
    * 32.05 m (105 ft 2 in): width of the roadway
    * 85,000 m3 (111,000 cu yd): total volume of concrete used
    * 290,000 metric tons (320,000 short tons): total weight of the bridge
    * 10,000–25,000 vehicles: estimated daily traffic
    * €6.00–7.50: typical automobile toll, as of December 2009

    * 20 km (12 mi): horizontal radius of curvature of the road deck

                               

Burj dubai (BURJ KHALIFA)

 

This is world's tallest tower constructed ever :

Some interesting facts about it:

* Tallest skyscraper to top of spire: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Taipei 101 – 509.2 m/1,671 ft)
    * Tallest structure ever built: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously Warsaw radio mast – 646.38 m/2,121 ft)
    * Tallest extant structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously KVLY-TV mast – 628.8 m/2,063 ft)
    * Tallest freestanding structure: 828 m (2,717 ft) (previously CN Tower – 553.3 m/1,815 ft)
    * Building with most floors: 160 (previously Willis Tower – 108)
    * World's highest elevator installation, situated inside a rod at the very top of the building
    * World's fastest elevators at speed of 64 km/h (40 mph) or 18 m/s (59 ft/s)(previously Taipei 101 – 16.83 m/s)
    * Highest vertical concrete pumping (for a building): 606 m (1,988 ft)(previously Taipei 101 – 449.2 m/1,474 ft)
    * Highest vertical concrete pumping (for any construction): 606 m (1,988 ft) (previously Riva del Garda Hydroelectric Power        Plant – 532 m/1,745 ft)
    * The first world's tallest structure in history to include residential space
    * Highest outdoor observation deck in the world (124th floor) at 442 m (1,450 ft)
    * World's highest installation of an aluminum and glass facade, at a height of 512 m (1,680 ft)
    * World's highest swimming pool (76th floor)

About engineers involved  in construction of burj dubai:

*Architect(s) :Adrian Smith at SOM

*Structural engineer :Bill Baker at SOM

  

             william baker

    * Burj Khalifa Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    * Pearl River Tower, Guangzhou, China
    * Infinity Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
    * Trump International Hotel and Tower, Chicago, Illinois
    * Raspberry Island - Schubert Club Band Shell, St. Paul, Minnesota
    * Broadgate - Exchange House, London, United Kingdom
    * Korean Air Lines Operations Center, Seoul, South Korea
     * Millennium Park - BP Pedestrian Bridge , Chicago, Illinois
     * NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
     * General Motors Renaissance Center - North Lobby, Detroit, Michigan


 

*Contractor :Samsung C&T,Besix and Arabtec Supervision Consultant Engineer& Architect of Record Hyder Consulting
*Construction Project Manager :Turner Construction Grocon
*Planning :Bauer AG and Middle East Foundations
*Lift contractor :Otis
*VT consultant: Lerch Bates
*Developer :Emaar Properties

SOME MORE INFORMATION 

• Project data:
  Type of building: Hotel, residence, office tower
  Location: Dubai / UAE
  Total construction time: ~ 40 months
  Construction time cores: ~ 30 months
  Building data:
  Height: ~ 705 - 950 m
  Method: Cores ahead
  Step height: 3,20 m / 3,50 m / 3,70 m / 4,00 m
  Floors: 154-189
  Additional info:
  1 central core, 3 wing walls
  SKE100, 4 concrete placing pump
  reinforcement platform
  Contractor:
  Joint Venture: Samsung, Besix, Arabtec
  Kontakt: Kim, Ivan Bruyninckx, (Robin), Kang
• Burj Dubai Amenities:
  Exclusive corporate suites
  Residential suites
  A cigar club
  Four pools
  Observation platform
  Restaurants
  Library
  Exclusive residents’ lounge
  15,000 square-foot fitness area
• Tower usage:
  172 hotel guestrooms
  492 hotel residences
  354 residences
  232 luxury residences
  Total number of units: 1,250
  37 boutique offices
  Four communications floors
  One observatory platform
  3,000 parking spaces
• Construction Data Cost: US$800,000,000.00
  Developer: Emaar Properties
  Designed by: Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill
  Type: Skyscraper
  Location: No. 1, Burj Dubai Boulevard, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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