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Posted by: Kickimanjaro
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Posted by: Reptilian Rob
Posted by: vanert
You don't start building a house if you don't have the foundation.
Meanwhile, Dubai is constructing a mile high hotel/apartment/office tower on nothing but sand and gravel.
You mad America?Link?
Every building has foundations.
Burj Khalifa I think that is what he was referring to, however it makes no mention in the Wiki article...digging for another link...can't find any links explaining the foundation but I do remember hearing it was built on sand.He said being constructed though, the Burj Khalifa is already complete. If it is what he was referring to though then it definitely has foundations. I'll take a quote from the wiki:
The primary structural system of Burj Khalifa is reinforced concrete. Over 45,000 m3 (58,900 cu yd) of concrete, weighing more than 110,000 tonnes (120,000 short tons; 110,000 long tons) were used to construct the concrete and steel foundation, which features 192 piles; each pile is 1.5 metre diameter x 43 m long, buried more than 50 m (164 ft) deep.[25] Burj Khalifa's construction used 330,000 m3 (431,600 cu yd) of concrete and 55,000 tonnes (61,000 short tons; 54,000 long tons) of steel rebar, and construction took 22 million man-hours.[10] A high density, low permeability concrete was used in the foundations of Burj Khalifa. A cathodic protection system under the mat is used to minimize any detrimental effects from corrosive chemicals in local ground water.[46] In May 2008 concrete was pumped to a then world record delivery height of 606 m (1,988 ft),[24] the 156th floor. Three tower cranes were used during construction of the uppermost levels, each capable of lifting a 25-tonne load.[88] The remaining structure above is constructed of lighter steel.