Kingdom Tower

Kingdom Tower megastructure plans revealed

A company backed by the Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will build the world's tallest skyscraper in Jeddah as a "mega structure" building boom returns to the Middle East. original from kingdomtowerskyscraper.com

Kingdom Holding secured a $1.2 billion (£737 million) deal with the Saudi BinLadin Group to build "Kingdom Tower" - a more than 1,000-metre (3,280ft) skyscraper close to the Red Sea in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second largest city.

At more than a kilometre tall, it will replace the Burj Khalifa, which is at least 172 metres smaller, as the world's tallest building and will be more than 500 metres taller than the Willis Tower in Chicago and "The Shard" in London.

Jeddah Economic Corporation, part of the Kingdom Group and responsible for the development, said that the skyscraper was inspired by the "folded fronds of a young desert plant".

Kingdom Tower, designed by a Chicago architect AS&GG, will house a Four Seasons hotel and apartments, condominiums, offices and the world's highest observation deck.

It was conceived around 2007 as the first phase of a $20 billion urban development, Kingdom City, which marks the gateway to the holy city of Mecca.

The Kingdom Tower is previously known as Mile-High Tower, is a supertall skyscraper approved for construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at a preliminary cost of SR4.6 billion US 1.23 billion. It will be the centerpiece and first phase of a SR75 billion US$20 billion proposed development known as Kingdom City that will be located along the Red Sea on the north side of Jeddah.

The building has been scaled down from its initial 1.6 km about one mile proposal, which was never fully designed, to a height of at least 1,000 metres 3,280.84 ft the exact height is being kept private while in development, similar to the Burj Khalifa, which, at about one kilometre, would still make it by far the tallest building or structure in the world to date, standing at least 173 m 568 ft taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Former names =Mile-High Tower

Type= office, hotel, residential, apartments, observation, retail,

Country: Jeddah Saudi Arabia

Cost = 20 Billion

Antenna spire = 3,281 ft

Management = CBRE Group

Owner = Kingdom Holding Company, Abraar Holding Company, Abdulrahman Hassan Sharbatly, Saudi Binladin Group and Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal

Architect = Adrian D. Smith, Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill, from the Chicago, USA

Structural engineer = Thornton Tomasetti

Kingdom Tower in Jeddah to be ready in 63 months

Updated Jeddah Saudi Arabia News about Kingdom Tower, set to become the world’s tallest building, will be completed in 63 months, according to Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) Chairman Prince Alwaleed bin Talal.

His remarks came as the Jeddah Economic Company (JEC) yesterday announced a capital increase from SR7.3 billion to SR8.8 billion for the mega project that includes the 1,000m high Kingdom Tower.

Prince Alwaleed, who initiated and has been the driving force behind the decision to build the tower, announced an investment of SR1.5 billion from the Saudi Binladin Group (SBG) for a 16.63 percent stake in Jeddah Economic Company, owner of the Jeddah mega project.

The Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece and the first construction phase of Kingdom City Jeddah — new urban development of more than 5.3 million sq m of land in the north of Jeddah, overlooking the Red Sea and Obhur Creek.

The contract for construction of the tower was signed with SBG for SR4.6 billion ($1.2 billion) and the overall estimated cost of the entire Kingdom City Jeddah project is anticipated to be SR75 billion ($20 billion).

About Prince Walid bin Talal to build the Tallest tower in the world

Conference of Prince Walid bin Talal about Kingdom Tower

After rumors were confirmed and denied promised times during the past years, said Prince Walid bin Talal, his intention to build the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, which will be the tallest tower in the world, up nearly kilometer.

Kingdom Tower and Burj Khalifa compare

You can see from the convergence of design projects in the great constraint Will increase the height of 1,000 meters (the longest of 173 meters at least from the Burj Dubai in Dubai ) and will span an area of 530.000 square meters, the tower will be the first stages of building an integrated project called Kingdom City" on an area of 5.3 million square meters

The tower will cost $ 1.2 billion (around 4.6 billion Saudi riyals), while the project will cost the city when completed, about 20 billion dollars Expected to take 63 months, the establishment of the tower, while the entire project will take about ten years, the company said construction has begun on the construction site already through the Bin Laden Group for Contracting, which will partner in the project

The project may be unique in terms of architecture may be a great addition to the city of Jeddah, although I do not think that the sinking of their homes in floods of Jeddah have a place in this project Kingdom Holding Company announced the issuance of building permit for the project from the secretariat of Jeddah, a step that a further step towards implementation

Kingdom Tower Building Permit Issued

HE Dr. Hani ibn Muhammad Abu Ras, Mayor of Jeddah that the Secretariat had issued a building permit on Monday, the Kingdom Tower in the North have been sailed company received the Jeddah limited economic owner of the tower building permit for the project.

It is worth mentioning that the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah sailed North will consist of 161, a role reserved for the administrative and commercial uses of the building permit as issued by the Jeddah Municipality.

Kingdom Tower and Other High Rise Experience

Location: Jeddah, KSA

Client: Kingdom Holding Co.

Architect: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture

Strategic Partner: Thornton Tomasetti

Services:Site/Civil; Geotechnical; Transportation Planning

Rising 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) into the Arabian sky, the tower will eclipse the reigning tallest building by 173 meters (568 feet). The first phase of the Kingdom City comprises the Tower, a 65,000-square-meter retail mall, and a 3,000+ car underground garage.

Langan’s role has included the development and oversight of the site subsurface investigation, final design of the piles in collaboration with the design team, stormwater management and integration of the circulation and volume demands of the Tower and retail building into the traffic master plan for Jeddah’s Kingdom City.

The Kingdom Tower construction site

Installing the cage inside the shaft

O-Cell ® installed in the cage of kingdom tower

Putting the steel cage on the Lifting Pad of kingdom tower

Start lifting using 2 cranes of kingdom tower

Kingdom Tower piling work progress. Photos shows the sequence of work of execution the O-Cell® Test Pile (2 levels) with length of 78.0 m. These shots are from Jan. and Feb this year. photo from EngineersInside.

The post from the other thread has shots from Nov. and Dec. of last year. This suggestion is to date a posted shots. The shots are new to most of us and are appreciated.

The photos are showing the implementation of the load test (O-Cell® Test Pile -78.0 m depth) for Kingdom Tower’s foundation. 1. O-Cell ® installed in the cage, Bundled bars 54 32, Putting the steel cage on the Lifting Pad, Start lifting using 2 cranes, Installing the cage inside the shaft, Inserting the tremie pipe & Pouring

Friday, April 20, 2012