1 The burj khalifa height is staggering 828meters(2716.5 feet) ,tall soaring over dubai. It is three times tall as EIFFEL TOWER and nearly and twice as tall as empire state building .Laid end to end ,its pieces stretch over quarter of the way around the world.Its cloud piersing height is one of the most impressive facts about burj khalifa.
2 The buliding has the highest no.of stories in the world and has highest occupied floor in the world ,has the highest observation deck in the world ,has the elevator with longest travel diatance in the world and has tallest service elevator in the world .
3 one of the most mind blowing burj khalifa facts is how much the materails weighs .To put things in to prespective,the weight of the contete is equal to 100000 elephants . The total weight of the aluminum used on the burj khalifa is equivalent to that of five A380 aircraft .
4 Burj khalifa fun facts that you can truley applaud are its sustainibility and reuse of resources.Every year 15 million gallons of water are collected sustainably .The water is used for irrigation to water the landscaping and plants ,for the collecting system and to supply the dubai fountain .
5 Tip of the butj khalifa can be seen can be seen from 95 kilometers away .
6 fairly known burj khalifa information is that at the peak of construction, 1200 workers worked on the building per day .
7 Another of the interesting facts is that it is designed to resemble the hymenocallis flower .The central core emerges at the top and culminates in the sculpted spire . Excavation bagan in january 2004.six years later ,the burj khalifa finally opened in january 2010 .
It took more 110000 tonnes of concrete ,55000 tons of steel bar ,and 22 million man hours to complete the burj khalifa.
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