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The Skyscraper Museum and The New York Academy of Sciences present: World’s Tallest Building: Burj Dubai Lecture Series Ahmad Abdelrazaq, Executive Director, Highrise Building and Structural Engineering Divisions, Samsung Corporation. June 13 2007: Extreme Building: The Challenges of Constructing Burj Dubai Burj Dubai added a story every three days to its concrete frame to finally become the world's tallest building, surpassing the former title-holder Taipei 101 at 508 meters. In January of 2009, Burj Dubai's height was finally announced to top off at 818 meters. New Yorkers can imagine the Chrysler Building stacked atop of the Empire State to have an idea of its height and volume. Height, heat, and concrete are three basic challenges of this titanic project that was constructed by the high-rise experts of South Korea's Samsung Corporation. Turner International was the project and construction manager. The executive in charge of Highrise Building and Structural Engineering Divisions for the Samsung Corporation, general contractors Burj Dubai, explained the planning and execution on this unprecedented feat of skyscraper construction. Learn more here: http://www.skyscraper.org/EXHIBITIONS/BURJ_DUBAI/index.htm To view the Introduction and other videos of this series go to: http://www.skyscraper.org/PROGRAMS/BURJ_DUBAI_LECTURES/01_extreme.htm