Burj Khalifa Construction Project

Burj Khalifa Construction Project
BURJ KHALIFA CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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Burj Khalifa Construction Project
Introduction
The study relates to Burj Khalifa formerly known as Burj Dubai before its inauguration.
The name means Khalifa towers in English which makes a mega tallest multistory building in the
United Arab Emirates. The structure forms the highest building ever on the planet with a height
of 829.8 meters. The building is located at Sheikh Moham Rashid Boulevard, United Arab
Emirates. The reason and purpose of building Burj Khalifa were solely grounded on government
judgment to branch out from an economy that is oil-based to one that relies on provision and
tourism. Majority of government representatives considered the project since it could attract
more international recognition leading to investment (Baker, 2007)
Figure 1: site map of Burj Khalifa.

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The building was contracted by Samsung C&T Besix of South Korea and developed by Emaar
Properties and Adrian Smith. The construction began in 2004 and exterior completed after five
years, and publicly launched in 2010 as part of the fresh progress called Downtown Dubai. The
project type was infrastructure with a contract type of built only of construction value US$3.2m.
Risks to health and safety
Burj Khalifa forms one of the largest and tallest construction structures in the world
making risks involved become unmatched. Due to this, design risk factors will be majorly
analyzed and discussed. The major risks on design factors highly relate to factors involving
height, workers and contractors operational at height, materials being taken and conveyed at
height and the kind of most if not all physical kind at height, for example, wind load and heat
energy resulting from the sun. How this risks would be tackled would be added to the building
design since it was wanted to be the tallest in the world (Aldred, 2010)
Identification of risk.
Whenever it involves construction projects as hefty as Burj Khalifa, whenever a threat is
not detected in initial stages of the construction course, the risk may become a challenge for the
construction process and future usage of the construction structure. The structure might not fulfill
its necessities and goals which includes value and period of completion. The main role of peril
management is geared to reduce the chances of occurrence of undesirable effects on the
construction scheme (Baker, 2008)
In order to implement this, one needs first to pinpoint and locate the origin of the impact.
In relation to risk handling, as soon as the risks have been allocated and recognized, they are

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categorized and grouped to improve a better understanding of the risks. This enhances a better
planning process and criteria for the risks later and may allow for future use as references. In the
Burj Khalifa construction project, there exist various varying risk outlines that are capable of
being categorized. Nevertheless, in the case of this study, the perils would be related to key risks
concerning the design phase and construction stage of the project. The perils in the mentioned
categories include the following:
Design phase
 Materials and their durability(Jafferji, 2016)
 The sun and its effects
 Location of the intended construction building
 Alteration of design impact on budget and time
 Wind strength of high buildings
 Gravitational force effects on elevated buildings
Construction phase
 Transport of supplies to high heights
 Employees working at high floors of the building in construction
 Objects falling from distanced heights
 Risk of collapsing during construction (Ta, 2009)
 Exposure of workers to radiations from the sun
 Danger as a result of machinery operations at the site