Interesting facts about Kingdom Tower skyscraper in Saudi Arabia

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Kingdom Tower: Construction of 1kilo meter high new world’s tallest building to start one week from now in Saudi Arabia.

Development of what will turn into the following scenes tallest building is set to start in next week in Saudi Arabia.
 


Once completed, the Kingdom Tower will stand an amazing 1km (3280 feet) high – four times taller than The Shard and in excess of 500 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current record holder.

Setting the cost an aggregate £780 million, the tower, spotted in the seaside city of Jeddah, will take five years to build. . It is expected to use half a million cubic meters of concrete and around 80,000 tons of steel.

The completed the process of building will cover an aggregate zone of in over of 500,000 square meters and have 200 stories. There will be 59 elevators, including five that are double deckers. Those that take guests to the observatory will go at 10 meters for every second.
 


 


The Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece of a £13bn Kingdom City advancement only north of Jeddah, overlooking the Red Sea.

The new city will comprise of in excess of 5.3 million square meters of urban improvement including housing, business property, inns (hotels), work places, shops, instructive, and commercial centers.

Waleed Abdul Jaleel Batterjee, CEO of the Jeddah Economic Company said: “The vision of developing the tallest tower on the planet in Jeddah has a place with HRH Prince Al Waleed bin Talal.
 


 

“His vision is likewise that the venture itself will set the world’s sights on our beloved Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and especially on Jeddah. Furthermore, the venture will help make many occupations for our Saudi compatriots.”

Saudi Arabian skyscraper will achieve four times higher than London’s Shard.

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