4. • The shape of the Burj al Arab hotel would
resemble a yacht rising out of the water.
• But how they design this hotel and why they
they design like This ?
Courtesy : Google Images
5. • Simplified view of the Structure (Top View)
Courtesy : Creating the Burj Al Arab.pdf
7. • Temporary tube piles driven into sea bed.
• Temporary sheet piles
and tie rods driven
into sea bed to
support boundary
rocks Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
8. • Permanent boundaryrock bunds deposited
either side of sheet piles
• Hydraulic fill layers
deposited between
bunds to displace
sea water and form
island as shown in the figure
Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
10. • Because of the speed of the sea waves
foundationwas disturbed heavily in order to
avoid that they take the concrete shed units
to send the waves back when they hit the
foundation.
Courtesy : Mega structures in NGO
13. • To reduce moment
generated in the
members.
• To reduce deflection
in the structure
4)Braces
Courtesy : burj_al_arab_constuction-_steel_structures.pdf
23. Facts
• The hotel is situated in a man-made island.
• It’s tallest and first hotel to surpass 1000ft in
height.
• It took three years to reclaim the land from sea
and less than three years to construct building
itself.
• Burj al Arab has a 24 meter (79feet ) wide
helipad which is 210 meters above the ground.