1. Top 10 Recent Structures Raising the Bar for Structural Engineering Structural Analysis Group 2 Katelyn Beatty, Ray Hoon, Lindsey Olmstead, & Kenny Pritchard

2. Tallest Building on the Face of This Planet Earth Constructed 2004-2010 Opening 4 January 2010 Height: Roof 828 m (2,717 ft) Top floor 621.3 m (2,038 ft) The BurjKhalifaDubai, United Arab Emirates http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-12/mf_baker

4. 58 Stories Tall

5. Floor-to-Ceiling Insulating Glass to Contain Heat & Maximize Natural Light

6. Greywater system, Which Captures & Reuses Rainwater

7. Made Largely of Recycled & Recyclable Materials

8. First Skyscraper Designed to Attain a Platinum LEED CertificationBank of America TowerNew York City, New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower,_New_York_City

9. Completed June 30, 2009 Seats 80,000 Records for: Largest Dome Stadium 300ft Tall Arches Largest Column Free Interior Cowboys StadiumArlington, Texas http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/

10. Completed In 2008 for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China World’s Largest Steel Structure 110,000 Tons of Steel Were Used In the Construction Beijing National StadiumBeijing, China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium

11. Longest Trans-Oceanic Bridge Opened May 1st, 2008 22 Miles in Length Hangzhou Bay BridgeEastern China http://www.hangzhoubaybridge.com/bridge.asp

13. Underground With A Total Circumference of 17 miles

14. Longest Manmade Under Ground Structure

15. Completed in 2008 at Cost of 9 billion Dollars (One of the Most Expensive Scientific Structures to Date)

16. Funded and Built By In Collaboration with Over 10,000 Scientists & Engineers From Over 100 CountriesLarge Hadron ColliderUnderneath the France-Switzerland Border Near Geneva http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

18. Tallest & Fastest Roller Coaster on Earth

19. 456 ft High

20. 0 to 128 mph in 3.5 seconds

21. Max G Force of 5.1

22. 270° Vertical Downward SpiralKingda KaSix Flags, New Jersey http://www.sixflags.com/national/noflash.aspx

23. World’s Tallest Suspension Bridge: 886ft Clearance Beneath the Span Opened in December of 2004 The Millau ViaductTarn River, South of France http://www.iabse.org/association/awards/ostrac/Millau.php

24. Has the Longest Span of Any Suspension Bridge Located Across the Akashi Strait in Japan Completed in 1998 Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge (The Pearl Bridge) Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge

26. Composed of 16 Different Parts, Each Individually Launched Into Space

27. Largest Artificial Satellite Orbiting Earth

28. Once Fully Operational, Can Be Seen With the Naked Eye From Earth

29. Due to Budget Constraints, It’s a Joint Venture Between Multiple Countries Including the US, Russia, Japan and European Countries

30. Believed To Be the Most Expensive Object Ever Constructed At An Estimated Cost of 160 billion USDInternational Space Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station