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The Burj Khalifa / Amie Jane Leavitt.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Building on a dreamPublisher: [Kennett Square, Pennsylvania] : Purple Toad Publishing, Inc., [2018]Copyright date: ©2018Description: 32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781624693502
  • 1624693504
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
A grand opening -- Dreaming higher -- Testing the design -- Construction challenges -- Maintaining a mammoth structure -- Chronology.
Summary: The Burj Khalifa soars into the sky at an impressive 2,722 feet. When constructed, this architectural masterpiece exceeded the height of other buildings by 1,052 feet. And because of the records this building set, it is now known that buildings can continue to rise higher and higher into the clouds. The architect and structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa used advanced engineering principles to design, test, and construct this mammoth structure. Specialty tools, fearless workers, and skilled professionals all worked to overcome construction challenges. What exactly does it take to construct the tallest building in the world?
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 720.483 L439 Available 33111008709707
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The Burj Khalifa soars into the sky at an impressive 2,722 feet. When constructed, this architectural masterpiece exceeded the height of other buildings by 1,052 feet. And because of the records this building set, it is now known that buildings can continue to rise higher and higher into the clouds. The architect and structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa used advanced engineering principles to design, test, and construct this mammoth structure. Specialty tools, fearless workers, and skilled professionals all worked to overcome construction challenges. What exactly does it take to construct the tallest building in the world?

A grand opening -- Dreaming higher -- Testing the design -- Construction challenges -- Maintaining a mammoth structure -- Chronology.

The Burj Khalifa soars into the sky at an impressive 2,722 feet. When constructed, this architectural masterpiece exceeded the height of other buildings by 1,052 feet. And because of the records this building set, it is now known that buildings can continue to rise higher and higher into the clouds. The architect and structural engineer for the Burj Khalifa used advanced engineering principles to design, test, and construct this mammoth structure. Specialty tools, fearless workers, and skilled professionals all worked to overcome construction challenges. What exactly does it take to construct the tallest building in the world?

Includes bibliographical references (page 29) and index.

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