Photo Nick Merrick © Hedrich Blessing
With services risers running the full 600m+ height of the building, designing MEP systems to serve the Burj Dubai has taken great care. How will the tower be serviced?
Billed as the tallest building in the world, the task of providing MEP services to the Burj Dubai was always going to be a challenge.
The world records made by the Emaar Properties’ project stretch to the services themselves, with the longest lift shaft in the world and mechanical operating pressures that would send some MEP consultants into a cold sweat.
Despite this, the mission of providing reliable and efficient MEP services for the tower has involved the use of proven technologies and off-the-shelf products – albeit under a very close and detailed design and installation process and a major logistics programme.