Burj Khalifa
The world’s tallest man-made structure, Burj Khalifa also known as Burj Dubai, stands at 829.8 m in the city of Dubai, UAE. The project was developed by Emaar properties and Turner International was hired as the project manager. Burj Khalifa’s construction started in September 2004 and was handed over in December 2009 at an approximate budget of 1.5 billion US dollars. .The highlighted lessons learned from the Burj Khalifa project include: Accommodation seems to be the most appropriate conflict management technique to resolve worker dispute as it helps to maintain a good relationship between the employers and workers and scope control must be carried throughout the project’s life cycle to prevent Creeping Elegance and extensive requirement changes.
This is part of a series of blogs about recently completed projects, thanks to my University of Toronto Master of Engineering students for their much more detailed reports.