Bauer Group To Build Kingdom Tower Foundation! Green Light For World's Tallest Building.

Kingdom Tower, new world's tallest building
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It's a go! German Bauer Group signed yesterday contract worth €25 million to build foundations for new world's tallest building, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.


According to 4investors.de, construction will start in December and it will be completed within 10 months.
"For us it is a great thing to be involved in this project" shared Thomas Bauer, CEO of Bauer AG.

Kingdom Tower is designed by worldwide famous architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. Kingdom Tower will be the first skyscraper to rise above 1,000m (3,280 feet).

Read detailed story about Kingdom Tower!

Take a look at 3D model and blueprint drawings of Kingdom Tower!

Photos from pile testing for world's tallest building!

Kingdom Tower Plans, Test Pile Blueprints And Structure Model

© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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Big find! Kingdom Tower plans, models and blueprints of world's tallest building under construction in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners are in charge for engineering and construction, Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture are in charge for design while the contractor is Saudi Binladin Group. They all working together to build the tallest building in the world, over 1 km tall!


They were testing foundation piles at the end of 2011. The tests failed and they went back to drawing board. Here are some of the blueprints and models of testing piles and the structure itself, excavation plan and pile position. Click on the pictures for extra large view.

© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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© Dar Al-Handasah Shair and Partners/Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture/Saudi Binladin Group
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Kingdom Tower Construction Pictures

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We came across those rare pictures of construction site in Jeddah where world's tallest skyscraper, Kingdom Tower, is about to rise. Ground preparations are ongoing for months now and we are still waiting for some detailed info and pictures from the site. For now we managed to find those construction pictures of Kingdom Tower pile testing.


All those pictures were taken on January 28th, and at the moment those are the newest pictures online. The photos are showing the implementation of the load test (O-Cell® Test Pile -78.0 m depth) for Kingdom Tower’s foundation. As we heard recently, those test piles failed and they had to redesign some stuff around the tower's base. That's why tower moved on the drawing board again so that can be fixed.

Now we are waiting top hear what happened and what is going to happen.
Stay tuned!

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