has been achieved so far ? Dr Andy Davids ( AD ): It took around seven years to build the Burj Khalifa , an 830m skyscraper in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . I was the chief engineer on this project .
One of the general challenges that we encountered was the need to find quicker ways to build tall buildings . Developers and clients can ’ t always wait years for a project to be completed . The design team has since come up with a holistic construction system for building a similar building in half the time .
Being able to cut the construction time of a building as tall as the Burj Khalifa in half ( or by a third ) is a significant achievement . Since then , I have been involved in the design of many megastructures , constructed within mere months .
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