May 25, 2026 · 8:50 AM
Burj Khalifa: How Engineers Pumped Concrete 606 Metres Into the Sky to Build the World's Tallest Tower
In the 50°C Dubai heat, 12,000 workers poured 330,000 m³ of ice-chilled concrete, broke the world record for pumping it 606 metres high, and recycled Cold War–era steel from East Berlin — only to rename the finished tower after an Abu Dhabi sheikh who bailed out the project with $25 billion.
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