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Does anyone have a link or photos of the Burj al Arab during the construction phase? I have only been able to find 2 photos on the net - one on travelimages.com and another site which I forget.

Cheers,

Ross

try a google image search .. if u cant find nothin there .. then there probably isnt any available.

Jamal wrote:try a google image search .. if u cant find nothin there .. then there probably isnt any available.

or blow it up and when they are rebuilding it snap it.

heard there was some russian mafioso shot down in the burj a couple of weeks back??? is that true or jst a rumour

its true:

http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06 ... 71677.html

There's actually an interesting video kicking about somewhere of the Burj under construction. I think its been suppressed and is in the hands of a few of the contracting companies who were there on the day...a crane failed and the top section that was being lifted into place at the time, fell the full height of the building and trashed a portacabin!

Allegedly.



Knight

You will need to contact Jumeirah / Dubai Holding if you want these, and be warned you will need to have a good reason to get them, curiosity is not enough.

FYI - all imagery of the Burj is now held under strict copyright by Jumeirah.

the engineering contractor was "WS Atkins"

they are a UK company and maybe able to help you.

arniegang wrote:the engineering contractor was "WS Atkins"

they are a UK company and maybe able to help you.

Engineering Consultant

On a side note, it is hard to argue that it does not look like a cross from this angle:



Thanks to Soup's link.

I heard that was the reason it had to be removed from the old Dubai Number Plates, true or not?

yeh and that number plate is BANNED in saudi

rudeboy wrote:yeh and that number plate is BANNED in saudi

Thats what I heard.

Don't you think this is a double standard though?

sage & onion wrote:

rudeboy wrote:yeh and that number plate is BANNED in saudi

Thats what I heard.

Don't you think this is a double standard though?

saudi is full of double standard

sniper420 wrote:

sage & onion wrote:

rudeboy wrote:yeh and that number plate is BANNED in saudi

Thats what I heard.

Don't you think this is a double standard though?

saudi is full of double standard

and shit

I looked for Burj al Arab on YouTube and theres a clip from the National Geographic channel and it shows you the construction of the Burj al Arab, which was really interesting.

The link to the video is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A7d67A24Qo&eurl=
if anyone is interested.

Ross

EDIT: P.S. I don't know if YouTube is banned in the UAE, so sorry if the link doesn't work.