It stands extremely close to the shore of the Red Sea and that may cause problems during windy seasons. There are still concerns about the safety of such buildings and there are a lot of troubles that the construction will face on the way. The building is thought to be the future visit card of Jeddah and Saudi Arabia, so they will make everything possible to ensure that no one can build a skyscraper higher than that in the nearest years. But you shouldn’t expect it to be shorter than 1000 meters. The final height of the skyscraper is still kept secret. We can see that minor construction and maintenance works are carried out, and the equipment is still there, so the building can start growing at any moment. But there is no evidence to prove such claims. There were rumors that the project will never be built because it faced some technical problems. As a result, in 2018 Jeddah Tower was put on hold and the works haven’t still started over. Also, the labor issues started occurring all the time because of the inner crisis. Jeddah Tower suffered from the situation because it immediately started lacking money. In 2017 they formed an anti-corruption committee, which resulted in a big number of princes and ministers being prisoned within the next 2 years. During that time a lot of rich people and politicians in Saudi Arabia were arrested and prisoned because of corruption issues.

The project has been on hold since 2018 due to the Saudi Arabian purge that happened in 2017 -2019. But in 2017 they were not even halfway to the 1-kilometer height.

The future owner of the Jeddah Tower, Kingdom Holding Company, insisted all the way that the project would be finished on time. Some architects said that it was an insane idea, but in 2011 construction works started. The land testing showed that the area could only support a 500-meter building, but the royal family members who were investing in the project insisted on building a 1-kilometer-high construction. Small sized object can cause serious injury and destruction.In 2008 the Saudi rich decided that their country has to be the first in terms of tall skyscrapers. Freefall of 1 kg object on the height of 300 m gains the velocity of 276 km/h in the assumption of no air resistance. Skymap and warming light prevent an in-flight collision, but it is not perfect.įourth, falling objects from high place have a danger of injury because a falling object gains momentum as it falls. Small aircraft and helicopter is popular as a transport method to avoid traffic jam. Third, possibility of aircraft clash is on the increase. The tall vertical structure could swing by shock despite an earthquake-resistant design is applied to skyscraper. The load of building itself and residents is considerable.

Second, structural weakness exists toward earthquake. Fires in high-rise building were common themes for disaster movies. An evacuation by extension ladder and emergency stair has limitation in high floors. High jet stream on external walls of building makes it difficult for rescue by helicopter. Flame can quickly spread along elevator and steps. First, high-storied building is vulnerable to fire. Skyscrapers have lots of problems in terms of disaster and safety despite its effectiveness. Kingdom tower (Jeddah, KSA) would be tallest building with 1,000 meters about 2019 ( 1). The tallest skyscraper of the world is Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE) with a height of 828 meters. Many high-rise buildings were constructed with technological progress in the 20 th century. Human desires toward the heavens had been continued after Tower of Babel.

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