01-01-2013, 11:26 AM
High Rise Buildings
Introduction
A high-rise Building as defined by Emporis Data Community is
as a building 35 meters or greater in height, which is divided at regular
intervals into occupiable levels.
Construction in the Middle East is on the move. and there seems to be constant competition to build more impressive eye-catching High rise buildings. The use of innovative building materials and construction methods, coupled with workmanship of the highest standard, all contribute to a quality which bears comparison with anything in the world.
Throughout the ME One of the principal reasons for the huge sustained development of the area was the realisation of the need to diversify their economy to become less dependent on oil revenue. Thus, tourism is actively encouraged by the provision of world-class High Rise Buildings
acts & Figures
•In fact land is BOTH available and Cheap in most Modern
Cities in the ME. Municipalities for this reason are encouraging
Horizontal Construction
•In The last decade things started changing. Gulf Countries
in particular Started encouraging such Buildings.
Except in the Holy Makkah where the
land is rare and is extremely expensive
especially near the Holy Mosque,where
A square Meter could reach the rate of
about 40000 USD near in Mekkah.
(3500 USD per Square Foot
Middle East Insight
In recent years the Middle East has emerged as a center for new tall buildings, with the construction of several very tall buildings in Dubai and Riyadh; commercial and residential projects in Tel Aviv; and tall buildings planned for Cairo
•Population of 230 Million covering an Area of 82880 Sq km stretching from Egypt
on the Western most point to the U.A.E on the eastern end.
•Construction Boom in the Arabian Gulf Countries better Known as GCC Countries
(UAE, Saudi, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahain, Oman) isdue to Political and Economic Stability when
compared to other regions in the Middle East.
•Oil fluctuations in prices triggered this diversification and sponsored it. There was
a need to look somewhere else and Tourism was one.