Comments on: Mine is bigger!

By: Ayedee

Ayedee — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:23:08 +0000

What on earth will elevators do when they will be cut off from electric supply for any reason, if there is any real benifit in building skyscrapers then it can be justified, if its just ‘who’s taller’ then we’re going to repeat the same mistakes all over again

Rgds

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By: Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Does A PlayStation 2 Gun Count As A Weapon?

Global Voices Online » Bahrain: Does A PlayStation 2 Gun Count As A Weapon? — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 19:41:01 +0000

[...] Mahmood asks: We don’t even have the infrastructure to handle the cars on the roads – and by “we” I include all the Arab countries – and we are lacking in just about every other necessary infrastructural and health and safety not to mention human rights and political representation – oh for God’s sake, let’s forget all of those intangibles for a minute, do we just have the fire-fighting and emergency capabilities to deal with such heights? … Somehow I think the priorities are bit screwed up in our countries. [...]

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By: Yagoob’s Dome » Blog Archive » Things to do with a 1022 metre high building…

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:42:21 +0000

[...] bloggers Mahmood and Ammar recently have posted news of Bahrain building the tallest skyscraper in the world [...]

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By: CerebralWaste

CerebralWaste — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:08:43 +0000

Mahmood,

The elevators in these ultra tall building are fast. That and express elevators to certian floors make the time issue almost a non issue.

Check out this.. http://www.elevator-world.com/magazine/archive01/0309-003.shtml

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By: Ammar

Ammar — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:08:05 +0000

Thats pretty funny actually.

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By: Ammar

Ammar — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 14:06:18 +0000

By the way, just because a building is built, don’t automatically assume that its safe enough to stay up.

We think, hey, there’s definately been enough studies in physics, enertia, construction, etc to guarantee this building will stay up.

Well, remember, people are trying to keep costs down, and remember the Warsaw Tower that collapsed in 1991 (at the time the worlds tallest structure).

And yes, just getting up and down has got to be a headache. But imagine the view from an office on the top floor. Its got to be scary; cant look good at all.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:35:08 +0000

Can you also imagine the elevator times to get to an office?

Imagining getting down to the bottom, 5
minutes late for work, and then remembering
that you left your mobile in the kitchen.
Little things like that can really irritate
a person.

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By: mahmood

mahmood — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 13:11:13 +0000

Can you also imagine the elevator times to get to an office? Rush hour traffic will have another meaning.

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By: Aliandra

Aliandra — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:53:37 +0000

One of these ‘tallest’ buildings erected a few years ago (not sure if it was Malaysia or Indonesia) couldn’t get enough tenants to fill the floors.

The safety aspect looks worrisome. Who wants to work in a building that needs 3 hours to evacuate in an emergency?

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:13:49 +0000

Thanks Ammar,

So it’s a hadith thing. Interesting. How
did they know?

Or did these developers undertake these
projects with these words buried in their
memories, revealing a deeply-buried
self-destructive impulse :^)

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