TK Stainless
TK Stainless
TK Stainless
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62 MaGaZine stainless steel<br />
sTainLess sTeeL FroM GerMany DeCoraTes<br />
The WorLD’s TaLLesT BuiLDinG<br />
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The curtain-wall facade of the building covers an area equivalent<br />
to 17 soccer pitches. To ensure the necessary strength, it features<br />
420 millimeter wide stainless steel strips from ThyssenKrupp<br />
Nirosta, which are fitted on the faces of the story platforms<br />
where they frame the countless glass windows in the building’s<br />
skin. The total of roughly 400 tons of material was produced<br />
by ThyssenKrupp Nirosta, rolled at its Dillenburg plant and<br />
processed by German partner company Strukturmetall.<br />
When selecting the material, the engineers and<br />
designers were guided by several special requirements, such<br />
as resistance to environmental influences, especially given the<br />
high temperatures in the region. It was also important that the<br />
material would not reflect the sun too strongly and disrupt air<br />
traffic at Dubai Airport. “Guaranteeing consistently high surface<br />
quality for this huge facade was a particular challenge,” says Gert<br />
Weiß, head of product service at ThyssenKrupp Nirosta. “The<br />
requirements set by the project developer Emaar in Dubai were<br />
very high. That’s why the client insisted on material and knowhow<br />
from Germany,” adds Helmut Baumgartl, managing director<br />
of Strukturmetall. “German companies enjoy a strong reputation<br />
in the United Arab Emirates for their products, on-time delivery<br />
and subsequent customer service,” confirms chief engineer<br />
Greg Sang.<br />
The WorLD reCorD for the tallest skyscraper has<br />
been held since 2008 by the Burj tower in Dubai, which<br />
is over 800 meters high. Chief engineer greg sang (left) is<br />
one of the key figures in this mammoth project.<br />
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Construction started in January 2004. If all the concrete<br />
used in the building were shaped into a cube, it would have an<br />
edge length of 61 meters and a weight equivalent to 100,000<br />
elephants. Upon completion, the Tower will have 54 elevators<br />
and offer living and office space to 35,000 people. The Burj Tower<br />
is already being described as a global landmark. And that’s quite<br />
something for the Emirates, where one mammoth project after<br />
another is being realized, such as Waterfront City – a square-
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