Construction of 1km high NEW world’s TALLEST building to begin next week in Saudi Arabia

Kingdom Towers set to be the next tallest building in the world

Construction of what will become the next
world’s tallest building is set to begin next
week in Saudi Arabia.
Once finished, the Kingdom Tower will stand a
staggering 1km (3280 feet) high - four times
taller than The Shard.

overtaking burj khalifa as the world tallest building

over 500 feet taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current
record holder.



Costing a total £780m, the tower, located in the
coastal city of Jeddah, will take five years to
construct. It is expected to use half a million
cubic meters of concrete and around 80,000
tons of steel.
The finished building will cover a total area of
over 500,000 square meters and have 200
floors. There will be 59 elevators, including five
that are double deckers. Those that take
visitors to the observatory will travel at 10
metres per second.
The Kingdom Tower will be the centerpiece of a
£13bn Kingdom City development just north of
Jeddah, overlooking the Red Sea.

The new city will consist of over 5.3 million
square meters of urban development including
housing, commercial property, hotels, offices,
shops, educational and commercial centres.
Waleed Abdul Jaleel Batterjee, CEO of the
Jeddah Economic Company said: “The vision of
constructing the tallest tower in the world in
Jeddah belongs to HRH Prince Al Waleed bin
Talal.
“His vision is also that the project itself will set
the world’s sights on our beloved Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia and particularly on Jeddah.
Furthermore, the project will help create
hundreds of jobs for our Saudi countrymen.”

source: telegraph.co.uk