Mile-High Tower
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The Mile-High Tower (Arabic: برج الميل) is planned for Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As the name suggests, the tower will be a mile in height (1609m).
The project is being planned by Al-Waleed bin Talal's Riyadh-based Kingdom Holding Company and it is understood that it will be engineered by Great Britain's Hyder Consulting, in conjunction with Arup, and constructed by Bechtel.[1] Omrania, a Saudi firm, is thought to be the project architect, in collaboration with the US' Pickard Chilton.[2]
It is projected to cost $10.7 billion (US).[3][4]
The Sunday Times of London reported that it "will be constructed" and that Mile-High Tower "means the Middle East has opened a strong gap over east Asia in the race for the world’s tallest building."[5]
MEED says tenders are expected by August 2008, following an "imminent" final investment decision on the project. A source close to the project told the publication: "It is generally understood that the project is going forward. It has not stopped and we don't think it is going to be stopped. The prince (Al-Waleed bin Talal) has indicated he is ready." If this is true and construction does go ahead, then it will be approximately twice the height of the current tallest structure, the Burj Dubai.
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- ^ Kingdom.com.sa (Kingdom Holding Company)
- ^ "Kingdom set to approve Mile High Tower in Jeddah" Sell, Christopher. MEED. March 22, 2008
- ^ "Mile-high tower: Saudi prince promises £5bn desert spire TWICE as tall as nearest rival being built." Wigmore, Barry. Daily Mail, March 31, 2008
- ^ "Savoy owner plans world's tallest building." Levy, Megan The Daily Telegraph March 31, 2008
- ^ "Savoy hotel chief, Prince al-Walid bin Talal, plans mile-high tower" Gourlay, Chris. The Sunday Times. March 30, 2008
