Look inside for something AMAZING

stigggeh · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:47

Fothsn said:
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Thanks... Realistic looking pictures are best imo....

anyone got any more?

mk17 · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:48

how long does it take the crane guy to actually get to work?

Mansize_tissue · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:48

The earth clearly has an erection.

shauncr91 · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:49

Cr0fty said:
Now that would be an awesome building to jump off of.

Theres quite a lot of people fallen from the top during construction from what I have heard from a mate of mine who is a local there.

LLBDTiberio · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:49

Oh god, I'm afraid of heights so no way will I ever visit that thing!
Impressive building nonetheless.

Sh3rlock · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:51

I'm terrified of heights.

Fantastic display of engineering but just looking at it makes me feel ill.

Viper² · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:52

Gilly said:
How do they get the crane up? Just keep it at the top constantly moving it up?

How do they get it back down?

They construct it at the top and use hydraulics to extend it.

Fothsn · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:54

Loads more pics out there

Safe to say is massive!!

-Exodus- · 20 Aug 2008 at 00:59

amazing, really does remind me of half life and crackdown

West · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:00

I wouldn't be able to go up there.. although i'd love to drop coins from the top

PardonTheWait · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:01

Steve2000 said:
Citadel from Half Life.

You're not wrong!

Steve2000 · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:01

West said:
I wouldn't be able to go up there.. although i'd love to drop coins from the top

If you did and it happened to clout someone over the head then that person would be dead.

DragonWoLf · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:02

lord filbuster said:
And throw cars from the top.

hell yeah lol

West · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:02

Steve2000 said:
If you did and it happened to clout someone over the head then that person would be dead.

You don't say

fergie128 · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:03

Screw driving one of those cranes

Doohickey · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:05

Steve2000 said:
If you did and it happened to clout someone over the head then that person would be dead.

I think this myth was busted on erm, Mythbusters!

Cupra · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:06

fergie128 said:
Screw driving one of those cranes

screw walking the stairs too

bet its windy up there!!!

MikeHunt79 · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:07

Holy ****, I saw that thing on megastructures and thought they'd never manage it.

Andy100 · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:09

I know this may sound silly but... why are they building all these Skyscrapers?

There's what... 2m people in the whole of the UAE? There must be more office space than office workers over there surely.

lemonkettaz · 20 Aug 2008 at 01:09

Awesome!

I love this sort of stuff. Unreal what we can achieve now... Engineering and Design is amazing to be in