Burj Khalifa World Records

• The tallest building - 828 m (previous record Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, China - 508 m)
• The tallest free-standing structure - 828 m (previous record at the CN Tower in Toronto, Canada - 553.3 m)
• The highest existing structure is 828 m (the previous record at the KVLY-TV radio mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, USA - 628.8 m)
• The tallest structure ever existing in the history of human construction is 828 m (the previous record at the Warsaw radio mast, built in 1974 and collapsed in 1991, 646.4 m)
• The building with the highest number of floors is 160 (the previous record at Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in Chicago, USA, and the destroyed Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York, USA - 110)
• The fastest elevators - elevator speed of 18 m / s (64.8 km / h) (previous record - 16.83 m / s at the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, China)
• The highest height of concrete for buildings - 601 m (previous record - 449.2 m at the Taipei 101 skyscraper in Taipei, China)
• The greatest height of injection of concrete mix for any structures is 601 m (previous record - 532 m at Riva del Garda hydroelectric power station, Italy)

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