CONSTRUCTION & TECHNOLOGY

Burj Khalifa: Jotun supplied 122,000 kilograms of powder coating and 487,000 litres of paint on the world's tallest tower.

The leased space will have a capacity for about 1,250 staff and will include a state-of-the-art trading floor. "The move to Downtown Dubai area will allow us to accommodate our growing workforce to support business growth across the UAE. The building is being developed by Gulf Resources Development and Investment LLC (GRDI).

Audi celebrates the launch of the next big Audi with the Audi AreA1 from April 28th to May 4th at The Burj Steps between Burj Khalifa and The Dubai Mall, in front of The Dubai Fountain.

Man is never satisfied with his progress and achievements. There is always a struggle to achieve more. Only recently the architectural plans and designs of the1 km tall Kingdom Tower were released. This tower would make the Burj Khalifa (828 m tall) look like a dwarf.

The observation deck at the world's tallest building reopened yesterday, two months after being closed by a terrifying lift drama. Visitors were trapped for 45 minutes in February when their lift got stuck more than 120 floors above ground at the 828ft Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai.

With the Burj Khalifa and Chicago's Trump Tower, the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has had quite a supertall skyscraper run lately. And guess what? The run ain't done. SOM just opened another supertall, this one called the China World Trade Center Tower. It's Beijing's tallest building.

The PlayBook, which was showcased at a launch event at Dubai’s Armani Hotel, was released in the US on April 19. Canadian makers Research in Motion (RIM) were forced to recall around 1,000 of the devices in May after they were shipped with a flawed operating system.

At the weekend, Apple’s iPad launched in the US. We’ve read plenty about it already, but I’m sure you all know it’s the one everyone said looked like a giant iPod Touch - or iPhone despite the fact that it doesn’t make calls. The pyrotechnics at the opening display of Burj Khalifa would be a fair comparison.

And joining Dewa in this noble project is Emaar Properties, with its Managing Director Ahmed Al Matrooshi stressing the importance of conserving energy for sustainable development. And like last year, this year too, the world’s tallest building – the Burj Khalifa, will be blacked out, kick-starting a candle-lit Earth Hour walk from the Burj Plaza towards Burj Park.

More recently, passengers were left stranded between floors after their lift car broke down inside the Burj Khalifa. And, in March this year, British former F1 driver Stirling Moss broke his ankles after falling down an elevator shaft in London.