Saudis are up to it again; they just can’t stop surprising us all,
can they? So what is this all about now? Alright, buckle up; World’s
tallest building title will be challenged by this building that is all
set for construction starting this week in Saudi Arabia.
After
the construction is complete, the Kingdom Tower will stand tall with a
height of 1 km and for comparison’s sake; it is four times taller than
The Shard and about 500 feet taller than the current title holder; Burj
Khalifa in Dubai.
The
Kingdom Tower will be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the estimated
time of completion for the project is 5 years with a budget of £780m.
The material estimates for the project; 0.5 million cubic meters of
concrete and about 80,000 tons of steel. Once finished the tower will
occupy an area of above 500,000 square meters and will consist of about
200 floors. As per plan, the tower is supposed to have 59 elevators,
where five of the elevators will be double deckers. The elevators that
will take the visitors to observatory shall travel at a speed of 10
meters per second. The Kingdom Tower is part and the centre piece of
Kingdom City Development situated at the north of Jeddah, overlooking
the Red Sea, with a total budget of £13bn.
This
city will cover an area of more than 5.3 million square meters. The
development will constitute housing, commercial property, offices,
hotels, shops, educational and commercial centers.
According
to CEO of Jeddah Economic Company, Waleed Abdul Jaleel Batterjee, ;
‘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. 
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