Eversendai wins RM50mil job for Burj Dubai steel structure

Posted on | September 27, 2007

By THE STAR

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian company has bagged a RM50mil contract to build the steel structure for the 150-storey Burj Dubai, which will be the world’s tallest building when completed.

Eversendai Engineering group managing director Datuk A. K. Nathan said work on the structures would begin next week.

Artist’s impression of Burj Dubai. After completion it will be one of the tallest buildings in the world.

“We are proud to be involved in building the world’s tallest building. In the construction business, our reputation is as good as our last project.

“We may have the capability but I always remind my colleagues that it does not end with getting the project and they should not compromise on safety and quality,” he told StarBiz.

The company’s famous landmarks in Malaysia are Petronas Tower 2, the KLCC Suria, Kuala Lumpur Tower, Telekom Tower, KLIA Airport, KL Sentral Station and Putrajaya Convention Centre.

“We have come a long way and has done so well. What is most heartening is that the clients we have worked with always come back and tell us that we are doing something right,” said Nathan.

The Burj Dubai is accessible via a series of double-decker elevators and the building’s three-sided design tower will ascend in a series of stages.

“We are taking extra precaution and there will be no compromise on workmen safety.

“We will be the first to work on a structure above 553 metres as we will be building the structural steel work to the final height,” he said.

Eversendai started off as a structural steel erection company in 1984.

Besides beating the Taipei Tower, which stands at 508 metres tall, Burj Dubai will also be considerably taller than the CN tower in Toronto, Canada, which stands at 553 metres tall.

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