Very good! This reason is really very powerful, Yang Jing couldn't help but give Adrian a thumbs up.
"So, I would rather abandon the previous design and design a new one for Prince Alwaleed than use a cut-down design."
"Ade, I understand your feelings. But I really have a question for you. Do you think that with current construction technology, it is really possible to build the one-mile-high skyscraper you designed? That is a full 1,609 meters high."
Adrian nodded affirmatively and said, "With current construction technology, it is indeed difficult to build a 1,609-meter-high building, but it is not impossible. As long as the local geological and climatic conditions allow, and there is sufficient funding, building a mile-high super-high-rise building is not an insurmountable problem."
Yang Jing nodded, and then he asked: "Then Ade, do you think it is possible to build a 1992-meter-high building with current construction technology?"
"1992 meters?" Adrian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't guarantee that. According to current construction technology, this height can be built, but in that case, the floor area of this building will be a terrifying number. The foundation area of the Burj Khalifa that I designed was more than 20,000 square meters. And the foundation area of the Kingdom Tower that I designed is as high as 30,000 square meters. Of course, this is also closely related to the local geological conditions in Jeddah, but it is undeniable that the higher the building is, the larger the construction area of the foundation will be, otherwise the weight of the building will crush the foundation! Albert, the taller this super high-rise building is, the higher the requirements for the foundation. When the height of this super high-rise building exceeds a certain limit, the requirements for the foundation will increase significantly with every meter the building's height increases."
After a pause, Adrian continued, "Let's compare the Burj Khalifa and the Kingdom Tower. The Kingdom Tower is only 171 meters higher than the Burj Khalifa, but the foundations of the two are simply not on the same level. The pile tip depth of the Burj Khalifa is only 70 meters deep, while the pile tip depth of the Kingdom Tower is 110 meters deep. And my one-mile-high super-high-rise building has even higher requirements for the foundation. Albert, I have also read the documents you sent me about the local geological conditions in Tianqu. The geological conditions in Tianqu are much better than those in Jeddah, but even so, in my design plan, if I really want to build that building in Tianqu, then the area of the foundation alone will exceed 70,000 square meters, and the area of the entire building will be even larger. As for the question you just asked, if you want to build a 1,992-meter high building, then I estimate that the foundation area alone will exceed 100,000 square meters, and the area must be at least more than 1 square kilometer. Are you sure you want to spend such a large area to build this building?"
"A building this tall cannot be built without a large enough foundation. Similarly, if the area of the foundation is expanded, the cost of the building will increase exponentially. So, personally, I don't recommend you build such a tall building. A mile high is enough to ensure that no one can surpass it in the next 20 years."
"Well, I took it for granted." Yang Jing smiled and admitted that his guess about the 1992-meter-high building was a mistake. It's not that it's impossible to build such a high building, but is it necessary to build such a high building?
In fact, a mile high is quite astonishing!
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