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Makkah Royal Clock Tower HotelDownload Project Factsheet

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Facts
Official Name Makkah Royal Clock Tower Hotel
Complex Name Abraj Al-Bait Endowment
Former / Other Name King Abdul Aziz Endowment Tower
Type building
Status Completed
Country Saudi Arabia
City Mecca
Street Address Makkah Haram
Building Function other / hotel / multiple
Structural Material steel / concrete
Proposed 2002
Start of Construction 2004
Completion 2012
Global Ranking #2 tallest in the World
Regional Ranking #2 tallest in Middle East
National Ranking #1 tallest in Saudi Arabia
City Ranking #1 tallest in Mecca
Figures
Height: Architectural 601.0 meter / 1972 feet
Height: Occupied 558.7 meter / 1833 feet
Height: To Tip 601.0 meter / 1972 feet
Height: Observatory 558.7 meter / 1833 feet
Floors Above Ground 120
Floors Below Ground 3
# of Elevators 96
Top Elevator Speed 6 m/s
Tower GFA 310,638 m² / 3,343,680 ft²
Development GFA 1,575,815 m² / 16,961,931 ft²
# of Hotel Rooms 858
Companies Involved
Owner Saudi Bin Laden Group
Developer Saudi Bin Laden Group
Design Architect Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Structural Engineer Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
MEP Engineer Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Project Manager Dar al-Handasah Shair & Partners
Main Contractor Saudi Bin Laden Group
Other Consultants KONE;
(elevator supplier)
Dow Corning Corporation
Other CTBUH Links
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Report, 2011
Tallest 20 in 2020: Entering the Era of the Megatall
CTBUH Poster, 2011

News Articles
Mecca clock tower features Gurit composites
ReinforcedPlastics.com, 2012-01
Makkah clock tower to beam from beginning of Ramadan
ArabNews.com, 2011-07
PCT constructs 23m Hilal for Makkah Clock Tower
ConstructionWeekOnline.Com, 2011-04
Giant Makkah Clock to Be Ready in November 2010
Emirates 24|7, 2010-10
World's Biggest Clock Begins Ticking in Mecca
Reuters, 2010-08