Burj Khalifa Case Study

Time management
Time management should not be wasted in any given time. Time is the most valuable resource in a project. Time is key in project management because it’s not only the time but it’s the time management of the project team as a whole. Scheduling is one the simplest ways of managing a project time. The goings-on in a project are projected and the durations are decided based on the resource utilization for all activities. There also different steps of the time management process. For time management in a project time you will need to identify activities. High level requirements should be broken down into high level tasks. Another important step in project time management is duration and effort estimation. The estimates are always

The whole Burj Khalifa project took 5 years and 4 months to be completed. There were many negative issues which delayed more than one year in completing the project. One issue was pumping concrete. Many officials stated that pumping the concrete to the height of 828 metres was the hardest area of constructing the building. The project team used two of the world’s biggest pumps to supply concrete for constructing the building. Dubai’s climate conditions delayed the construction period. Temperatures in Dubai reached up to 50A Celsius, working with concrete would have been carried out at cooler night hours. Dubai climate conditions made it very difficult to pump, pour and even set concrete. Because of the climate conditions concrete could not be done during the

Workers building the Burj Khalifa went on strike twice during the 2192 day span of its construction. Workers made massive riot outside the Burj Khalifa demanding a pay rise. Some labourers made complaints of being paid as low as $4 per day and were also ordered to work 12 hours a day for 6 days a week. Construction of the Burj Khalifa was halted due to the fact 2,500 workers rioted causing around £500,000 worth of damages.
The Dubai economic crisis was major factor in delayed project time of the Burj Khalifa. Dubai’s developed economy saw a downturn. People had lost a lot of money as they saw the real estate market go down. Build projects had suffered a lot from the economic downturn. One of the projects happened to be the Burj Khalifa project. UAE’s construction projects, totalling $582bn. These projects were either put on hold or even