Height―ground floor to roof

3282 feet (1000.8 m)

Number of stories

278

Building uses (assumed)

Hotel, office and residential

Frame materials

Concrete structure

Typical floor live load

3 kn/m² (60 psf)

Basic wind velocity (100 years returned period for Qatar, wind load considered for Qatar)

41.67 m/sec (150 km/hour)

Allowable Sway (Drift) [6] -(commentary appendix C-Sec: CC.1.2 ASCE 7-10)

H/500 (H = height of the structure)

Allowable sway at top of author’s tower

1000.8 m/500 = 2001.6 mm (6’-6”)

Sway of the tower at top for dynamic analysis

1930 mm (6’ - 4”)

Type of structure

Arrangements of concrete shear walls and beams for Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3 and Tier-4. Tier-5 is the frame structure

Foundation type

Future assignment

Typical floor height

3.6 m

Floor type

R.C.C. Slab

Shear wall spacing

12 m, 9 m & 6 m c/c

Core area

Column-beam framing

Shear wall thicknesses at ground floor

1.6 m, 1.5 m, 1.4 m & 1.3 m, gradually decreasing the thicknesses toward top

Typical beam sizes

Depth 0.8 m, width 1.1 m & 1.2 m

Column spacing

6 m (20 feet) c/c

Column sizes at base

1.5 m × 1.5 m

Covered area at base by shear walls & columns

14.53%

Concrete strength

Shear walls & columns 80 MPa, beams & slab 40 MPa

Aspect ratio (building height/least length at base)

9.8:1