Top 10 Recent Structures Raising the Bar for

Structural EngineeringStructural Analysis Group 2

Katelyn Beatty, Ray Hoon, Lindsey Olmstead, & Kenny Pritchard

Tallest Building on the Face of This Planet Earth

Constructed 2004-2010

Opening 4 January 2010

Height:◦ Roof 828 m

(2,717 ft)◦ Top floor 621.3 m

(2,038 ft)

The Burj KhalifaDubai, United Arab Emirates

http://www.wired.com/culture/design/magazine/15-12/mf_baker

Completed in 2009: Located in New York City & Considered to Be the Greenest Building in the World.

58 Stories Tall Floor-to-Ceiling Insulating

Glass to Contain Heat & Maximize Natural Light

Greywater system, Which Captures & Reuses Rainwater

Made Largely of Recycled & Recyclable Materials

First Skyscraper Designed to Attain a Platinum LEED Certification

Bank of America TowerNew York City, New York

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower,_New_York_City

Completed June 30, 2009

Seats 80,000 Records for:

◦ Largest Dome Stadium 300ft Tall Arches

◦ Largest Column Free Interior

Cowboys StadiumArlington, Texas

http://stadium.dallascowboys.com/

Completed In 2008 for the Summer Olympics in Beijing, China

World’s Largest Steel Structure

110,000 Tons of Steel Were Used In the Construction

Beijing National StadiumBeijing, China

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing_National_Stadium

Longest Trans-Oceanic Bridge

Opened May 1st, 2008

22 Miles in Length

Hangzhou Bay BridgeEastern China

http://www.hangzhoubaybridge.com/bridge.asp

Worlds Largest Particle Accelerator

Underground With A Total Circumference of 17 miles

Longest Manmade Under Ground Structure

Completed in 2008 at Cost of 9 billion Dollars (One of the Most Expensive Scientific Structures to Date)

Funded and Built By In Collaboration with Over 10,000 Scientists & Engineers From Over 100 Countries

Large Hadron ColliderUnderneath the France-Switzerland

Border Near Geneva

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider

Opened May 21st, 2005

Tallest & Fastest Roller Coaster on Earth◦ 456 ft High◦ 0 to 128 mph in 3.5

seconds Max G Force of 5.1 270° Vertical

Downward Spiral

Kingda KaSix Flags, New Jersey

http://www.sixflags.com/national/noflash.aspx

World’s Tallest Suspension Bridge: 886ft Clearance Beneath the Span

Opened in December of 2004

The Millau ViaductTarn River, South of France

http://www.iabse.org/association/awards/ostrac/Millau.php

Has the Longest Span of Any Suspension Bridge

Located Across the Akashi Strait in Japan

Completed in 1998

Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge (The Pearl Bridge) Japan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akashi-Kaiky%C5%8D_Bridge

Construction Began in 1998 & Scheduled to be Completed by 2011

Composed of 16 Different Parts, Each Individually Launched Into Space

Largest Artificial Satellite Orbiting Earth

Once Fully Operational, Can Be Seen With the Naked Eye From Earth

Due to Budget Constraints, It’s a Joint Venture Between Multiple Countries Including the US, Russia, Japan and European Countries

Believed To Be the Most Expensive Object Ever Constructed At An Estimated Cost of 160 billion USD

International Space Station

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station