Bauer will construct foundations for 1-km tall Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia

The 1-km tall Kingdom Tower, designed by architect AS+GG, will be 173m taller than the Burj Khalifa when it is completed in 2018

The 1-km tall Kingdom Tower, designed by architect AS+GG, will be 173m taller than the Burj Khalifa when it is completed in 2018

The Kingdom Tower to be built in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia will be 1,001 meters tall when completed in 2018. It will be the first building taller than 1-km and 173 meters taller than the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the current tallest building in the world. NCE reports that Bauer has won the €25M (US$32M) foundation construction contract consisting of 270 drilled shafts of 1.5 or 1.8 m diameter and 110m in length. They also report that the original design was for a 1.6 km tall structure, but the geotechnical investigation found that the site would not support such a structure and the plans were scaled back to the current planned height. [Source: New Civil Engineer. Image: New Civil Engineer]