Bernama reported that the soon to open Burj Dubai is entering the record book as the world's tallest building and sharing this honour is Malaysian structural steel construction firm, Eversendai Corporation.

Mr Datuk AK Nathan group MD of Eversendai said that the final 260 meters of the soaring tower was an all steel structure and Eversendai had the privilege of putting it up successfully.

He said that in fact, we're the first company in the world to have worked above 700 meters. No one in the world has worked above this height.

Mr Nathan said that Eversendai also carried out structural steelworks on other parts of the Burj Dubai.

Alluding to the last 260 meters of the super tall building, Mr Nathan said that it was a highly complex structure needing precise design, fabrication and construction processes. And we've done everything to the full satisfaction of our client without any kind of accident.

Mr Nathan also said Eversendai had good working relations with the tower's main contractor, Samsung Corporation of South Korea. Both companies had been involved in the construction of the Petronas Twin Tower 2 in Kuala Lumpur.

He said that "I first came here in the mid 90s and our first job was the Burj Al Arab hotel, off the coast of Dubai. Then came a slew of other projects in the UAE, Qatar and other places worth billions of ringgit for Eversendai.

(Sourced from Bernama)