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NEW YORK, Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Langan International (www.langan.com) officially announced its role as a key consultant on Kingdom Tower, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As part of an elite design team, Langan is providing multiple engineering services -- geotechnical, site/civil, traffic, and parking planning -- to support what will be the tallest tower in the world.
Kingdom Tower, located near the Red Sea, will rise more than 1,000 meters (about 3,300 feet) into the Arabian sky. When completed, it will eclipse the reigning tallest building, Dubai's Burj Khalifa, by more than 173 meters (568 feet). The first phase of the overall Kingdom City development comprises the tower, a 97,000-square-meter retail mall, and underground garages for more than 4,700 cars.
"We are honored to be working alongside Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture and Thornton Tomasetti, as well as other design team members, on this world-record-shattering project," said George E. Leventis, President, Langan International. "When Langan expanded into the Middle East, our goal was to become the consultant...