guys usually pay to go in the box...course it's better than ****ing Doha!

MM, xx

It takes itself down, in the opposite way to how it erects itself, using the hydraulic jacking system and removing sections from underneath, rather than inserting them. Easy.

is that right?

LJ knows about these things....

Ahh well can go and enjoy my glass of vino in peace now that I know the answer. Thanks LJ and BB - karma sent

well i was just told different, but then again my source just may be having me on

Why what were you told? Just tried ask.com but wanted me to subscribe for the info - I'm not really that keen to know

I'm just a QS. I usually count bricks. But I thought that's how it worked. Unless, of course, they leave the crane up there, and encase it in concrete.

on the day they finish the burj, we should go and watch to see how they do it, then we will know for sure

I reckon they just knock it over the top to create a crater for the next skyscraper

I was told they take as much as they can with the crane thats left, then they will use a helicopter to bring the remaining bit down

you have all got it wrong.

They leave it up there and tie a labourer on the cable to whizz round cleaning the windows

Thats the best one so far ...I believe you fairy

cleaning the windows of the burj...now that is a scary thought

No, they get it as close the ground as possible, then use a mobile crane to dismantle the jib and the rest.

You must have noticed the tower cranes that start of really close to the ground. They go up in sections, jacking up and inserting sections, and come down in reverse.