Summary of published case studies for high-rise buildings in Dubai
| Project name | Emirates Towers | Burj Khalifa | Pentominium tower |
| Project completion year | 2000 | 2010 | On hold |
| Reference | Poulos and Davids (2005) | Poulos and Bunce (2008) | Ibrahim et al. (2009) |
| Range of design UCS values: MPa | 0·8–1·8a | 1·0–2·5 | 0·8–4·1 |
| Range of design ultimate skin friction values: kPa | 200–450 | 250–400 | 215–486 |
| Empirical correlation used | 0·25 × UCS1/2 | 0·25 × UCS1/2 | 0·25 × UCS1/2 |
| Number of PTPs carried out | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Were PTPs brought to geotechnical failure? | No | No | No |
| Was the pile design be optimised based on the PTP results? | No | No | No |
| Is the pile design conservative? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Project name | Emirates Towers | Burj Khalifa | Pentominium tower |
| Project completion year | 2000 | 2010 | On hold |
| Reference | |||
| Range of design UCS values: MPa | 0·8–1·8 | 1·0–2·5 | 0·8–4·1 |
| Range of design ultimate skin friction values: kPa | 200–450 | 250–400 | 215–486 |
| Empirical correlation used | 0·25 × UCS1/2 | 0·25 × UCS1/2 | 0·25 × UCS1/2 |
| Number of PTPs carried out | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Were PTPs brought to geotechnical failure? | No | No | No |
| Was the pile design be optimised based on the PTP results? | No | No | No |
| Is the pile design conservative? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Estimated from the information available in the publication by Poulos and Davids (2005)
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