8 Billion Dollar Miracle Towers — How Much They Really Cost?

Описание: Ever wondered how much it really costs to build the worlds most iconic skyscrapers?
In this video, we explore 8 of the most incredible and expensive towers ever constructed — engineering miracles that changed skylines and broke records across the globe.

From the desert marvel of Burj Khalifa to the timeless Eiffel Tower, discover the true cost, effort, and genius behind each of these billion-dollar wonders.

Whats inside:

The real budgets behind each tower

The materials and manpower that made them possible

Stunning facts that will blow your mind

If you love mega projects, engineering, and world architecture — this video is for you!

0:00 Burj Khalifa
0:48 Shanghai Tower
1:34 One World Trade Center
2:16 Petronas Twin Towers
2:57 Empire State Building
3:48 Willis Tower
4:12 Tokyo Skytree
4:48 Eiffel Tower

To read:

Burj Khalifa – Dubai
• Construction start: Around 2004, completed in 2010.
• Approximate total cost: About $1.5 billion USD.
• Number of workers involved: Over 12,000 workers at peak.
Roughly like filling a large football stadium 3–4 times with people standing shoulder to shoulder.
• Amount of concrete used: About 330,000 cubic meters.
Enough to fill 132 Olympic-sized pools.
• Amount of steel used: About 39,000 tons.
Enough steel for 650 modern tanks.
• Construction duration: Approximately 6 years.

Shanghai Tower – Shanghai, China
• Construction start: Around 2008, completed in 2015.
• Approximate total cost: About $2.4 billion USD.
• Number of workers involved: No precise data available.
Roughly like filling a football stadium three times.
• Amount of concrete used: About 61,000 cubic meters in the foundations only, with additional quantities partially reported in engineering documents.
Enough to fill 7,625 concrete mixer trucks.
• Amount of steel used: Data incomplete.
• Construction duration: Approximately 7 years.

One World Trade Center – New York, USA
• Construction start: Around 2006, completed in 2014.
• Approximate total cost: About $3.9 billion USD.
• Number of workers involved: Exact numbers unavailable, but thousands participated in this massive project.
• Amount of concrete used: Over 150,000 cubic meters approximately.
• Amount of steel used: Over 40,000 tons approximately.
Enough steel to build about 26,667 passenger cars.
• Construction duration: Approximately 8 years.

Petronas Twin Towers – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Construction start: Around 1993, completed in 1996.
• Approximate total cost: Rough estimates available, but not fully accurate.
• Number of workers involved: Unreliable data available.
• Amount of concrete and steel used: Each tower reportedly used ≈ 80,000 cubic meters of high-strength concrete; total for both towers ≈ 160,000 cubic meters.
Enough to fill 64 Olympic-sized pools.
• Construction duration: Approximately 3 years.

Empire State Building – New York, USA
• Construction start: April 1930, completed May 1931.
• Approximate total cost: About $41 million USD at the time.
• Number of workers involved: About 3,500 workers at peak.
Roughly like filling half a football stadium with workers standing shoulder to shoulder.
• Amount of steel used: About 50,000–57,000 tons.
Enough to build 8 Eiffel Towers.
• Amount of concrete used: Historical estimates ≈ 47,400 cubic meters.
Enough to fill 5,925 concrete mixer trucks.
• Construction duration: Approximately 13–14 months only.

Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) – Chicago, USA
• Construction start: Around 1970, completed around 1973.
• Approximate total cost: Accurate data unavailable.
• Number of workers involved: Unreliable data.
• Amount of concrete and steel used: 56,634 cubic meters.
Enough to fill 23 Olympic-sized pools.
• Construction duration: Approximately 3 years.

Tokyo Skytree – Tokyo, Japan
• Construction start: July 2008, completed February 2012.
• Approximate total cost: About 65 billion Japanese yen (~$500–550 million USD).
• Number of workers involved: Data unavailable.
• Amount of concrete and steel used: 173,500 cubic meters of concrete.
Enough to fill 21,688 concrete mixer trucks.
• Construction duration: Approximately 3½ to 4 years.

Eiffel Tower – Paris, France
• Construction start: 1887, completed 1889.
• Approximate total cost: About 7.8 million French gold francs (historical estimate, hard to convert to modern USD).
• Number of workers involved: About 300 workers approximately.
• Amount of steel used: About 7,300 tons.
• Amount of concrete used: Very little; the structure relies primarily on iron/steel.
• Construction duration: Approximately 2 years.