The Burj Dubai's construction was announced on January 2004 and now, after the completion of the work, the tallest man-made building was finally inaugurated on January 3rd 2010.

 The building will soon be transformed into a vibrant community for thousands of residents, employees, hotel guests and tourists. Up to 12,000 people will live, work and play inside the world's tallest building. The total built up area is around 6 million square feet: 2 million square feet is dedicated to luxury residential apartments, while more than 300,000 square feet is allocated for office space. That's in addition to the sections of the tower taken up by the world-first Armani Hotel Dubai and the Armani Residences Dubai. A total of 57 elevators and eight escalators serve people living, working and enjoying their leisure time inside the tower. Burj Dubai has four swimming pools, a cigar lounge, residents' lounge, the fine dining restaurant 'At.mosphere', and a variety of health and fitness facilities.
The tower is a colossal structure made up of 4,000 tonnes of structural steel; more than 2600 feet tall and is the focal point of the 500-acre master planned community Downtown Burj Dubai, which is widely described as the most prestigious square kilometre on earth. In total, Burj Dubai employs a record-breaking 330,000 cubic meters (11.6 million cubic feet) of concrete; 39,000 metric tonnes of reinforced steel; 103,000 sq m (1.1 million sq ft) of double glazed glass; and 15,500 sq m (166,800 sq ft) of embossed stainless steel.  A staggering total of 24,348 panels cover a curtain wall area of 132,190 square metres (1.4 million sq ft). But the Burj Dubai's shimmering exterior is designed to minimise heat transmission into the building itself, therefore saving energy. Condensation from the panels is also collected and used for landscape irrigation.
Prysmian was awarded the £ 1.8 million contract for cables supply on October 2007: safety in a building of such a size and prestige is hugely important and Prysmian cables are playing their part in ensuring the highest possible level of safety. The company has been entrusted with the supply and installation of Prysmian FP Plus Flex enhanced fire performance cables in accordance with UK standard requirements of BS5839-1:2002. Prysmian FP Plus Flex cables have been used to power the fire alarm and emergency lighting systems, while Prysmian FP400 cables will be used to power essential circuits and power supplies to the building. The length of cable being installed is over 1,300 times the height of the tower as it currently stands and it is fitted with over 700,000 fire resistant joint accessories.
Middle East is a key area for Prysmian's expansion strategy, with offices and facilities in UAE, Qatar, Bahrain and Kuwait and it is involved in important projects, such as the submarine power link between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, with the GCCIA (Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority), the Fujairah (UAE) and Doha (QATAR) main Transmission Projects (high voltage cables); Pearl GTL, the large scale Oil and Gas project started in 2006 in Qatar, Ras Laffan Gasfield Downstram Development in Qatar, (Industrial cables).