Past 4 years every muslim who has visited makkah mukarramah has witnessed the massive construction going in and around the haram shareef. Amongst these rises a tall structure in the background touching the skies. This is the famous Makkah Clock tower also well known as Abraj Al Bait Towers, an ambitious project under taken by saudi arabian government to provide hospitality to ever increasing number of pilgrimage to this holy place. The clock tower is the second largest tower in the world hosting the biggest clock with a visibility of time within a 30km radius of the holy haram.
Following are some architechtural and technical information of the project [ Source : Bennett Construction LLC].
Following are some architechtural and technical information of the project [ Source : Bennett Construction LLC].
Watch the video about how the amazing development and construction of the clock tower was undertaken.
There is a documentary been created called "The Mecca Clock Tower - The Construction of world's Largest Clock". You can check out more details for the same here. Following is the trailer of the documentary and i am sure the full version will be interesting to watch, hoping to get that soon.