Completed in 2009, the Burj Khalifa, in Dubai (United Arab Emirates), is currently the tallest skyscraper in the world, with a height of 829.8 metres (2,722 ft). It shows a typical skyscraper feature: setbacks. A skyscraper is a tall, continuously habitable building having multiple floors. When the term was originally used in the 1880s it described a building of 10 to 20 floors but now describes one of at least 40â50 floors.
Beyond the Sweatshop: poverty footprints and supply chains. 1  Oxfam's Poverty Footprint project identifies five social impact metrics - building on the example of successful schemes measuring environmental impact.
This answer has been marked for improvement. Answered by The Community. Making the world better, one answer at a time. Some of the disadvantages of working in a sweatshop are the fact that these people in third world countries work for up to 13-14 hours nonstop daily. Sometimes workers are forced to work in sweatshops either by human  trafficking or slavery.    Some sweatshops are o â¦ perated entirely by trafficked children,  because they are easy to kidnap and exploit. These are reasons why  sweatshops are illegal.