The herbaceous mile-a-minute weed Mikania micrantha Kunth (Asteraceae) is an invasive plant that is known to cause substantial economic and ecological loss in forestry and plantation sectors in its introduced range of Asia-Pacific countries (Sankaran et al., 2008).
Burj Dubai has around 160 flights of stairs.Now called Burj Khalifa. The total number of stairs to Level 160 (the top habitable floor)of Burj Dubai is 2,909; to climb even higher (46 more maintanence levels), ladders are used.
Burj Khalifa's construction will have used 330,000 m3 (431,600 cu yd) of concrete and 39,000 tonnes (43,000 ST; 38,000 LT) of steel rebar, and construction will have taken 22 million man-hours. Exterior cladding of Burj Khalifa began in May 2007 and was completed in September 2009.