When the Dh3.67 billion Burj Dubai tower is completed (scheduled for 2008) Emaar Properties icon of engineering process, will be the world's tallest tower in the world, peaking above the Sears Tower in Chicago, Malaysia's Petronas Towers and Taipei 101 in Taiwan. Burj Dubai is poised to become a global icon and engineering marvel as it sets a new benchmark for architectural design. ABB was selected among many others to supply this project after ABB has proven the capabilities for supplying such project.

Installed at the Burj Dubai is a state-of-the-art, MicroSCADA-based power monitoring and control system that integrates unit substations at various levels of building.