Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili laid the foundation for the construction of Alphabetic Tower in Batumi, a Black Sea resort town. 130 meter tower will be decorated with 33 letters (7 meters each) from Georgian alphabet. The top of the tower will be decorated with spherical glass construction. Inside this sphere will be a rotating restaurant and an observatory, making one full turn in 60 minutes, which will allow the visitors enjoy the view of the city and the sea. Alphabetic tower will be also equipped with TV studios and four elevators. "The Georgian alphabet is our DNA, our genetic code. Today, we kick off construction of Batumi's Eiffel Tower and we need to complete it in five months," Saakashvili told journalists. The tower is designed by Spanish architect Albert Domingo Cabo and the construction works will be implemented by Georgian company "Magi Style". Within the next days, construction of Batumi funicular will also start on Pheria Mountain and the negotiations are being conducted with "Doppelmayr Garaventa Group" Austrian-Swiss company which is world's leader in this field. Also mention this company recently realized the construction of the longest ropeway in the world in Tatev monastery, Armenia.

Japanese construction corporation Obayashi Corp., is planning to complete the construction of the world's tallest tower - Tokyo Sky Tree in spring 2012. A tower with a height of 634m previously was planned to be finished at the end of 2011. By turnover 2009, Obayashi Corp. is the world's 22 biggest construction company. The long uppermost section of tower is the "antenna tower" for digital-terrestrial broadcasts. Below of "antenna tower" it will be located the world's highest observatory deck with height of 450m. The developer of the tower is Tobu Tower Sky Tree Co., Ltd., architecture-Nikken Sekkei Ltd. Tokyo Sky Tree will equipped by 6 Toshiba elevators, four out of which are 40person elevators with a maximum speed of 600m/min, which are the fastest large capacity elevators in Japan. The new tower's foundation developed by Obayashi will be subjected to strong uplift and compressive forces from winds, earthquakes, and other factors. Note that record for the tallest building in the world still belongs to Burj Khalifa in Dubai with height 828m!