Monday, April 14, 2014

PETRONAS Twin Towers At A Glance

Number of storeys 88
Height 452 meters above street level
Total built-up area 341,760 sq.meters ( 3.7 million sq. feet)
Design/Architecture Cesar Pelli & Associates [U.S.] in association with KLCC architects.
Location of skybridge Levels 41 and 42
Length of skybridge 58.4 meters
Height of skybridge 170 metres above street level
Vertical transportation 29 double-deck high speed passenger lifts in each tower
Number of escalators 10 in each tower
Stainless steel cladding 65,000 sq. metres
Vision glass 77,000 sq. metres
Concrete [various strengths up to grade 80] 160,000 cubic metres in the superstructures [see also foundation description below]
Steel 36,910 tonnes of beams, trusses and reinforcement
Foundation 4.5 metre [15 feet] thick raft containing 13,200 cubic meters of grade 60 reinforced concrete, weighing approximately 32,550 tonnes under each Tower, supproted by 104 piles varying from 60 to 115 metres in length.

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