Previously scattered around Kuala Lumpur, the Public Works Department offices are now in centralised headquarters to meet the Ministry of Works’ growing workforce.
The 175m tall government-owned building received the prestigious Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Award (MCIEA) 2017 for Best Project (Major Buildings) as well as the Green Building Index (GBI) Platinum certification.
We delivered multidisciplinary engineering services. The tower is distinguished by its inclined and twisting perimeter columns. Being built on a hill slope meant the basement and podium had to be engineered to suit the sloping terrain and such that its construction did not adversely affect adjacent buildings.
Diamond in the crown
Strategically located at Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, the tower comprises a 37-storey office building, a two-storey basement and a seven-storey podium. The building’s diamond-like façade is meant to reflect the Ministry of Works’ position as the diamond in the crown of the construction industry and KL city.
Working in hilly terrain
The site is underlain by Kenny Hill formation with hard stratum present at approximately 10m below ground. Part of the structure was built on cut ground of up to 21m deep excavation on two sides of the structure. Due to space constraints and very close proximity to the existing buildings above (about 5m to 15m away), we designed the excavation to be supported by a series of contiguous bored piles of 1.2m to 1.8m in diameter, forming the basement wall with multiple layers of multi-strand temporary ground anchors. As a permanent solution, earth pressure on the wall was designed to be supported by the structure and its foundations. The presence of adjacent structures required excavation works be carefully thought out with extensive geotechnical monitoring.
Previously scattered around Kuala Lumpur, the Public Works Department offices are now in centralised headquarters to meet the Ministry of Works’ growing workforce.
The 175m tall government-owned building received the prestigious Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Award (MCIEA) 2017 for Best Project (Major Buildings) as well as the Green Building Index (GBI) Platinum certification.
We delivered multidisciplinary engineering services. The tower is distinguished by its inclined and twisting perimeter columns. Being built on a hill slope meant the basement and podium had to be engineered to suit the sloping terrain and such that its construction did not adversely affect adjacent buildings.
Diamond in the crown
Strategically located at Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, the tower comprises a 37-storey office building, a two-storey basement and a seven-storey podium. The building’s diamond-like façade is meant to reflect the Ministry of Works’ position as the diamond in the crown of the construction industry and KL city.
Working in hilly terrain
The site is underlain by Kenny Hill formation with hard stratum present at approximately 10m below ground. Part of the structure was built on cut ground of up to 21m deep excavation on two sides of the structure. Due to space constraints and very close proximity to the existing buildings above (about 5m to 15m away), we designed the excavation to be supported by a series of contiguous bored piles of 1.2m to 1.8m in diameter, forming the basement wall with multiple layers of multi-strand temporary ground anchors. As a permanent solution, earth pressure on the wall was designed to be supported by the structure and its foundations. The presence of adjacent structures required excavation works be carefully thought out with extensive geotechnical monitoring.
Previously scattered around Kuala Lumpur, the Public Works Department offices are now in centralised headquarters to meet the Ministry of Works’ growing workforce.
The 175m tall government-owned building received the prestigious Malaysian Construction Industry Excellence Award (MCIEA) 2017 for Best Project (Major Buildings) as well as the Green Building Index (GBI) Platinum certification.
We delivered multidisciplinary engineering services. The tower is distinguished by its inclined and twisting perimeter columns. Being built on a hill slope meant the basement and podium had to be engineered to suit the sloping terrain and such that its construction did not adversely affect adjacent buildings.
Diamond in the crown
Strategically located at Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, the tower comprises a 37-storey office building, a two-storey basement and a seven-storey podium. The building’s diamond-like façade is meant to reflect the Ministry of Works’ position as the diamond in the crown of the construction industry and KL city.
Working in hilly terrain
The site is underlain by Kenny Hill formation with hard stratum present at approximately 10m below ground. Part of the structure was built on cut ground of up to 21m deep excavation on two sides of the structure. Due to space constraints and very close proximity to the existing buildings above (about 5m to 15m away), we designed the excavation to be supported by a series of contiguous bored piles of 1.2m to 1.8m in diameter, forming the basement wall with multiple layers of multi-strand temporary ground anchors. As a permanent solution, earth pressure on the wall was designed to be supported by the structure and its foundations. The presence of adjacent structures required excavation works be carefully thought out with extensive geotechnical monitoring.
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