Petronas . Twin Towers . Facts & Figures



General Statistics

Sub-Structure (Piling, Civil Works & Foundations)
    • Diaphragm wall
1010m long, 800mm thick around perimeter of Phase 1 development with over 2,500 ground anchors
    • Excavation & dewatering
1,200,000 cubic metres
    • Piling
208 'Barette' piles (rectangular section 2.8 x 1.2m) between 40m to 115m in depth
    • Raft foundations
2 raft, 4.5m thick, each containing 13,200 cubic metres of Grade 60 concrete weighing over 32,350 tons
    • Access roads & Drainage
Over 2.5km of site access roads and 4km of temporary drainage
Additional Car Park Foundations
    • Piling
1,000 number 1m diameter piles, 29m depth
    • Foundation Slab
18,752 sq m of 900mm thick pressure slab
Super-Structure
    • Height
Each Tower reaches a height of 452.0m (1,482.6ft) above sea level
    • Accommodation
4 levels of Basement
Concourse and concourse mezzanine levels
88 floors, including two-level entrance lobby; Sky Lobby at levels 41 and 42; and building maintenance equipment garage on level 88
    • Areas (Total)
395,000 sq m / 4,251,780 sq ft
Office floorplates (Gross)2,623,5 to 935.7 sq m / 28,239 to 10,072 sq ft
Office floorplates (Net)1,970.1 to 591.9 sq m / 21,209 to 6,371 sq ft
Office storey heights4.0m / 13' 2"
Office floor to ceiling height2.650 / 8' 8"
    • Highest occupied floor
Executive office at Level 86 which is 367m above sea level, with a floor area of 494.3 sq m (5,320 sq ft)
Indicative Quantities
    • Concrete
80,000 cubic metres, various strengths up to Grade 80, weighing approx. 196,000 tons
    • Reinforcement
10,955 tons
    • Structural steel
7,500 tons of beams and trusses
    • Cladding
85,000 sq m above level 6
    • Doors
1,800 numbers
    • Stairs
765 flights