An entrance to the Merdeka station, with the proposed KL118 tower in the background.
KUALA LUMPUR: The construction of the first phase of the Warisan Merdeka development, which consists of the Merdeka PNB118 iconic tower, is well under way.
In a statement on Friday, PNB Merdeka Ventures Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned unit of Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), said the project was proceeding within budget, on schedule and on track for completion in 2020.
PNB Merdeka Ventures said to-date, the piling and foundation works for the 118-storey tower and the perimeter diaphragm wall for the main car park had been completed.
“Currently, the diaphragm wall work for the car park beneath the linear park is in progress, while the excavation works and the bore piling works at the car park area has been completed at the stages of 25% and 60%, respectively,” it said.
The preparation works for the raft foundation of the iconic tower were proceeding with 30% of the raft reinforcing steel placed to-date, PNB Merdeka Ventures said.
It said the next major milestone for the project will be the placement of the concrete for the main tower raft foundation next month.
“The concrete placement will be one of the largest raft concrete pours in the world, consisting over 18,000 cu metres of concrete placed continuously over approximately a 48-hour period,” it said. - Bernama
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