MBMR Tower

MBMR Tower is a corporate office tower consists of a conjoining 24-storey tower and a 22-storey tower building with a 6-storey basement car park while accommodating an automobile showroom on the ground and first floor, developed on an approximate 1.2-acres land. During the construction period of the MBMR Tower, EDP Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd. was also assigned by the client to design a temporary automobile showroom which is strategically situated facing Jalan Syed Putra while awaiting the completion of the corporate office tower. MBMR Tower is strategically situated along Jalan Syed Putra, Kuala Lumpur. The conjoining corporate office towers comprise of approximately 240,000 ft² worth of office floor area while consisting of over 480 carpark bays.

Technical Description

The MBMR corporate conjoining towers consist of a 24-storey and a 22-storey tower while sharing 6 levels of basement carparks. The foundation system is of bored pile foundation, varying from 750mm to 2850mm in diameter size. The basement retaining structure is constructed with 600mm thick diaphragm walls. Due to a congested site scenario, the construction of the corporate towers was carried out using the ‘top-down’ construction method.

In general, strut slabs at basement P2/P2A and P4/P4A retained the diaphragm wall (600mm thick). Plunge in columns and diaphragm wall acted as the vertical support system for the design. Both permanent plunge in column and temporary plunge in column with cement grouting were supported by the bored piles.

The plunge in columns were designed to support the construction platform to facilitate the earthwork excavation and concreting works during the ‘’top-down’’ construction. These construction platform slabs had been thickened (max. 400mm) to cater for machinery loadings. Temporary strutting was provided as prop for the diaphragm wall. The building structural frame for the office floors were mainly of post-tensioned flat slab. Conventional beam-slab system with cast in-situ reinforced concrete beams, slabs and columns were adopted for the ground floor.

Project Highlights, Achievement and Recognition:

• Deep basement excavation was carried out for the design of the 6-level carpark basement using top-down construction method adjacent to one of Klang Valley’s major highways and the Klang River.
• Construction time for a single floor averaged at 6-day cycle per floor.