Advanced Project Management on Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia

Question: Describe about the Advanced Project Management on Petronas Twin Towers in Malaysia. Answer: Introduction The Petronas Twin Tower is a symbol of success in the history of the construction and the architectural design. The twin tower is two parallel high rises constructed by two different construction companies, but the architectural design was designed by Cesar Pilli (an American- Argentinean) architecture (Petronastwintowers.com.my 2016). The prime minister of Malaysia Dr. Mahathir Mohamad wanted to build a building that would uniquely identify Malaysia. Thus he selected Cesar Pilli, the famous architect for the design of the building. The twin tower is a two parallel building connected by a bridge in the middle; the bridge represents the gateway to future and the gateway to new Malaysia. The connected sky bridge is located in the middle of the two towers that are on the 41st and the 42nd floor of the buildings (Sun et al. 2014). It also acts as an emergency exit for the peoples in the tower, in the case of any emergency situation the peoples of one tower can evacuate through the other tower (Mansor 2012). The Sky Bridge gives extra support to the building making it strong to withstand any natural calamities. Objectives The deadline for finishing the tower was short; in general, the approximate time for the completion of the two buildings needed a minimum of eight years. But the Malaysian government wanted it to be completed within six years (Petronastwintowers.com.my 2016). To complete the project on time two construction companies were hired. To start the construction of the high rise the base ground was thoroughly studied. To identify the stakeholders involved in the project. To identify the benefits of the stakeholders and the Malaysian government from the project were identified. To identify the risk associated with the high rise buildings. Proposed Deliverable An earlier horse track called "Selangor Turf Club" was selected for the construction site of the Petronas Twin Tower near Kuala Lumpur. There was need to do proper survey on the site for building the high raise. It is essential to study the earth before starting the construction work; the companies began searching for a strong base such as bedrock for the support of the tower (Koll and Mills 2015). The engineers found that they need to shift the whole project to the soft ground and have to drive deep piles into the earth to build a concrete raft that would support the building. The safety of the workers is required to be confirmed from time to time during the progress of the work. The design of the building is analysed to identify the risk associated with the construction of the building. Key stakeholders Stakeholder Name Role Bob Pratt, John Dunsford Project Manager Charlie Thomton Chief Engineer Petronas, KLCCB Owner Dr. Mahathir Mohamad Prime Minister of Malaysia Cesar Pilli Architect Djay Cerico Julius Gold Consultant Bovis Land Lease, Otis Lifts and Solantache French, local companies and Lease Domo Obiasse and colleagues, Aris Battista and Princess D Battista Structural framework design Charlie Chelliah Logistic manager Krish Krisnaswami Concrete supervisor Wong Chin Fung Floor construction manager Benefits from the project The owner of the twin tower is benefited from the tower because the Tower one consists of mostly the Malaysian state oil company Petronas" and its sub-branches and other companies associated with its business. The second tower is the head office of many multinational companies like Accenture, IBM, Barclays Capital, Boeing, McKinsey Co., Al-Jazeera, Microsoft and much more (Petronastwintowers.com.my 2016). The tower is a unique landmark for Malaysia, and the outside visitors can also visit the tower by purchasing a ticket for their visit. The tower has an economic benefit for Malaysia, and it attracts a number of visitors and thus helps in generating revenue of the Malaysian government. Why was this project selected for review? There is a need to review the Petronas Twin Tower because there are several risks associated with the Petronas Twin Tower. When the tower reached at the height of 72 stories the construction engineer found that the building was slightly leaning by 2mm and this lean would increase if the construction is carried out without resolving the error (Ayeghi and Ujang 2014). The engineers also found that the buildings have low resistance against wind and according to the local safety rules the building should withstand 65 mph winds (Morshidi and Rahim 2012). 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