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Welcome back and today we are going to talk about the Twin Tower. The Petronas Twin, also known as the Petronas Twin Tower or in Malay, Menara Petronas or Menara Berkembar Petronas, are the twin towers in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. according to CTBUH's offical defintion and ranking.They were the tallest buildings in the world in 1998 to 2004 until surpassed by Taipei 101.The buildings are the landmark of Kuala Lumpur with nearby Kuala Lumpur Tower.
History:
The towers were designed by Argentinian architect Cesar Pelli. They choose a distinctive postmordern style for the 21st century icon for Kuala Lumpur. Planning on the Petronas Towers started on the 1st of January
1992 and included rigorous tests and simulations of wind and structural loads on the design. Seven years of construction followed, on 1st of March 1993 with the excavation, which involved moving 500 truckloads of earth every night to dig down 30 metres (98 ft) feet below the surface.
The next stage was the longest and largest poured in Malaysians history. 13,200 cubic metres (470,000 cu ft) of concrete was continuously poured through a period of 54 hours Twin Tower. This record-breaking slab 104 piles form foundation for each tower.
From this floor rose a 21-metre (69 ft) high retaining wall, with a perimeter length of over 1,000 metres (3,300 ft). This concrete shell and the basement area it enclosed required two years to .complete, and on to 40 workers on site24 hours per day.The construction of the superstructure commenced on 1 April 1994.Interiors with furniture were completed on 1 January 1996, the spires of the Tower 1 and the Tower 2 were completed on 1 March 1667, and the first batch of 'PETRONAS' personnel moved in to the building on 1 January 1997. The building is officially opened by the Prime Minister of Malaysia's Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad on 1August 1999.The Twin Towers were built on the site of Kuala Lumpur's race track.
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