Name: Constructing Merdeka 118: World’s Second-Tallest Building
Start: 2022-01-18T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2022-01-18T19:00:00-05:00

Constructing Merdeka 118: World’s Second-Tallest Building

January 18, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST

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Join The Skyscraper Museum’s free, virtual webinar, Constructing Merdeka 118: World’s Second-Tallest Building, on January 18 at 6pm.

The Skyscraper Museum returns to its WORLD VIEW lecture series with a coda on the construction of the Merdeka 118 Tower in Kuala Lumpur. In December 2021, Merdeka 118 lifted its symbolic spire into place and topped out at its full height of 2,227 ft. or 679 meters to surpass the 632-meter Shanghai Tower and become the second-tallest building in the world.AHMAD ABDELRAZAQ, who led the Samsung C & T team as the tower’s contractor, will present an overview of the structural engineering, planning, and construction innovations of the supertall and the key challenges in its design and construction. He will describe the structural system optimization; the construction planning and sequencing; the application and delivery of high-performance concrete; and the application of real-time structural health monitoring, among other issues

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Date:: January 18, 2022
Time:: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Cost:: Free
Event Category:: Webinar
Website:: https://skyscraper.org/programs/merdeka-118/

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