TAIPEI FINANCIAL CENTER

TAIPEI 101

QUICK FACTS

• Holds the record as the world’s tallest building.

• Rises 501 meters (1,667 feet ) above the ground.

•101 Floors

• 4,025,702 Total Square Feet

• Total of 61 elevators in the building. Including two of the worlds fastest elevators with top speed of 1008 meters per second. Takes only 29 seconds to go from 1st floor to the 91st floor.

• Building’s uses include: communications, conference center, library, observation decks, office space, resturants, retail shopping malls, fitness center, and home to Taipei Financial Corporation.

• Construction began in 1999 and ended this year 2004.

• Total cost of the project was $700 million dollars.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING

ON

TAIPEI 101

KEY CONCEARNS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING WERE:

• Is the foundation able to withstand constant threat of earthquakes?

• Is it able to withstand typhoons and high wind speeds?

• How can the building’s sway be controlled?

PLATE TECTONTICS IN AND AROUND THE ISLAND OF TAIWAN

FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTIONSTEEL PILES, REBAR, & CONCRETE

FOUNDATION COMPLETION

STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING

ON

TAIPEI 101

KEY CONCEARNS THAT NEEDED TO BE ANSWERED IN REGARDS TO STRUCTURAL

ENGINEERING WERE:

• Is it able to withstand the constant treat of earthquakes?

• Is it able to withstand the constant threat of typhoons and high winds?

• How can the building’s sway be controlled?

• Terrorist attacks (9/11)?

STEEL MEGA COLUMNS

TUNED MASS DAMPER

TUNED MASS DAMPER

Assembly of the Tuned Mass Damper

Completed Assembly of the Tuned Mass Damper

TAIPEI FINANCIAL CENTERTOWER COMPLETION

TAIPEI 101

INTERIOR PHOTO

TAIPEI FINANCIAL CENTERTOWER COMPLETION

TAIPEI 101