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General Information on the Project

 

Building Location:

The new Central Bank of Kuwait building will be constructed in the Sharq area on a plot adjacent to the Arabian Gulf Street from the north, the Abdullah Al–Ahmed Street from the south, Al–Babtain Central Library of Arabic Poetry from the west, and the Office of the State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs (formerly the Ministry of Health) from the east.

Plot Area:

The Plot area where the building is to be built covers around 26,000 square meters (twenty six thousand square meters approximately).

Total Building (Covered) Area:

The building consists of a tower for offices with a total area of around 75000 square meters (three basements, a ground floor, and 41 floors above the ground level), and a multi–storey car park building (three basements, a ground floor, and 4 floors above the ground level) with a total area of around 65000 square meters.

The Exterior of the Building:

The main podium, lower-front of the building is rectangular in plan. The upper part is triangular tower. The northern-front facing the Arabian Gulf will be built as a pyramidal steel structure with a curtain wall made of aluminum and glass. The south western and south eastern fronts will be built of concrete covered by marble or granite. On top of the tower, there will be a viewing lantern with glazed walls and ceilings (photos attached).

Building Height:

The height of the building is around 240 meters.

Project Manager:

All phase project management contract has been signed with the local PMC company in collaboration with the American DMJM company.

Architect and Supervisor Engineering Office:

Project design and supervision contract has been signed with the international HOK Office in collaboration with its local partner the Pan Arab Consulting Engineers Office. They had won the architectural design competition in which a number of international offices specialized in bank designs (both central and commercial) had participated.

Current Status of Works:

This stage has been completed. It included excavation, shoring, dewatering, construction of new electrical substation and site offices.

After the selection of the international company (China State Construction Engineering Corporation) to construct the main building works, Bid Package (2), the Contract Agreement with this company was signed on 7/4/2008. Contract value is KD 111,116,668/238 and contract duration is (1095) calendar days. Scope of work includes the building structure, electro-mechanical services, finishes in addition to hard & soft landscaping and external fence.