Construction — APAC — Myanmar — Commercial Buildings
The Sule Square Project in Myanmar : DYWIDAG Post-Tensioning Systems for a modern Office Tower
In Yangon ( Rangoon ), Myanmar ’ s industrial center in the south of the country , demand for office space is continuously rising . The Sule Square office tower that is being built near the famous Shwedagon Pagoda in the city center is one of the projects that are currently under construction .
In Myanmar , post-tensioning systems have been rarely used up to now . The Sule Square project is currently the tallest building that has been built using posttensioning systems . The General Contractor chose to use DYWIDAG Post-Tensioning Systems because of their flexibility and the possibility to create long spans .
The Sule Square Complex consists of a 6,000m ² shopping center with restaurants , a 5 storey car park and a 15 storey , 30,000m ² office building . DSI ’ s licensee Utracon was awarded the contract to supply and install the
Types 12-0.5 " and 20-0.5 " DYWIDAG Strand Post-Tensioning System . The tendons were used to stress 4.7m cantilever beams and 12m long girders .
In total , Utracon installed 818 Type 12-0.5 " DYWIDAG Tendons and 186 Type 20-0.5 " DYWIDAG Tendons including MA Multiplane Anchorages with a strand tonnage of 150.8t in the beams .
The General Contractor was very satisfied with the high standard of technical support provided by Utracon .
Owner Shangri-La International Hotel Management Ltd ., Myanmar General Contractor QingJian International ( Myanmar ) Group Development Co ., Ltd , Myanmar Architect DP Architects Pte Ltd , Singapore Consulting Engineers Buro Engineering Pte Ltd , Singapore Consulting Alpha Consulting Engineers Pte Ltd , Singapore
DSI Licensee Utracon Overseas Pte Ltd ., Singapore Utracon Scope Supply , installation , technical support DYWIDAG Products 818 Type 12-0.5 " DYWIDAG Strand Tendons and 186 Type 20-0.5 " DYWIDAG Strand Tendons including MA Multiplane Anchorages
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