The 112-storey skyscraper will be 555 metres high and is claimed to be the second highest building on the Korean peninsula and the fourth highest building in the world post completion.
The tower will be equipped with advanced homegrown construction technologies and procedures. It includes installation of wind and earthquake resistant designs, a technique that will help construct one storey every three days, in addition to a high-strength concrete pumping application, which can shoot concrete upto 500 metres above ground level.
Work on the skyscraper weighing 740,000 tonnes will include concrete consolidation. Concrete spanning 132 square metres each, which can be used to construct 450 apartment units, will be poured in the site. It will also involve usage of about 4,000 tonnes of iron bars measuring 51 metres in diameter each and 50% thicker than normal bars. The concrete foundation is 72 metres wide and 72 metres long. The height of the tower resembles a two-storey building.
Underground construction for the project will be over by 2011 end with ground construction commencing by 2012. The entire project is expected to be complete by 2015 end.
