ACI - Kuwait Chapter presents the awards of excellence to a project in recognition of outstanding work in concrete construction and practices within Kuwait.

The Award of Excellence this year 2009-2010 was presented to Al- Tijaria Tower Project.

Al-Tijaria presents a beautiful combination of an iconic shape and a structural system to match it.

We would like to mention here some of the Tower information

• Stands 218 m above ground level
• Two Basements (-15 meters)
• Podium (Ground, two Mezzanine floors and roof): 5 meters high each floor
• 36 Office Floors
• Crown (12-story high)
• Central core 21m in diameter to resist wind effects (critical) and earthquake effects
• 12 Conventional reinforced concrete columns and Composite columns on periphery
• Twist is introduced in floors of tower to give its unique shape
• Each floor is rotated 2o with respect to floor below
• Floors are reinforced concrete slabs on structural steel beams
• Steel beams were necessary to reduce their weight and deflections

The Award was presented to:
Owner Commercial Real Estate Company, Kuwait.
The Award co. recipient are:
Architect & Engineer Dar Al-Jazera Consultants in association with NORR Group, Canada-Dubai. General Contractor Sayed Hamid Behbehani and Sons Co. Concrete Suppliers National Industries Co. and Bubiyan Ready-mix Co. Construction Manager KEO International Consultants.