PBCom Tower
| PBCom Tower | |
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The building in 2005
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 6795 Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street, Salcedo Village, Makati, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°33′29.90″N 121°1′9.51″E / 14.5583056°N 121.0193083°ECoordinates: 14°33′29.90″N 121°1′9.51″E / 14.5583056°N 121.0193083°E |
| Construction started | 1998 |
| Opening | 2000 |
| Cost | US$74,000,000 |
| Owner | Philippine Bank of Communications |
| Height | |
| Antenna spire | 259 m (849.7 ft) |
| Roof | 241 m (790.7 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 52 aboveground, 7 belowground |
| Floor area | 119,905 m2 (1,291,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | 23 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; GF & Partners Architects |
| Developer | Philippine Bank of Communications & Filinvest Development Corporation |
| Structural engineer | Aromin & Sy + Associates, Inc. |
| Main contractor | Samsung Construction Company Philippines, Inc. |
| References | |
The Philippine Bank of Communications Tower, more commonly known as PBCom Tower, is an office skyscraper ranked officially as the tallest building in the Philippines since 2000. It has a total ground to architectural top height of 259 metres (850 ft), with 52 storeys including an 8-level radio tower. It is a joint development of Filinvest Asia Corporation (FAC) and the Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom). The building is the home of PBCom, one of the oldest Philippine banks. The bank occupies the building's first ten floors, with a food court on the seventh floor.
The building is located at Ayala Avenue corner V.A. Rufino Street in Makati, right inside the Makati Central Business District. The stretch of Ayala Avenue where PBCom Tower is located also has the main branches of the following banks Quadrant Information Services Inc., Metrobank, Bank of the Philippine Islands, Banco de Oro(Equitable PCI Towers IⅈEquitable Bank Tower), Security Bank. It houses international call centers such as Stream Global Services, Citibank, Convergys, HSBC HDPP, IBM Daksh, and ICT.
PBCom Tower was designed by local architectural firm GF & Partners Architects, in cooperation with international architects Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP; and structural design was provided by local engineering company Aromin & Sy + Associates. Project and construction management services was provided by I.A. Campbell & Associates, a Philippine-based project management company, while construction works was done by Samsung Engineering & Construction's local branch Samsung Construction Company Philippines, Inc. Samsung is known as the builder of the world's tallest buildings, including the Petronas Twin Towers, Taipei 101, and the Burj Khalifa.
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