RCBC Plaza
| RCBC Plaza | |
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The RCBC Plaza in 2007
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Office |
| Location | 6819 Ayala Avenue corner Gil Puyat Avenue, 1227 Makati, Philippines |
| Coordinates | 14°33′38.74″N 121°0′59.52″E / 14.5607611°N 121.0165333°ECoordinates: 14°33′38.74″N 121°0′59.52″E / 14.5607611°N 121.0165333°E |
| Construction started | 1996 |
| Completed | 2001 |
| Opening | 2001 |
| Cost | US$400,000,000 |
| Owner | Mr. Reynaldo Teodoro Chan - Lee , CEO |
| Height | |
| Roof | Tower 1: 192 m (629.92 ft) Tower 2: 170 m (557.74 ft) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | Tower 1: 46 aboveground, 7 belowground Tower 2: 41 aboveground, 7 belowground |
| Floor area | Tower 1: 79,757 m2 (858,000 sq ft) Tower 2: 71,368 m2 (768,000 sq ft) |
| Lifts/elevators | Tower 1: 24 Tower 2: 19 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, LLD; W.V. Coscolluela & Associates |
| Developer | RCBC Realty Corporation |
| Structural engineer | Magnusson Klemencic Associates, formerly Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire; R.S. Caparros Associates & Company |
| Main contractor | EEI Corporation in Joint Venture with Walter Construction of Australia (Formerly Concrete Constructions) and Walter Bau of Germany - ECW JV |
| References | |
RCBC Plaza is an office skyscraper complex located in Makati, Philippines. It is home to the offices of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and is composed of two buildings: the taller RCBC Plaza Yuchengco Tower and the smaller RCBC Plaza Tower 2. The taller tower stands at 192 meters (630 ft) from the ground to its architectural top, and is currently the 8th-tallest complete building in Makati, and is the 16th-tallest building in the Philippines, while the shorter tower stands at 170 meters (560 ft). The complex, as a whole, is considered by its developers to be the largest and most modern office development in the country.
The RCBC Plaza was designed by international architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP, in cooperation with local architectural firm W.V. Coscolluela & Associates. The structural design was provided by international engineering company Skilling Ward Magnusson Barkshire in cooperation with local engineering company R.S. Caparros Associates & Company. Project management services was provided by Bovis Lend Lease, while construction management works were provided by Pacific Orient Consultants & Management, Inc. The Main Contractor was ECW Joint Venture consisting of EEI Corporation (Philippines), Concrete Constructions (Australia) and Walter Bau (Germany). The superstructure construction works were self performed by ECW JV. EEI Corporation is also a part of the Yuchengco Group of Companies.
Besides these groups, other members of the design team include Ove Arup & Partners New York (Conceptual Services/Engineering/Transport & Traffic), DCCD Engineering Corp. (Electrical, Mechanical, Sanitary & Fire Protection Engineers); Davis Langdon & Seah (Quantity Surveyors); Hassell Ltd. (Landscape Consultants); ALT Cladding & Design (Cladding Consultants); Fisher Marantz Renfro Stone (Architectural and Theatre Lighting); and Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC [1]. (Acoustical Consultants).
The external finishes of the buildings feature aluminum panels with fluorocarbon paint finish to towers, curtain wall of clear and solar reflective glass and stone cladding to podium.
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