'Building Movement Control' to Be Applied to 2 Murray Road Tower
Daewoo Engineering & Construction (E&C) announced on Oct. 14 that it has signed a contract to apply its independently developed “Building Movement Control (BMC)” technology to the construction of 2 Murray Road, a multi-purpose skyscraper to be built in the heart of Hong Kong's central business district.
BMC technology predicts changes in height and inclination that may occur during the construction of high-rise buildings. It is high value-added technology that can cut construction periods and costs while boosting the safety of the buildings. It consists largely of forecasting technology, long-term material deformation evaluation technology, calibration and monitoring technology, and requires expertise at each stage from planning to construction.
The building that will use Daewoo E&C’s technology will be developed by Henderson Land Development, a leading real estate developer in Hong Kong. The edifice will stand on a site of 43,200 square meters near MTR Central Station in Hong Kong's central business district. It will have five basement floors and 36 stories and be 190 meters tall. The project will turn a parking lot site purchased from the Hong Kong government into a skyscraper.
World-renowned architectural studio Zaha Hadid Architects designed the building, inspired by a Bauhinia flower bud which symbolizes Hong Kong. BMC technology holds the key to the stable construction of atypical and ultra-high-rise buildings.
Daewoo E&C provided the first technical service in 2019 to resolve a possible tilting problem of the planned building. It signed a contract for the second technical service in April this year, under which it will provide construction stage analysis, material testing, and on-site monitoring until the end of 2023. The total contract amount is about US$220,000.
Over the past decade, Daewoo E&C applied the technology to high-rise buildings at home and abroad, including the Songdo Northeast Asia Trade Center in Incheon, Korea, and the KLCC Tower and IB Tower, both in Malaysia. The technology export to Hong Kong is the second achievement after Vietinbank in Vietnam in 2015.