This is the new BILLION DOLLAR MEGA TOWER in Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA - Merdeka 118 Tower! [MALAY SUB]

in Malaysia an elite team of engineers is racing to build a record-breaking skyscraper it's a giant it's a giant

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colossus the team You must fight against the sinking of the foundation, so you put more weight on it. It will shrink. Torrential rain smothers Quala Lumur, the capital of Malaysia. This vibrant city is a melting pot of cultures, a growing business center and is becoming famous for its gigantic skyscrapers, such as the famous Petronis

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Malaysia's largest investment company, pnb, plans to build a tower that will dwarf skyscrapers around the world. It will be called tower mura. This is an important investment to contribute to the urban development of Pennsylvania. The location they have chosen is central to Malaysia's history, this project is being built on what is arguably the most important heritage site in Malaysia. 60 years ago, at the National Stadium in Quala Lumpur, the country declared its independence, the Prime Minister raised his hands and the entire stadium raised their hands pronouncing the words mura, which means. The independence architect Carl Fender must design a building that not only commemorate the nation's proud past but also be a beacon for its bright future.

This is a site that marks a big change in the history of Malaysia and the future of Malaysia. The Mura tower will rise. It will become the tallest skyscraper in all of Asia. Its 118 floors will rise more than 2,000 feet into the sky. 1 million tons of concrete intertwined with more than 20,000 tons of steel form its intricate geometric structure. At the base of the tower is located a steel and glass CH piece entrance Atrium Reaching 450 feet high on the exterior, more than 36,000 glass panels cover its crystalline façade. Five LED lights run along each edge of the tower's diamond-shaped exterior.

Illuminating it 24 hours a day, illuminating the horizon, this is a truly revolutionary skyscraper. Project director Peter Ramstead, being in charge of this gigantic construction one of his main concerns is the tropical climate of the country, it will be a beautiful building, but working in Malaysia has many of its own challenges with the climate, they could be the heat of the sun, the thunderstorms that come, we do it. We have big swaths of lightning here and when it gets dangerous like that, then obviously we take cover. The grand scale of the skyscraper will take advantage of every challenge Peter and his team face.

It will be the tallest building in the world after Dubai's Burge Khalifa in physical terms. In terms of terms, it's huge what goes into building a building like this, it's mind-blowing, this is the plan first. Engineers will drive foundation piles 200 feet into the ground and cover them with a 12T-thick concrete raft to hold the tower above the ground. Workers will cast a central core using a huge mechanized mold, surround the core with eight super-thick concrete support columns, and lock the entire structure with huge steel arms. Four giant cranes sit at the top of the tower and provide all the materials the crew needs, this includes 36,000 panels of embedded glass with a quarter of a million LEDs that will ultimately bring to life the impressive 42-story steel and glass atrium in the base of the tower.

A masterpiece that reflects the crystalline tower. Work begins in 2014, when excavators begin excavating more than 100,000 tons of earth under their responsibility. of all operations at the site is construction manager and ex-military Gary Salvage. It is very difficult from the planning stages to ensure that this building can actually be built on the site where the first big challenge is: building a strong enough foundation. When Bedrock is inaccessible, people traditionally think you drill until you hit the rock, you drill until you know a couple feet in, then you stop and you know you're in Bedrock, right, yeah, we don't have that here. built where two rivers converge and literally means muddy confluence the soil here is soft sediment and hard bedrock can be 300 feet or more below the surface most of the time the soil is not enough to support the load it needs to have the proper engineering solution relative to the soil you are in and it becomes very complex first trench Cutters cut a 3 foot thick channel to create a 260 foot wide circle workers fill the channel with concrete creating a massive retaining wall and sink 137 concrete columns known as piles 200 feet down into the ground packed as closely as possible for maximum support, then excavators excavate to reveal the piles and iron workers tie them together with 300 miles of steel rebar and then cover them with 45,000 tons of concrete when dry, this ultra-strong foundation should withstand the vast Rising upwards with ease Concrete heats up as it sets and breaks down if it gets too hot, so The team has to do most of this massive pouring at night to avoid the daytime heat, so we are doing everything we can to keep the temperature as low as possible into the evening. descends on koala lumur an army of concrete trucks invades the site, it's a continuous process, so starting tonight the car will follow the same path during the weekend, so in the end it should be quite tough, the team performs checks on each truck load we have extreme measures for any batch of concrete that arrives too hot, if it doesn't reach the correct temperature then we will inject liquid nitrogen in there to cool the concrete.

Down The Pour begins, good stop and a long way to go, the giant pump arms. Around the clock filling this huge pit with 3 and 2 million gallons of concrete in the first 24 hours, another 24 to go after an entire weekend of non-stop torrential rain. Covers are placed on top for protection and the gigantic foundation is finally finished. The next challenge is to build 118 stories of super strong concrete towards the sky without a single fog, believe me, it is not easy concrete to break if you make a mistake in Quala Lumur. Engineers building the 2,000-ton tall Mura skyscraper, get ready. to mold the huge vertical core of the tower and the eight surrounding columns, but as they add each floor level, they will be confined by the lack of space at the top, you don't have much room to work with, it would be very, very slow , the team needs an innovator. solution to speed up your run to the roof to mold a single level of a core workers build a mold from wooden panels and fill it with concrete traditionally they would then remove the panels build new scaffolding and raise the molds again, but for a building so high that would take years, instead steel rails bolted to the core support a giant moving platform that transports the mold sections as it moves up the rails, workers lock the molds, wooden panels together while Pour the concrete and release them once the concrete is set, then the hydraulic system pushes the platform upward effortlessly transporting the molds and equipment up the tower to repeat the process.

This clever system means the team can climb adding each new level in just 5 days within the huge concrete platform. Foreman Perry receives the green light and the climb begins. As the entire platform rises, with only a few centimeters left to spare, each worker must be careful of any section of the platform or formwork that may catch on the newly formed concrete walls. Eventually the platform stops at the next level. The first climb is proof of success. The innovative system works, so we've done our first climb, so we still have to get to 100. Closer we'll do the same thing we see here and repeat it 100 times, but as Perry's team adds layer after layer of concrete heavy, this skyscraper will start. to sink in one of the secrets in large building construction that people don't really talk about is the settling of the building The 118 story building is quite heavy, it will settle naturally, it will be fine every week on the lowest level of the basement, a survey team measures the subsidence to make sure it matches their predictions after such completion, we expect it to be 1990 mm.

Set the maximum that the entire floor needs to sink at the same rate or the tower will start to tilt. The staff is using technology that can measure with the Bar Code. It is not by eyes because we want to avoid human error. The sensor reads the barcode on the cane and automatically detects any change in height. The team walks through the well-made basement and the growing tower has given the go-ahead for another week Meanwhile, the construction team is working around the clock and relying on a constant flow of materials, including hundreds of tons of steel each week, to keep this building supplied with steel, the concrete, the sand, everything.

It is a daily task to bring in materials to keep the building fed. and the only way to get all these materials to the equipment above is to lift them with the help of these giant cranes located on the top of the building. Tower cranes for any type of skyscraper are like the soul of the building. which carries the material to the highest parts of the building fed by The Busy cranes, the construction equipment hits its rhythm and the skyscraper rises upwards now that we are achieving the 5 day cycle, it is very good, one of the Things that will slow us down now are actually raising the tower cranes fast enough so the core can go up faster.

This is a problem they must solve and quickly, if the cranes remain fixed in place, they will prevent the tower from rising higher in quala lumur as a central core. As the Muro tower climbs higher its path is blocked by the four giant tower cranes. The tower cranes on the outside of the building are capable of lifting 65 tons, so you know they are not small pieces of small plant equipment, but the cranes are cleverly designed. Characteristic that allows them to stay one step above the elevation of the concrete. Each tower crane can jump on its own, so it only needs to move up the building.

The skyscraper's cranes are attached to their concrete core with two giant steel supports, but as the Crews build the core higher and higher, the cranes have to go up, otherwise they will impede progress first. Engineers install a third support further up the tower that supports a pair of narrow metal stairs with them in place. Engineers move the metal crane legs to this super strong ladder. the hydraulic press raises the crane when it reaches the rung above a second pair of feet it engages the ladder the hydraulic piston resets and pushes again climbing every two high rungs at a time the cranes stay ahead of the crews below the Today's crane jump is led by San Kon Canan, he is the head of security for all equipment on site, including the giant tower cranes.

The team begins by removing the bolts that keep this 220-ton monster locked in place. Saint Karan sends his men to the supporting column of the tower crane weighing 600 tons. Drop below them, the equipment and the huge crane begin to rise suspended on nothing more than two narrow strips of steel, so these two Ls support the entire structure to rise. We trust the engineers who build this putting green, so the hydraulic system that drives the crane lift is underneath. enormous pressure and must be controlled precisely the steel feet of the crane catch each step with one thunderous roar after another every time it is hooked we are going to hear a messy sound and that is why everyone considers it normal so do not be afraid why do you suddenly have a sound the climbing crane takes 3 hours to reach the safety of the next support the workers lock the crane back into position ready to return to action the next day we are done but the further the tower cranes climb towards the sky, the closer they get to Malaysia's potentially deadly thunderstorms, one is the storm, cranes stop and workers seek shelter with four notable exceptions.

Crane operators stay in the cabs. The safest place to be is in the cab because it's all insulated, but it's pretty scary for most crane operators, even yours. a change of underwear on top you also know that lightning can still damage the crane's electrical system, so the worse the storm, the greater the impact on Gary's schedule and budget, they are very expensive, They must be in operation all the time. Time, obviously, time is money. They have to be working, they have to earn their money in tropical Malaysia. A thunderous storm halts construction of the record-breaking 2,000-tonne Vera Tower.

Once thestorm finally subsides, you can get a blocker: Karan and his team check for damage when the storm and rain stop. Our technician will climb all the cranes to make sure there is no fault so that the crane can work safely. Creek tower cranes are back in action. The team building Asia's tallest tower is almost a third of the way to the top, but as they approach the 40th floor they face a new challenge: they must tie the central core to the eight gigantic support columns of concrete surrounding it. These types of buildings, very tall buildings, these

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The torque wants to tilt the core and the megacolumns only have thin floor levels to connect them and could start moving independently to secure them. Engineers insert giant pieces of steel into concrete columns at three key levels in the tower and connect them to the core with huge diagonal arms called outriggers that link the columns and core, allowing them to support each other and move as one. just for added stability. Engineers surround the same levels with huge steel trucks that grip the tower like a series of belts, making it strong. Enough to extend high into the clouds, the stabilizers are so large that the team has to lift them into separate pieces and weld them together after they are installed.

The strength provided by the three levels of stabilizers will be crucial for the entire building. This needs to be made clear so that Gary can oversee this first level personally. We are looking for the most experienced to do this. This is not an easy job. The welding equipment uses powerful induction heaters to heat the steel. Stabilizers at 175° if the steel was cold. you wouldn't get good conductivity between the well and the plate you are soldering. This is a huge task. Each stabilizer level has over 40 huge joints and it takes a team of welders 100 hours to complete each joint.

You look at the union itself. You know welding is big. In fact, it's like VMI's hands, you know, there's over 300 passes every which way. It's a big part. Well, any moisture could fatally weaken the weld, so the team protects their work from the rain and works in shifts to complete the joint as quickly as possible. After 4 days, this final weld is finished and ready for inspection. This W has to be a solid piece. metal like this you don't want cracks in the armor you know it's a beautiful building and we want to keep it that way the metal is so thick the team needs to use ultrasound to look for any defects hidden beneath the surface of the joint reviews and Gary approves the first level of stabilizers.

All wells have passed the test. We are happy because here we only want the best. Obviously, the first third of the tower remains strong and the team only needs to repeat the process twice. more to reach the maximum height as the mura tower grows more the automobile workforce grows more and more this is one of the largest job sites in K right now we have over 3,000 workers here but not all of them work in the surface in the four enormous basement levels Engineers are installing the mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems known as I. The MEP can affect every person's life. abas alizi is in charge of all the systems necessary to make the finished building habitable the temperature of the air conditioning inside the building the lighting without gas, for example you cannot cook for the people abass leads a small team of engineers responsible for sufficient wiring and plumbing to serve an entire district of the city.

We have to go to site every day to make sure everything goes as planned and as specified every day abs and his assistant Johnny walk through the basement levels checking all the installation equipment. Hey, how many do you have? Where is? I think we talked to your boss about the distance. Their biggest challenge is installing the huge air conditioning system and in this tropical climate it is not an easy task, sometimes things don't go well in the tropical quala lumur, where a team is building the huge Mura Tower, the temperature is humid and above 80 degrees year-round, so keeping the building cool will be a big job.

I don't want to see air conditioning units hanging off the outside of the building. You know this is a smart building. This is a modern building. Let's say this gigantic network of pipes is part of a monstrous cooling system designed to combat Malaysia's tropical temperatures. The operation. To cool the tower begins at great depth, the first excavators excavate a giant water tank large enough to fill 14 Olympic swimming pools beneath the building. The giant chiller units will cool the water up to 40°. Nine huge 100 KW motors spin pumps that force cold water up the tower where it cools the air on each floor higher up the tower, additional pumps keep the cold water moving to the top.

This vast network will circulate 10,000 gallons of water every minute to keep the tower cool despite the tropical heat for the abs installation team. Getting cooling systems machinery into an increasingly crowded basement is not a simple task not only is there a cold water pipe there is a cable tray there is a fire pipe so maybe they all intersect in the same area so Before doing any installation they have to coordinate it well today. The team is installing the last of the nine giant motors that are on top of each water pump. These handle the entire cooling system.

It's difficult because it's quite big, as you can see, the space is quite small. They lift the 5500 lb engine and gently. turn it to the right angle, the motor is a precise piece of engineering and the team can't afford to get bumped or scraped when they start the installation, but they soon run into trouble, the forklift can't lift the motor high enough. To get it into place, the team needs to install the motor today to stay on schedule, they have no choice but to remove an upper cable tray to make more clearance for the forklift. It's a surprising element, okay, so we have to be very careful and slowly with the extra space the crew fires a second shot the forklift moves forward with millimeters to spare the engine finally lands and the giant cooling system is complete at some point things they don't go very well, sometime we have some problem, of course there are many Surprises during construction cannot be 100%, but we try to make them 99% 99.9 but the trailer cooling system does not help construction Teams currently working in the tropical climate of Malaysia, we have two seasons here, it's hot or it's raining, that's all.

It's no big deal. Current breaks are crucial in the oppressive heat, but even when the sun sets, another danger remains disease-carrying mosquitoes. Pest control teams should fumigate the site every night. If a single case of Deni fever is reported, the Health Ministry would quarantine the residents. the entire site for 2 weeks if our site closed for 2 weeks it is very B news, well you can imagine how that would affect the schedule of this project and especially being a multi-million

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job then you know there is a lot of money involved in fumigation daily with insecticide. keeps workers safe and the site running smoothly.

G needs to keep the tower's schedule on track because he's preparing for the biggest operation of the entire construction, lifting the 60-ton Keystone for the massive Atrium. This is the largest lift of the project. The steel. The installation team will need all the help they can get because you can never be too careful with this construction: the mura skyscraper is rising quickly. Crewser installs the giant window panels and tests the LED lighting that will be one of the tower's signature features, but also a major showpiece. of the tower design the atrium has yet to be built a huge structure at the entrance to the building the volume of the atrium has to do with the scale of the building we are standing beneath one of the tallest buildings in the world it is appropriate to have an atrium, a entry experience, a beginning for the building that is equally wonderful as the tower itself.

It will be a 450-foot-tall hollow steel and glass shell. What is it? It is a huge space. As you enter the entrance of the building, you can look. Assembling this giant steel structure in the air across 44 floors is precarious work and the team has reached a crucial stage: they are installing the centerpiece of the atrium structure called the node. It is the heaviest steel segment of the entire project. This will be the biggest construction lift and has Gary worried. What we are going to lift now weighs 52 tons. Quite heavy. Yes, this 120,000-pound block of precision-engineered steel is the most important part of the tower's vast atrium.

Lift the node at exactly the right angle so that it fits perfectly into the brackets. To do this, they use two cranes, one to keep the lower end off the ground and the other larger crane to rotate it once it is at the correct angle to the main crane. He lifts it up the tower and workers on the colossal steel beams of the atrium carefully guide the node into position. They must get the placement of this Behemoth perfect because it alone will hold the entire 42-story atrium together. The two cranes quickly turn the node towards the correct direction.

Angle workers separate the smaller crane and the larger crane. The main survey begins but there is bad weather on the horizon. The rain comes from the north side. North side. Yes, it's raining heavily or kind of drizzling and before long a storm is right on top of them. the risk of lightning strike is too great The crew is forced to stop the operation, we are lowering it again and start again later and the alarm goes off to evacuate the site the next morning, the crew raises the node again as fast as possible as possible, but they can't rush the final placement because there is no margin for error, you have to be in the right position, you may have to tilt it to the left, tilt it to the right, if it's off a degree, no is going to do it.

Coming across those megacolumns handling 120,000 pounds of steel is hard work, but finally the node is in position. Fantastic, good job, well done, thank you sir. Alright, now the rest of the giant atrium can be raised safely. That's it, we can just transport it. Continue and fly up the side of the building now with the rest of the steel, this glass-like skyscraper rises into the clouds. Asia's tallest tower becomes a new crown jewel for Malaysia's skyscraper city. It is iconic because it represents the future. together and bring progress not only for our current generation but also for future generations.

Part of the success of all important buildings is the fact that they work with people's imaginations; That type of symbolism is what makes these types of buildings legends within a city.