| Project | Prudential Assurance Tower |
| Description | This is a project to build a new prestigeous office tower in Tsim Sha Tsui where there was a height restriction. To counteract the height restriction, the project required that the design minimised the ceiling void and maximised the clear ceiling height at each floor. M&P was commissioned to undertake this critical design. The building was successfully completed; M&E spaces between the beams and the fakes ceilings were reduced to zero; and all the false ceilings are installed at the ‘soffit’ levels. |
| Highlight |
The Only Building in Hong Kong with All False Ceilings at Soffit Level M&P applied its Combined Services Co-ordination Design to enable all M&E services to pass through the beams, and all the false ceilings to be installed at the soffit level. For concrete buildings, this design allows no margin for error; and any design error will require the concrete structure to be reconstructed. The building was successfully constructed according to design. To this date, Prudential Assurance Tower remains the only building in Hong Kong that achieve this ultimate building design – zero space between false ceilings and beams. |
| Highlight | Higher Building Standard with Low Building Cost
In applying CSCD to maximize the clear ceiling heights throughout the office tower, a much higher building standard is required. Yet the overall building cost was actually lower. Reasons: overall building height was reduced by about 10%; wind load on the building was reduced by about 20%; foundation cost was reduced; building structure and external finishing costs were reduced. |