Office building in Singapore (Afro Tower)

Afro-Asia Building (Singapore) by Vic Lian, Copyright: AD FOCUS

National University of Singapore – Singapore

Office building in Singapore (Afro Tower)

Building use

Office building

Country/Region

Singapore

Overview

High strength composite columns were adopted to satisfy URA comments on aesthetical features for the building.

Basic information (construction date, number of stories, gross floor area, adopted design code, engineer(s), Contractor(s), etc.)

Construction date: 2017-2022
Number of stories: 19
Gross floor area: 16,909m2
Adopted design code: Concrete: SS EN 206-1; SS 544; BRE Digest 330; BS EN 1504. Structural Steel: BS 7668; BS EN 10025; BS EN 10210; BS EN 10219; BS EN 10088; BC1. Composite: BC4 Engineer(s): Kk Lim & Associates Pte Ltd
Contractor(s): Shimizu Corporation
https://www.shimz.co.jp/en/works/sg_off_202104_afroasia.html

Issue and/or innovation

To comply with the architectural requirement of the building.

Reason for composite solution

To meet the requirement for member size and structural performance.

Specific solution/technical details

Composite Column Design using BC4

Impact or effectiveness

Improve the construction efficiency by adopting prefabricated high strength composite column.

References / Technical Papers Content

Liew J.Y.R., Xiong M.X., Lai B.L. (2021) Design of steel-concrete composite structures using high-strength materials. Elsevier, ISBN: 978-0-12-823396-2.
Liew J.Y.R., Xiong M.X., Xiong D.X. (2016) Design of concrete filled tubular beam-columns with high strength steel and concrete. Structures 2016; 8: 213-226.