Office building in Sydney (Salesforce Tower)

UNSW, Sydney – Australia

Office building in Sydney (Salesforce Tower)

Building use

Office building

Country/Region

Australia

Overview

Salesforce Tower (Sydney Place) is the first steel framed high-rise built in Sydney in the last 25 years. The building utilises concrete filled steel columns on the perimeter frame and then links external steel tree like bracing with cores in the building.

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

Construction date: 2022
Number of stories: 53
Gross floor area: 54,000m2
Adopted design code: ASNZS2327 (Standards Australia, 2017)
Engineer(s): Arup
Contractor(s): Lend Lease

Issue and/or innovation

The major structural innovations include the use of concrete filled steel columns, composite beams and slabs and external tree like bracing to couple the perimeter frame with the building’s concrete cores.

Specific solution/technical details

Salesforce Tower (Sydney Place) designed by Arup and built by Lendlease is the first steel framed high-rise built in Sydney in the last 25 years. The building utilises concrete filled steel columns on the perimeter frame and then links external steel tree like bracing with cores in the building. Composite beams and slabs in the floor system resist gravity loads between the perimeter fames and cores.

Impact or effectiveness

Tallest office building in Australia, tallest composite building in Australia. Most sustainable high rise building in Sydney.

References / Technical Papers Content

https://www.sydneyplace.com/workplace/workplace/?utm_source=url-redirect&utm_medium=www-sydneyplace-com_workplace_salesforce-tower https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salesforce_Tower_(Sydney) https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/building/salesforce-tower/15542