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Brief Summary & Features of Telecom Tower:

Location : 55-C, Jinnah Avenue, Islamabad.

Plot Size : 288'x175' = 50400 sft, 5600 Sq. Yd.

Covered Area : 597,318 Sft.

Total Floors : 4 Base + 24 = 28

Hight : 371 Feet

Completion : Dec, 2010
Number of Car Parkings : 400

Lifts (Passenger + Cargo + Scenic) : 5+1+1

Stair Cases : 5

Fire / Emergency Exits : 4

Exit & Entry Ramp for Basements : 2

Prayer Hall : At Base - 1

Auditorium Fascility : At 19th floor

Resturant : At 21 & 22 floors

Gym : At 23rd floors

Stand By Generators : 3

Larg Display Screens :

DSL Equiped Building :

Triple Play Fascility :

Swimming Pool Fascility :






Telecom Tower - Construction work on highest building of Islamabad has started
Deregulation process will continue to further boost national economy: Aziz


ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz addresses at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Telecom Tower of the Pakistan Telecom Employees Trust, at a local hotel.




ISLAMABAD, September 09 (Online): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz has announced that the deregulation process will continue to further stabilize national economy besides establishing the country on modern lines.
He said this while addressing the inauguration ceremony of the highest telecommunication tower in the federal capital on Thursday.

Prime Minister held that various sectors of economy were flourishing due to the deregulation policy being pursued by the government. " Our telecom sector is fast making headway. Although certain elements were opposed to the privatization of PTCL. But this sector has further developed in the wake of deregulation process. It will lead to boost the business, he underlined.

He went on to say that six mobile companies were operating at present and every company had paid $291 million to Pakistan under the license head.

He maintained that the government was following credible reforms agenda. The number of mobile phone set holders stand at 13 million now in the country. About one Lakh consumers add to the them every month. Pakistan now stands next to China in telecom sector, he indicated. The investors are evincing keen interest to make investment in this field, he added. The phone calls rates have come down considerably following the creation of climate of competitiveness in the country. The consumers are benefiting from it," he underscored.

Citing to telecommunication tower project he said it is a mega project. If the construction work is carried out with planning, it can save 30 percent energy. More buildings on this fashion will be constructed in federal capital. The prices of land will further escalate in Islamabad in the next fifteen years. Therefore we will construct high rise building to make up for the deficiency of land, he stated.
Prime Minister pointed out that country was facing shortage of technical experts and every sector was complaining about it. Government was taking solid measures to ensure provision of technical experts to this country. Vocational training institutes were being set up in this connection, he told.

He noted that construction work and real state are the key means of employment for the people. Government was using all the available resources to curb the menace of unemployment.

Minister for information technology Awais Ahmad Khan Leghari said that plot was acquired from CDA ten year back for the construction of tele tower. However the process of construction was stalled due to lack of funds, he indicated. With the sincere efforts of the Prime Minister, the construction work on this highest building of Islamabad has started and the tower would be completed within the two and a half year span of time.
Information technology ministry was fully alive to its obligations, he said adding this tower would cater to our needs.

Outlining the salient features of tower he said that the 24-story tele tower Pakistan would be constructed under Pakistan Telecom Employees trust. The offices of IT, Telecom, high tech and PTCL will be set up in this tower, he informed. The tower will have four basements and its standard will match with that of international buildings. 25 companies will build this tower.

sorry, its tallest in the capital islamabad, not in the country.

Editted the mistake

its still there

I have to get it confirmed whether its 24 storey or more cauz the existing ISE is about 25 floors. Last month when i met this architect from NESPAK Islamabad he told me about this upcoming project which will be build next to ISE and will be 40 storeys.

Yeah Ive also heard that 40 storey thing, Chairmn CDA mentioned itt but he said that its only proposed (it was an old interview) and the final number of storeys may vary.

Our media is shit, every body covered the political speech of shaukat aziz but no body gave details about the real thing.

well mine is more authentic since the architects involved in the project told me abt it.

only 25 stories building islamabad deserves more than that

According to PakObserver its 24 Storeys tall.

Islamabad and the northern areas get lots of earthquakes that are not suitable or safe for very tall buildings.

^I agree but the quakes arent very strong and according to chairman CDA buildings upto 50 storeys can be built there.

^^ Doesn't Los Angeles have lots of skyscrapers???

^Yes Super talls and skyscrapers can be built in Islamabad but very tall building will need quake proofing and that is very expensive.

The whole country is pretty much vulnerable to Earthquakes! Dosen't matter if an Earthquake wants to destory something it will regardless of how "safe" it is.

Anyway yah I read this in The News a few days back; I also heard someone is planning to build the biggest mall in Pakistan in Blue Area anyone have information on that? Kind of stupid to build a mall in that zone. Also, is Islamabad going to charge people for entering the city? I read in today's newspaper they are setting up poll booths around certain parts of the city; they are following London and what they did to reduce traffic by tolling people.

First of all the building invesment companies have got suffient capital to install earthqauke proof devices in their building so if they can invest a billion rupee in the land and construction, they should invest furthermore to improve the stabilty of their structures.

Secondly the world tallest building ' Tapei 101' is currently situated in the Pacific Ring of Fire which is a earthquake zone, therefore if they can build a 101floor building in such an unstable area why cant we build one around 50storey or more??

construction has allready started.

tower is being made in blue area and trees have been choped down, ground work is going on. this tower has alot of support from prime minister so it will be completed quick and on time without delays.,

http://img284.imageshack.us/img284/3989/pi24dd.jpg



blue area is getting alot of new high risers and you can see a few from saterlite under construction.

Anyway yah I read this in The News a few days back; I also heard someone is planning to build the biggest mall in Pakistan in Blue Area anyone have information on that? Kind of stupid to build a mall in that zone. Also, is Islamabad going to charge people for entering the city? I read in today's newspaper they are setting up poll booths around certain parts of the city; they are following London and what they did to reduce traffic by tolling people.


there is not enougth space in blue area for that, even if they destroy all the forests there

Excavation work started a few months back. I think they will probably dig for tripple basements too. The Telecom Tower site is on the left side of ISE Towers.

any news abt how many floors it gonna have finally?

probably around 25 to 35....they proper make it solid enough to stand strong earth quakes

i got the info today from a person available at the site that the telecom tower has got 25 storey n 3 basements.....work has not started yet on the pile foundations.

Telecom Tower (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/bigpics/telet.jpg)

^^ why no comments? thats a damn beautiful tower!!!! probablt the best one in islamabad. good work tagga :thumsup:

offcourse that one is impressive

It looks good... is it underconstruction or still proposed/approved?

^ its U/C

NOVEMBER 2005

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JANUARY 2006

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the only change in the two eid holidays wuz that the boring machines had started their work and they are working on the pile foundations.

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a381/Techno-Architect/Isloo%20Under%20Construction/127.jpg

juss to show the depth of the lowest level^^^^

This building has a very nice design. Although the 'construction' going on seems to be soil testing or some boring taking place. Thanks for the update Techno-Architect.

i dont think we need another soil testing for this building. Next door the ISE Towers are underconstruction and the soil results would not vary in this area!

Atkins Center, ISE Tower and the Telecom Tower will really start chaning Islamabad...

question is when the HELL would they be completed....work on all of them is soooo damn slowww

wow... Cant wait to see Islamabad with a real skyline... Even if its low rise one..

Telecom Tower (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v390/bigpics/telet.jpg)


Beautiful design. ;)

a bit old mind u........

http://paktribune.com/images/newsimages/2005/09/shaukat-addess-towerlaying.jpg

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz addresses at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Telecom Tower of the Pakistan Telecom Employees Trust, at a local hotel.

March 2006

Pile Foundation are being dug. There are around 625 piles that are going to be dugged which will be completed in 6-8months.

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Currently there wuznt any model available at the site so we hafto wait a little more to have a better view of its design!

Currently there wuznt any model available at the site so we hafto wait a little more to have a better view of its design!

Why are they going to place 625 piles? Why that many?

There are goin to place the piles deep into the ground where else.....hehehe
Soil is weak and when the load of the building is more than the pressure tolerated by the ground, then the piles hafto be dug deep into the ground until solid rocks are reached. The load of the building is then directly and safely transfered to the rock bed.

Prime Minister lays foundation stone of Telecom Tower at Islamabad
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Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz laid foundation stone of Telecom Tower in Islamabad. NESPAKs winning concept of a 24-storey energy efficient telecom tower was highly appreciated by the Prime Minister.

Mr. Karamat Ullah Chaudry, Managing Director, NESPAK, briefed the Prime Minister on the salient features of eco-friendly design of the tower, which would reduce 30 to 40 percent of the energy cost.

The Prime Minister in his address said that the state-of-the-art tallest building in the Federal Capital would provide quality and world class office space to high tech, telecom and IT industry.

The tower will cover an area of approximately 55,762 sqm with four basements having a spacious car parking facility. The estimated cost of the project is Rs. 2.0 billion.

does anyone have an update on this project?

Construction work is underway on all three towers on the Jinnah Avenue (Blue Area) ie. Stock Exchange, Telecom Tower and State Life Tower.

^^ could u (or anyone else) post some latest pics on these projects?

http://i73.imagethrust.com/t/524719/unbenannt.jpg (http://i73.imagethrust.com/images/2cvd/view-image/unbenannt.html)

ill try my best to take pictures of these sites and of pther areas in islamabad in a couple of days but trust me ull be disaapointed at the progress

ill send u the pics of telecom tower and other updates on Islamabad in few days

I ll will post the latest construction pictures soon

http://i73.imagethrust.com/t/524719/unbenannt.jpg (http://i73.imagethrust.com/images/2cvd/view-image/unbenannt.html)

Guess it'll be a nice addition; but nothing to make it stand out like how Atkins will.

you can't expect every building to like that alein atkins but these type of buildings and likes of atkins make a good city ....

Seems there has been a bit of Progress since March. I met a site engineer and he confirmed that the no. of stories is 29 and they still have around 2.5 yrs to complete. kinda slow though.

Here are the pics

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/DSC_00011.jpg

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well construction is happening at a snails pace

High Resolution Render

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Islamabad%20UC/1288.jpg

Construction Pix July 2006

New Site Billboard placed recently
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Work on Pile Foundation seems to be completed. The raft which will be 4 to 6 feet thick is being made.
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Construction Pix July 2006

New Site Billboard placed recently
http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Islamabad%20UC/1296.jpg

They cant even spell the name of our Prime Minister Shoukat Aziz. :rofl: :rofl:

the two projects looks so close to one another (you wont be able to walk in between it seems). i cant understand that. Did anyone else noticed this?

i can hardly imagine the two towers so close as if they build a single wall between two houses and share the cost :lol:

Dont worry about that. What you are looking at now is the work going on in the basments of the two plaza. Once they get to the superstructure that is the floors above ground levels, the two buildings will 'atleast' have a distance of '20 feet', 10 feet sides offset according to building byes laws from each side. It is not possible or rather i should say feasible that the two building would be built on a single wall in an earthquake zone.

^^ i was just commenting on the way ppl share wall of houses especially the smaller houses that donot have boundries around them. Offcourse i dont expect that on skyscrapers.

OK..Here's some U/C pic of the TELECOM TOWER. The pace is horrible considering the fact that its like 1 yr now since they first started.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/DSC_00004-2.jpg

SEP 2006

http://www.urbanpk.com/images/staff/Techno-Architect/Telecom%20Tower/Aa%5bF%5daT%20-%20Islamabad%20-%20Telecom%20Tower%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Sep%202006%20-%2001%20copy.jpg

http://www.urbanpk.com/images/staff/Techno-Architect/Telecom%20Tower/Aa%5bF%5daT%20-%20Islamabad%20-%20Telecom%20Tower%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Sep%202006%20-%2002%20copy.jpg

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http://www.urbanpk.com/images/staff/Techno-Architect/Telecom%20Tower/Aa%5bF%5daT%20-%20Islamabad%20-%20Telecom%20Tower%20-%20Construction%20Pix%20-%20Sep%202006%20-%2005%20copy.jpg

Building is going painfully slow, but atleast it going someplace...
Hey techno Architect, how long do you predict this will take to be built considering the speed at which they are building it right now?

hummm why am i not surprised to see the disguisting pace???

emaar can build burj dubai in a shorter time then this building then why the fuk does it take us soo fuking long

^^^^
Lack of technology!
Shortage of skilled n semi-skilled labour!
Contractors makin money out of each extra day!
Lack of proper scheduling!
N a million more reasons!!!

Lack of funds can be a reason also. It sometimes is. Slightly off-topic, but lack of funds in any project is quite an interesting field of study. When funds are lacking, a project slows down, thusly gets delayed. The delay causes the cost to go up, meaning more funds are needed. That delays the project even further and the cycle goes on. This is the reason some projects never near completion. You end up putting in more money than it'd return even if you factor in minimization of loss by keeping it going. Interesting stuff. The lesson is, NEVER start a project unless you are damn sure you'd have the funds to complete it in time. Of course, by this I am not suggesting there's a lack of funds in this project.

lack of vision and inefficiency are other reasons.

Corruption is an invented reason for delaying projects and asking for more money as mentioned in the post above. This is almost always true for government/semi government oriented projects.

The ISE tower is rising at a good pace. What's up with this project next to it?

Update on Telecom Tower
December 2, 2007

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thnx 4 the updates but very very slow construction. !!

thanks for the updates.

They(stock exchange and telecom tower) both started around the same time. Almost negligible activity from last updates. Most probably lack of release of funds as its a project of "pakistan telecom employees trust".

Anyhow, i hope they change the design as i don't particularly like this one.

Did you go back to Pakistan on a holiday or what?

Did you go back to Pakistan on a holiday or what?

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. May his soul rest in peace! Amen!

Raising such a well mannered man like you, he's bound to go to heaven! :)

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

Very sorry to hear that kbboy. May he rest in peace.

Oh man sorry to hear that. :(:(

I just can't even imagine a loss of a family member like that. Gives me nightmares. :ohno:

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

sorry for your loss

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

:shocked:

Im so sorry for your loss!

Allah un ko Jannat mein jaga dey.

:(

Yes I was in Pakistan but not on a vacation.
It was because of the sad and sudden demise of my father.

Sorry to hear that.

May his soul rest in peace!

Please accept my condolences...

May allah rest his soul in peace and may heaven become upon him..

Thank you all for your condolences and prayers.

Jan 26, 2008

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So finally they too have a crane.

Looks like they had only one crane and were waiting for ISE to finish to start this one.

So finally they too have a crane.

Looks like they had only one crane and were waiting for ISE to finish to start this one.

I would hav preferred it if both of them were going up together.

What's the distance between The Telecom Tower and ISE? They look too close. They will block each others views.

What's the distance between The Telecom Tower and ISE? They look too close. They will block each others views.


Neck to neck

No distance at all

Once completed, people can even pass files from one building to another :)

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS18/Picture022.jpg

The view will be blocked then. There should've been more distance between them. The rest of the area is pretty much empty. This looks ridiculous.

Neck to neck

No distance at all

Once completed, people can even pass files from one building to another :)


:laugh:

Actually if they weren't different departments, they could have gone for one bigger tower.

now whatever it is it should be constructed it will look much worst if not completed.

now they should borrow those cranes and other stuff and gain speed now :)

I think they should construct a bridge between both buildings. It will look good:)

^^ very funny :lol:

I think they should construct a bridge between both buildings. It will look good:)

hmm...so u've got some good architectural ideas also.....!

try looking at the buildings that already exist on the Blue Area, each mid-riser has its own identity, making a bridge will look the overall design more chaotic, the rythim of the design will certainly break!

:bash:

I suggest they should have a podium at ground floor and recess the structure. NESPAK designers should have thought abt designing two structures so close!

:bash:

Its not Nespak who's responsible...they are given the money to design and thats it.

And the two building departments , Telecom and ISE, are miles away to make a joint effort(could have been possible but difficult with our bureaucratic system).

^^^^^

The designers should incorporate all the issues in their final design! I have a better idea of that! It doesnt mean we get paid so we design something wrong or we design regardless of all the real-time issues that pop up! That would be the most unsincerest thing a person would do to the profession. Although this is in practice and a part of our so called culture, but it shouldnt be promoted I would suggest from every individual if they have some ethics!

The two building towers are not more than 30-40 feet away from one another! Compare a space of that size between two concrete walls rising 200 feet high! I suggest CDA should better hire some good urban planners to design some good guidlines for this area!

^^ you're just repeating what i said.

Its CDA (or the buiders) not nespak who is responsible for their being too close. There should be a minimum distance between highrises.

He is not an architect but he made a good point. Any way what are the updates on this project.

2. OK...so these people are designing things for bangladesh, SA,etc..good for those countries but the fact remains that state life tower ISB does exist in pakistan and was designed by some architect. And the new tower will be constructed in future and is going to be ugly.

3. True but i don't think it would have taken a forture to make them fit in better. The state life tower( if you have seen it) is ridiculously ugly.

4. True...but it can also be the other way round especially with govt projects. I dont get it but its as if you are saying that changing the state life tower's exterior to anything better would have either caused a fortune or the client was so obsesses with this design that he forced the architect to make it look this ugly.

you're not getting my point here.

Ur still stuck with one design in the whole country. I will say the render is extremely of a poor quality, I agree to that, I mentioned it myself when I started of with the State Life topic years back, but dont look at the render, as it is an old display on the 'project site board'. At that time when the render was computerly generated, back in 2001-2, I would say we didnt have so many software to work on. Today the scene has changed, the market is rich with the latest and variety of software. I know the two architect who designed me, trust me, they are the leading architects in the capital for the last 20 years, and Im aware of their design philosophy. Lets juss keep our fingers crossed till it is completed. Maybe it turn out to be and effecient and comfortable interior space, or even the building starts to look better when completed. Dont go on the renders I would say. There are so many issues again.

Burj Gwadar.....I saw that design way before you. I agree. Horrible massing of object, and the overall volume looks good. The name.....gosh it really make me sick!

Let me juss add here. This is not UK where only an architect who is certified from RIBA gets to work, the problem is worse here. There are so many people/other fields professional who think that just drawing on autocad or makin a plan will make them architect. The qualified professionals have always had a market threat from such people. If I say I charge 8million for a 50storey, and a civil engineer or a contractor comes to you and say that he will do the same work (not talking of quality here) in half the money, most developers would save their money here! This is what comes out to be a poor design in general that becomes eye-sores! Who should be blamed now? Is this still irrelevant issue or did u know about this before?

Which mid-riser do you think is so far the best in the Islamabad skyline btw?

@kbboy

Although not entirely relevant, but I'll share something that might make you understand what Techno's saying. Ever seen the crappy ads in Pakistan? You know why they're crappy? Because the clients wants them that way! Let me share a fact of life with you - you cannot argue with a paying client. I'm in advertising and I can assure you taht the clients usually ask for the most hideous and tachy and shopworn ads and refuse to accept any quality work (I'm not talking about my work, but what I've seen from others). I can assume that that's the same in the building industry.

^^^^^
I agree with him.

When I look at the adds produced by the Indian Industry and compare them with the adds we have here, I seriously wanna bang my head into the wall. It is true that clients here cannot accept new ideas so quickly because their horizon of view is very short sighted and limited.

I can't find the render of State Life.

Ur still stuck with one design in the whole country. I will say the render is extremely of a poor quality, I agree to that, I mentioned it myself when I started of with the State Life topic years back, but dont look at the render, as it is an old display on the 'project site board'. At that time when the render was computerly generated, back in 2001-2, I would say we didnt have so many software to work on. Today the scene has changed, the market is rich with the latest and variety of software. I know the two architect who designed me, trust me, they are the leading architects in the capital for the last 20 years, and Im aware of their design philosophy. Lets juss keep our fingers crossed till it is completed. Maybe it turn out to be and effecient and comfortable interior space, or even the building starts to look better when completed. Dont go on the renders I would say. There are so many issues again.

Burj Gwadar.....I saw that design way before you. I agree. Horrible massing of object, and the overall volume looks good. The name.....gosh it really make me sick!

Let me juss add here. This is not UK where only an architect who is certified from RIBA gets to work, the problem is worse here. There are so many people/other fields professional who think that just drawing on autocad or makin a plan will make them architect. The qualified professionals have always had a market threat from such people. If I say I charge 8million for a 50storey, and a civil engineer or a contractor comes to you and say that he will do the same work (not talking of quality here) in half the money, most developers would save their money here! This is what comes out to be a poor design in general that becomes eye-sores! Who should be blamed now? Is this still irrelevant issue or did u know about this before?

I am not stuck with one highrise but thats the height of ugliness(to me atleast). And its not only that one...what about their current building? what about that shaheed-e-millat secretariat? the ZTBL? They aren't exactly ugly but not any good either. Also I am talking about aesthetics of the building not efficiency...so whatever the interior, the question mark is on its exterior.

Again you are missing the point...so if someone unprofessional and unqualified guy is doing it for half the money...does that mean the good ones are out of business now? If no...then they do some job atleast or have all the highrises in pakistan been developed by civil engineers?...so where is it? Tell me one highrise that was built by the non-unprofessionals and that can be referred to as brilliant or eye-catching?

Ofcourse i know that local clients are stupid and short-sighted...but not all of them. Are you saying that the building mentioned above were all made by civil engineers?

@Umais: I have worked in the IT industry for some time...and let me tell you that we get some of the most weird (and dumbfuck stupid) requests to be added to softwares because of computer illiterate bosses.

Lets wait and see that how building will look after the completion

I can't find the render of State Life.

i have looked for it.

Ok guys we have deviated from the topic at hand. Take your discussions somewhere else, this thread is about the poor Telecom Tower.

Ok guys we have deviated from the topic at hand. Take your discussions somewhere else, this thread is about the poor Telecom Tower.
:yes:

refer to all the discussion on the architecture on this thread. (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=504806)

i have looked for it.

Are u looking for Telecom Tower render?

Ok here is the High Resolution Render by Techno.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f298/techno-architect2/Islamabad%20UC/1288.jpg

Once built we won't have this view as ISE tower would be in front of it.

how many floors are finalized for this one..!!??

24 storeys, check the thread. :doh:

Everyone has been infected by Sanaji...

Fahad can you plz change the title of this thread to under construction along with number of floors; just like other threads.

:yes:

24 storeys, check the thread. :doh:

sorry dude... missed it..!!:nuts:

What's up with this project?

will check out thge proj site soon

July 11, 2008

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS35/Image00009.jpg


On the left side of ISE you can see the under construction Telecom Tower. Thanks for the updates.

yes its telecom tower

What's up with this project?

We all noticed that after the ISE tower went up, the pace of work picked up on this one. So they might have been waiting for the ISE tower to rise up first.

that make no sense... can u explain why

^^ Don't know, thats what others were saying and I just went along with it! Check their posts for explanations.

ISE tower looks nice here... Telecom tower should start rising soon

it will be rising soon

this place will look good with two 20+ towers.

we need more buildings

they are coming let the economical,political etc situation settle down

our politics will never settle down... everybody knows that

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/ISLAMABAD/06%2016%20TO%2018%202008/TELECOMTOWER.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/ISLAMABAD/06%2016%20TO%2018%202008/TELECOMTOWER1.jpg

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/2008/ISLAMABAD/06%2016%20TO%2018%202008/TELECOMTOWER2.jpg

^^ great work

Nice going rana jee...

Rana Jee tusi Jannati ho, baba ki dua hey

Rana Jee tusi Jannati ho, baba ki dua hey

:rofl:

That was priceless! :hilarious

:angel1:

^^
He's an ANGEL!!!

Why dont we have Rana in Karachi! Why they are working so slow?

^^Its easy. you can get a junior Rana. just need to sponsor a return ticket to karachi :lol:

:lol:

August 14, 2008

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0004.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0002.jpg

finally it has started to rise....took them ages to get to this point.

Judging by Rana's pic from 14 july, it seems now they are going at a good speed

yeah 3 floors in 1 month

YEAH i was abt to say that

now they are going good

nice updates Abid.

yeah 3 floors in 1 month

3 Floors in 1 month ... its really amazing:uh: comparing with other under construction projects in Pakistan. thanks Abid for the updates. i hope they will keep the pace in future too :)

About time! finally we can see something rising.

Updates 02 August 2008

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9279/02082008791rw8.jpg

http://img514.imageshack.us/img514/5561/02082008793mu8.jpg

Well done Well done raheel. now you rocking :)

telecom tower is going grat
currently working on 3rd floor

raheel u da man we looking for u will be a good addition to MP wid Abid Bhai

Snails pace.:ohno:
Thnx for update though Raheel

good updates

thankx

Nice updates Raheel! :yes: In all of the other threads too! :cheers1:

Aug 30, 2008

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0038.jpg

work on 4th floor started thats great..!!!

thank abid bhai

Aug 30, 2008

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0038.jpg

Crane is big or building is small??

yeaa tha crane is way too long

No one's going anywhere :)

^^ boley to ???? who is going from this thread?

:?

Sep 15, 2008

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0013-1.jpg

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http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS38/Photo-0002-1.jpg

currently working on 6th floor thats great

Yes they are now working very fast

very very fast

:yes:

Not very fast but they are going good

^^ they have almost completed 1 floor in 15 days

So they will complete it in 1.5-2 years hopefully.

So they will complete it in 1.5-2 years hopefully.


:yes:

when we use the term HOPEFULLY, we are afraid of the government

wow its already on 7th floor

http://www.app.com.pk/photo/photo_lib/19-10-2008/dc74e714c65ea93a58ef1a61ec977a34.jpg

Its reached the 7th floor :happy:

Probably will top out in about 12 months or so

http://www.app.com.pk/photo/photo_lib/19-10-2008/dc74e714c65ea93a58ef1a61ec977a34.jpg
This middle section (Blue Area) needs to get converted in to a “green belt” ……just like today’s banner

http://www.app.com.pk/photo/photo_lib/19-10-2008/dc74e714c65ea93a58ef1a61ec977a34.jpg

That looks like an old picture of Sheikh Zayed Road, oh heavenly future :drool:

That looks like Sheikh Zayed Road in the 80s...meaning we have to wait at least 2-3 decades before any really tall buildings are built here. At least the Emiratis had their oil, we are unlikely to get a sudden flood of funds from somewhere.

I think all of Islamabad's future dev. will be on the road that is also co-incidentally called "SZR". The World Trade Center will be the first building there. Also co-incidentally, WTC was the first and the previous iconic building on Dubai's SZR.

Yea i agree FK, its really like Sheikh Zayed Road before 90's

brightstar u wrong.islamabad road not like look sheikh zayed road in the 80s. look at the picture of SZD road in 1993. i think islamabad road have a ability to build szd . i hope they will achieve




http://www.glinkdubai.com/pictures/ShZayedRd-1990.jpg

http://propdubai.com/images/cat/location/loc_l_21_70.jpg

here the picture now. szd, i hope islamabad achieve like that after 10 years. not decade be positive yaar

We are not sitting on oil like Abu Dhabi, which funded and still funds most of Dubai's projects.

^^ 100% agree with u we r not as lucky.

Haan Ye to hai

Another one liner post like "Haan Ye to Hai" and you get an infraction. You should consult PTBAP, he got brigged for the same reason.

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/APP/2008/10%20OCT/22%20OCT/ISL.jpg
http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc63/AFFI666/APP/2008/10%20OCT/22%20OCT/ISL3.jpg

Thanks 4or the update :)

good work

That looks like Sheikh Zayed Road in the 80s...meaning we have to wait at least 2-3 decades before any really tall buildings are built here. At least the Emiratis had their oil, we are unlikely to get a sudden flood of funds from somewhere.
We are not sitting on oil like Abu Dhabi, which funded and still funds most of Dubai's projects.

The 5th largest gold & copper reserve on the planet was found in Pakistan, 5 years ago.

We are sitting on a belt of scarce and untapped natural resources which are just waiting to be found. There is not as much exploration going on though.

Now we can choose to become like Dubai, or we can choose to become like Iran. The choice belongs to the awaam.

Updated pics of the project as on 30th November,2008.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC00521.jpg

Telecom tower :rock:

and when the hell will they start cladding on the ISE tower?

Telecom tower :rock:

and when the hell will they start cladding on the ISE tower?

In another 3-4 months and Telecom tower will be crossing the ISE tower, seems like when the ISE stock markets seized to function so did the construction work on ISE tower too.

Assalamaoalukum,

Very impressive speed. I think this will probably be the fastest built highrise in Pakistan!
As far as claddding goes, I am guessing that both buildings may start cladding at the same time. May be ISE didnt want to put cladding knowing construction on building next door may demage it:dunno:

good pace :)

Hope so work started on ISE soon.

wow..... gr8 it wsnt there in june this year.......

working on 9th floor thats nice

thanks for the Abbasia Bhai

working on 9th floor thats nice

thanks for the Abbasia Bhai

Thanks Rana, its 9 floors above the bottom 3 or 4 floors, so cummulative this is 11 and 12th floors. ISE is 19 floors so another 7 floors to go, which I guess they will do in 3-4 months.

working on 9th floor thats nice

thanks for the Abbasia Bhai

9 Floors completed now working on 10th

9 Floors completed now working on 10th

No working on either 12th or 13th Floor, depending upon how many floors bottom portion has, minimum 3 or 4.

Wow islamabad's getting quite a skyline!

21st Dec 2008

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01097.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01086.jpg

working on 11th floor nice update :applause:

Abbasia Bhai Cha gaye

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01108.jpg

working on 11th floor nice update :applause:

Abbasia Bhai Cha gaye

Actually on 12th :banana::banana::banana:

ABBASIA cha gaya. claps 4 u.

Nice pics abbasia ...and work on the flyover is looking good too :happy:

Nice pics abbasia ...and work on the flyover is looking good too :happy:

Yes i have taken lot of flyover pics which I will post tommorrow on Monday 22nd December.

one of the best updates of this thread
I give you my

**TAALIYAAN**

award!!!

ABBASIA great pic :banana:

glad to hear u have more pics to post

GOD DAMN..... impressed with the pace of work.......

Assalamaoalukum,

only in Pakistan. Until few months ago there was no progress on this project at all and then all of a sudden this building turns into a fastest rising building in Pakistan!
May be the reason why cladding is not done on ISE tower is because the fear of construction related demage from building so close.
I have always wondered why they couldnt build these two buildings slightly more apart. They would look good and add more beauty to Islamabad.

^^ Tall buildings look better when they're clustered together.

Assalamaoalukum,

only in Pakistan. Until few months ago there was no progress on this project at all and then all of a sudden this building turns into a fastest rising building in Pakistan!
May be the reason why cladding is not done on ISE tower is because the fear of construction related demage from building so close.
I have always wondered why they couldnt build these two buildings slightly more apart. They would look good and add more beauty to Islamabad.

Yeah thats the fact construction here getting great pace now a days :)

The construction company building the ISE tower and the telecom tower are the same (Habib Rafiq).

The built the basements of both the towers and then went ahead to finish the ISE tower and now they are building the Telecom tower. I don't know if it was by design that telecom tower guys didn't want it sooner or just that HR didn't have enough machinery to work on two buildings in parallel.

The construction company building the ISE tower and the telecom tower are the same (Habib Rafiq).

The built the basements of both the towers and then went ahead to finish the ISE tower and now they are building the Telecom tower. I don't know if it was by design that telecom tower guys didn't want it sooner or just that HR didn't have enough machinery to work on two buildings in parallel.



I think you have got this info from some wrong source Habib rafiq is working on ISE but not on Telecom Tower its IZHAR Construction

mirzathe is right look at this picture
but i had also saw some Habib rafique Boards at there

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9279/02082008791rw8.jpg

^^
ISE looks good in that pic, even if it is not totally complete yet...

they r build other building as well..... rana gee have u got the graphical pic of this building

they r build other building as well..... rana gee have u got the graphical pic of this building

:dunno:

Jan 28, 2009

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS39/Photo-0094.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z38/AbidSiddiqui/SS39/Photo-0092.jpg

Hey, where did you disappear? hope everything was alright.

How many floors currently? 15?

Nice update abid. can you please tell us the exact no of floors completed so far. I cant properly count the lower floors from these angles.

11 + 3 (Lower portion) completed

Working on 12th which translates into 15th floor in total.

good update abid siddiqui.

Update 31st Jan 2009

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01568-1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01564.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01567.jpg

great updates :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01570.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01572.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01566.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01564.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v717/Abbasia/DSC01571.jpg

Good update ABBASIA, good to see speedy progress, upto 14 floors finished only 10 to go.

ABBASIA u rock!!

update hi update again :yes:

:applause::applause::applause:

Good update. Thanks :)

great work man... this building is looking impressive....

Isloo's skyline is getting better now...
thanks ABBASIA bhai jaan

goood ABBASIA

Pics from my Trip to Isloooo again... :)

Pictures taken from Daman-e-Koh...
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DSC07395.jpg?t=1234340455

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DSC07351.jpg?t=1234340493

From the Site
http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DSC07346.jpg?t=1234340522

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DSC07341.jpg?t=1234340567

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee151/Jsultan/DSC07340.jpg?t=1234340586

Great updates :happy:

So they are starting work on the 16th floor, right?

Great update J_Sultan but they are starting work on 15th floor not 16th! i must be right.

I guess they are working on 14th floor...
btw, you took pics very nicely J Sultan bhai... looks like you have bought a new camera :D the quality of your pics has improved!

very gud updates!!:cheers:

How taller is it expected to go

^^ can't u read the title on the top of your page, it says 24 floors so i gues it is expected to be 24 fl|73m|240ft|UC.

^^ can't u read the title on the top of your page, it says 24 floors so i gues it is expected to be 24 fl|73m|240ft|UC.

TOLERANCE - Let people make mistakes!

TOLERANCE - Let people make mistakes!

i didn't mean to hurt anyone, its just my way of explaining things to people.
:cheers1:

AWWWWWWW!!!!!! :grouphug:

I guess they are working on 14th floor...
btw, you took pics very nicely J Sultan bhai... looks like you have bought a new camera :D the quality of your pics has improved!

this was a sony cybershot digicam sunny boy... i usually take pics from my cell phone which aint no good....

i didn't mean to hurt anyone, its just my way of explaining things to people.
:cheers1:

Not hurt at all.... Thank you for indicating the height of the tower!

Feb 17, 2009

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