Karachi Financial Towers (KFT)

In order to create a lifestyle for the “Generation Y” of Karachi and international investors, the Company has acquired a piece of land measuring 12,950 sq yard from Pakistan Railway, situated at I. I. Chundrigar Road. The title of the land has been transferred in the name of the Company. KFT complies with the strategies and framework set within the Karachi International Financial Centre (KIFC) Master Plan which provides a flexible framework for the long term development of the site. KFT will also benchmark and generate design guidelines for property development while the overall quality of environment and functional efficiency is maintained throughout the KIFC Master Plan.

The site is situated at the midpoint of I. I.Chundrigar Road, which is the main hub of economic activity and the busiest road in the Central Business District of Karachi. The site is adjacent to Karachi City Railway Station. The main access to the site is from 100 meters wide I. I.Chundrigar Road which leads to M. A. Jinnah Road, where Karachi Port is located. All services and utilities shall be linked up from I. I. Chundrigar Road.

Basic Information



The two towers are identical and rise in terms of numbers of floors and height. The building comprises 3 levels of basements, 2 levels of Retail, 5 levels of podium parking and 33 levels of office spaces above the podium level. Gross Floor Area of KFT is more than 1.4 million sq ft. The net saleable area of each floor shall be in the range of 16,500 to 17,300 sq ft.

Where the sky bridge pierces through the twin towers, there will be a 6 storey void (24 to 29 levels) created to house the recreational facilities like swimming pool and the garden terrace. The sky bridge shall be occupied by an Elite Businessmen Club.

The podium and the basement will contain the retail and parking provisions. Over 1,800 car parking spaces will be provided.

• Karachi Building & Town Planning Regulations 2002
• International Building Code 2003
• Building Energy Codes of Pakistan
• Uniform Mechanical Codes
• Codes and Standards of National Fire Protection Association
• CIBSE Guide Lines
• British Standards/EN Standards for each system
• Illumination Engineers Society Codes
• I.E.C Standards




The building shall be equipped with the following latest and state of the art services and systems:

• Air-Conditioning and Mechanical Ventilation
• Electrical services including power, lighting, telephone, data etc
• Fire protection services including fire alarm system
• Plumbing and Drainage services
• Smoke Management system
• Security system
• Vertical Transportation services



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Very good looking towers though but it did not even reached 200 meters. It need to be move to Highrises..

Podium and carpaking
http://enshaanlc.com/Carparking-large.jpg

Ground floor plan
http://enshaanlc.com/Ground-Floor-Plan-Large.jpg

Typical tower zone A

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Typical tower zone B
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U/C pics from the website

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/skyscraper/KFT1.jpg

very good ! !

looks good new pic , anyone?

this project has just started...as you can see in pics above, the ground clearing work is going on.

What do expect to happen in less than a month at this stage?

Ground-breaking ceremony was on 8 feb

How long will it take?

este edificio se ve espectacular

That skybridge in the renders seems to have both edges protruding out of the sides of the twins, like its supposed to be a separate component. Great design!!

The towers are bueatifull, but that skybridge is awful!

With skybridge it's cool

its a copy of the EFT (Emirates financial towers) U/C in Dubai Financial center. Not often Dubai is copied

its a copy by the same architect for another location

"Ultra-Modern facilities like guaranteed power, security, parking..."

:lol: :rofl: :lol:

its a copy of the EFT (Emirates financial towers) U/C in Dubai Financial center. Not often Dubai is copied

i think its the same contractor

Work has begun on what will be the first and tallest commercial skyscraper venture in Pakistan.

Named Karachi Financial Towers (KFT), the project is aimed at the burgeoning "Y Generation", the marketing speak for yuppies and international investors.

Elegance, the perfect environment and being able to provide everything the modern worker and consumer could desire appear to be the main criteria for this scheme, which according to the proposed plans may be realized as soon as the summer of 2010.

With the tallest standing at a respectable 198 metres high, the complex features twin oval shaped towers with sloping roof-lines that are arranged perpendicular to each other and joined together by a sky bridge. The edges looking out are partially balconied creating exterior space for the buildings inhabitants.

Sited centrally in Karachi's main business district, the towers will cover a whopping 130,000 square metres and will feature identically three levels of basements, two levels of retail space, five levels of podium parking providing approximately 1800 parking spaces and thirty three levels of above podium, grade A office space.

Where the sky bridge impales the towers at floors 24-29 a leisure zone will feature containing the usual facilities such as a swimming pool and a gardened terrace open to the elements and complete with stunning views of the surrounding area. The Sky Bridge itself will be home for an Elite Business Club, perfect positioning to view the minions busy at work over a glass or two of chilled champers.

Developers Enshaa NLC are billing the build as state of the art which compared with the rest of the world may be a bit of a overstatement compared to the high-tech gloss of London or Shanghai but, as a first tower of its kind in the country its appearance alone marks a step forwards by Pakistan to modernity.

So Here's how the building is:
- 2 levels of retail
- 5 levels of podium parking
- 33 levels of office.


Now we know the height, and number of floors and status. Time to change the name of the thread to

KARACHI | Financial Towers | 198m x 2 |40fl |U/C

Updates..:cheers:


Construction area
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Cons work
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Cons work



credit to fellow forumer shaz100.

thanks I_am_Hydrogen.

Amazing!

thanks for the update Shaz

go karachi !!!

any updates guys??

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Post-tensioning construction technique reaches Pakistan

Friday, April 18, 2008
By M Farhan Zaheer

KARACHI: Pakistan is experiencing a wonderful real estate growth with some landmark projects, and in future this pace will increase, as the country is now on track moving ahead rapidly in the sector.

Hilmi Ghandour, Chief Executive Officer of Arabtec Pakistan told The News on the sidelines of a presentation on post-tensioning slab technique, organised by the company in collaboration with world-renowned CCL Gulf Prestressed Concrete LLC recently.

Post Tensioning is a technique of pre-loading the concrete in a manner which controls stresses and deflections that are inducted by the self weight and applied loads, while the structure is in service. Billions of square meters of post-tensioned slabs have been built in high-rise, commercial, residential and office buildings, parking structures, hotels, schools and hospitals.

It has been in extensive use internationally since decades in many parts of the world. Post-tensioned floor construction gained prominence during the construction boom in the 1980s and now consumes more than 50pc of the total quantity of post tensioning steel used worldwide, said Bhandour.

“This would be a new technology to Pakistan though it has been successfully used and improved over the years in many other countries of the region. The technology reduces steel consumption in the projects, providing more space by cutting number of beams in the structure, and provides opportunity to the contractor to complete projects in less than half time,” he elaborated. Roland Asaker, regional manager, CCL Gulf Prestressed Concrete LLC said the real estate growth in Pakistan is an offshoot of developments in the MENESA region (Middle East, North Africa and South Asia).

Arabtec Pakistan, through collaboration agreement with CCL plans to use post tensioning technique in the currently under-construction Karachi Financial Towers, being developed by EHSHAANLC Development in Karachi. This will avail the expertise of one of the world leaders in this technique for the construction of mega projects, which Arabtec Pakistan hopes to build in the coming future. The presentation was attended by the architects and engineering sector people, the licensing authorities, and the developers from private and public sector. CCL are one of the pioneers in pre-stressed construction methods in the world market.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=107384

by fellow forumer mehdi_cs

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Amazing!

@ Mods:

Can you please change the title to KARACHI | Financial Towers | 45fl x 2 | 160m | 525ft | U/C, as these two posts by FK provided us with NEW INFO:

Ok so here's more:

Subject: Karachi Financial Towers (KFT)

Dear Sir,

Reference your telecon of today. It is our pleasure to introduce to you Karachi Financial Towers (KFT) which is the brainchild of the unique partnership between ENSHAA from UAE and NLC of Pakistan. Their synergy has given the real estate industry in Pakistan a whole new concept. ENSHAA’s vast experience of handling mega-projects is already starting to change the skyline of Pakistan. ENSHAANLC will make a stunning debut with the announced tower project, the Karachi Financial Towers. It is situated in the heart of the Pakistan’s financial hub, Karachi, on I.I.Chundrigar Road. Still to come are a series of state of the art developments across the country which will completely change the way people work and live in Pakistan.

Through this letter we invite your esteemed organization to buy floor space in either of our two towers. The Karachi Financial Towers is set to become the most sought after business address in the city offering excellence for daily business operations. The extensive office spaces offer the occupants the opportunity to create 21st century professional environment, expressing their individual corporate identity with excellence. The Karachi Financial Towers is stage one of what could be a broad sweeping project. The twin Towers, will be catering to multitude of flourishing business, and will be a marvel in structural design and standing at 525 ft. will be Pakistan’s tallest building at the time of completion i.e. 2010.

We are attaching herewith the following to help you decide:

1) Price List

2) Enshaanlc’s Background

3) Karachi Financial Towers (KFT) Facts Sheet

4) Payment schedule

5) Breakup of Office areas (Floor wise) (For updated information please call our office)

Kindly view the above attachments in “print layout view” format

If you need further information and details the undersigned will be very happy to come over to satisfy your quarries. Brochure and information docket is available, please visit our Sales & Marketing office at the ground floor of Sheraton Hotel & Towers shopping arcade.

Looking forward to an early and positive response and assuring you of our fullest cooperation and quality customer services at all times.

-

Fact Sheet

Karachi Financial Towers


Owner: ENSHAANLC Developments (Pvt.) Ltd. Mezzanine Floor, Shopping Arcade, Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Karachi.

Location: At the mid point of I.I. Chundrigar Rd, adjacent to the Karachi City Railway Station.

Plot Size: 12,950 sq. yards with a net saleable area of each floor in the range of 16,500 to 17,300 sq ft.

Construction: The two towers are identical in terms of numbers of floors and height. The building comprises 45 floors which include 3 levels of basements, 2 levels of Retail, 7 levels of podium parking and 33 Tower levels of office spaces above the podium level.

Dream Team

Consultants: CPG Corporation

Contractors: Arabtec UAE LLC

Project Management: Projacs International

Local Consultant: Engineering Associates

Sales: Colliers International

Media Consultant: Orient McCann Erickson



Special Features of Karachi Financial Towers (KFT):

Location:

The site is ideally located at the midpoint of I. I.Chundrigar Road, which is the main hub of economic activity in the Central Business District of Karachi. The site is adjacent to Karachi City Railway Station. The main access to the site is from 100 meters wide I. I.Chundrigar Road which leads to M. A. Jinnah Road, where Karachi Port is located. All services and utilities shall be linked from I. I. Chundrigar Road.

Building:

A revolutionary project, Karachi Financial Towers will not only be recognized as the tallest building in Pakistan (at time of completion) but also a dream location for any commercial interest. The towers’ façade wrapped in glass along with its unique sky bridge will present passersby a sight to behold; conversely the building’s soaring height will offer occupants a bird’s eye view of the entire city.

Sky Bridge:

An interlinking glass bridge between the two towers is an extremely unique feature of KFT. This six-floored bridge is to be an architectural achievement in Pakistan which will also provide convenient ways to travel between the two towers. Where the sky bridge pierces through the twin towers recreational facilities like swimming pool and the garden terrace will be housed. The sky bridge shall be occupied by an elite businessmen’s club.

Electricity:

Uninterrupted power supply to the buildings is ensured for all loads such as lighting, air conditioning, elevators, pumps, security and fire services, smoke excavation etc. Each office and retail space will have separate electric meters for the convenience of individual billing.

Air Conditioning:

For large scale development like KFT, the gas fired absorption water chiller is an obvious choice due to the locally available gas. Absorption chillers are inherently static machines hence prone to less wear and tear and relatively low maintenance. Therefore the chiller plant proposed in the KFT buildings will consist of gas fired absorption water chiller. The chiller plant will be configured to keep the provision of standby unit. This will allow routine maintenance to be performed without disruption to the building air-conditioning operation.

Air side air-conditioning and Ventilation equipment comprising Air Handling Units including fans, heating coils, cooling coils, filters, complete with sound attenuators automatic dampers, fire dampers, ductwork, grilles, intake and discharge louvers, controls and instrumentation shall be provided throughout the building.

As the building will be designed as shell and core therefore the A/C design will provide for chilled water supply/return pipes and fresh air supply ducts up to the tenant spaces and capped off for tenant hookup.

Security Surveillance:

KFT will have 24 hours smart, reliable security system with manned guarded central security control and monitoring room.

Fire Protection:

Both buildings are designed with an active fire and smoke management system to ensure a fail-safe escape route to the occupants in case of a fire. These include automatic sprinkler system (NFPA-13), standpipe and hose system (NFPA-14) and portable fire extinguishers. Building fire alarm system will command BMS to initiate smoke evacuation sequence.

A pressure sandwich will be created by generating negative pressure in the smoke zone, and positive pressure in the non-smoke zones adjacent to the smoke zone. Stairwells will be positively pressurized by a multiple fan system. Over pressure in the stairwell will be achieved though barometric dampers. Differential static pressure across the door will be within acceptable range for the force to overcome the door closer as well.

Space air will be exhausted from the smoke zone lobby to create a negative pressure. Negative pressurization in the elevator lobby smoke zone will also stop smoke from entering the elevators. Building atrium will have smoke management provisions as per NFPA 908. Host based Fireman’s Smoke Control Station will be able to override all smoke management equipment.

Building Management System (BMS):

Both buildings M&E system will be monitored by Intelligent Building Management System. The Building Automation System (BAS) will be based on Direct Digital Control (DDC) microprocessor based technology.

The towers fully integrated Building Management System will have web accessible control system. The system will have an industry standard communication protocol. The system will be fully functional and will have third party interfaces/drivers wherever applicable. Some attributes of the DDC control system are precise control, inherent energy management and compatibility with the BMS. The BAS will be designed to perform the basic status/alarm monitoring, remote/programmed start/stop, etc. of the following services: Mechanical ventilation and air-conditioning system, electrical system, fire services, plumbing and drainage. The BAS signal will be transmitted to a building control room. The central BAS facilities will comprise operator work station, complete with keyboard, monitor and printer.

Car Parking:

KFT has been provided abundant parking spaces commensurate with the needs of a building of its size. This is clear from the parking space provided, 822,389 square feet, in comparison to the total let able area of 1,159,258 square feet. The total number of parking spaces is:

For cars — 1644 nos.

For motor cycles — 277 nos.

The entire parking area is housed in the basements and the podium levels.

Water:

Karachi water supply system depends on two sources, one from the Indus River source from the Kalri Lake and other from Hub River through Hub Dam. Further distribution system of water is based on Filter Plants located in the different areas of Karachi. The project site is located at I.I. Chundrigar road and the water supplied to this area from COD filter plant through a 1500mm dia trunk main. Water supply for the KFT project will be supplied from this line. Additionally a separate underground water tank is proposed for each building. The capacity for each tank will be 3 days storage.

Sewerage:

Sewerage disposal is a critical issue in Karachi. About 70-75% of total water usage is converted to sewerage and is allowed to pass through the sewerage network and entered into Sewerage Treatment Plant. The Karachi Financial Towers is located on a road which is serviced by a 1800mm dia existing sewer trunk main which connects to Mehmoodabad Sewerage treatment plant. The sewage system from the buildings will be collected through a system of down pipes and man holes which will be ultimately connected to the existing 1800 mm dia sewer trunk main.

Elevators:

Each tower will be equipped with ten express lifts for passengers with a capacity of 18 persons, three lifts for car parking levels, two service lifts for the retail area, and two fire/cargo lifts for the towers. Altogether there will be 34 lifts for the Karachi Financial Towers.

Maintenance:

On completion of the project, the Purchaser will enter into a Maintenance Agreement for the Facilities Management of the building. Facilities management will include operations and maintenance of the entire building and the equipment installed in the building. A schedule of service charges for the facilities management services will be made available to the Purchaser on or about the completion date.

Video:

A short clip:

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Great news for Karachi!!!!

@ Mods:

Can you please change the title to KARACHI | Financial Towers | 45fl x 2 | 160m | 525ft | U/C, as these two posts by FK provided us with NEW INFO:

Done. :)

^^ Cheers!!! :cheers1:

New ad. for Karachi Financial Towers. More info. on their website:

http://www.enshaanlc.com/

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NLC is a partner. I hope they aren't doing the civil engineering. :(

August 18th, 2008

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^^ The MCB Tower, Pakistan's current tallest building at just 116m, can be seen in the background.

Very nice!

look like pilling stage is complete

Very nice!

Thanks. :) Here's more:

November 7th, 2008:

Now we can watch construction activity live!!

Click Here (http://www.enshaanlc.com/KFT.htm) To watch Live!!

Holy shit! That awesome! :happy:


And its live and the streaming aint too shabby! :banana:


Heres a capture I took from the camera:

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Excellent work Abidi!

November 10th, 2008 (Today):

Latest Update

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Thanks for the updates!!

Thanks for the updates!!

My pleasure Marco. :)

Some more from Today (November 12th, 2008):

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A new pic from Today (November 14th, 2008):

http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll105/qaicer/twin.jpg

And a link showing the launching ceremony & site pictures (http://www.enshaanlc.com/kft-site.htm)

^^ A bit old this link though. From when this project just took off in 2007.

What is taking so long?

What is taking so long?

:sly:

Are you for real???? Its going on at a good pace. You are really impatient!!

EDIT: Pics from Today (November 15th, 2008) :


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Video from youtube by fellow forumer musiddiqui

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Pics from Today (17th November 2008):

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This project is very good and very tasteful!

^^ Thanks!! :)

One more pic:

http://i512.photobucket.com/albums/t327/abidi2009/Picture.jpg

You are welcome! This seems to be an enormous hole in the ground!

^^ New pics for you! :)

December 26th, 2008:

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January 1st, 2009 (Today):

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Happy New Year everyone! :)

Happy New Year to you also! Nice to see excavation making progress. :banana: Thanks for sharing!

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Happy New Year to you also! Nice to see excavation making progress. :banana: Thanks for sharing!

Thanks for wishing me. :cheers:

Pic from Today (19th January, 2009)

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn88/MixedUpImage/kft.jpg

I am already curious to see how it turns out to be. :D It is so good to see Pakistan with a construction boom. This will bring even more stability to the country!

very nice project :okay:

I am already curious to see how it turns out to be. :D It is so good to see Pakistan with a construction boom. This will bring even more stability to the country!

Amen to that! :) I'm excited about all of these projects too!!

very nice project :okay:

Thanks!!

Pics from Today (20th Jan, 2009)

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New pictures, dated Today (21st January, 2009) :banana: :

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Updates from Yesterday (26th January, 2009)

I'm too LAZY to crop the pic... :D
It's dark at night

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still excavating? -.-

cool tower :cheers:

Location of Karachi Financial Towers

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^^ That was done by forumer Faddie

Here's one by me:

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any new updates?

is this project stopped or something?
i was my favorite prjoect

is this project stopped or something?
i was my favorite prjoect


yeah its halted at the moment