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MegaStructures: Petronas Towers DIGITAL STUDIO CUTDOWN TO 23:30, pre-S&P Credits start: Research cuts: Dead space: Final

NGCI Script Researcher: October 1, 2004 PICT URE T/C IN VOI CE VOICE T/C IN 10:00 NARRATOR VO: Malaysias Petronas Towers are the tallest twin towers on 10:00: :02 the planet. 00 Building these 450-meter giants pushed the outer limits of construction 10:00: technology. Every twist and turn in the project brought drama and near 10:00 disaster. 07 :07 10:00: Narrator : $'( +,. /024 , 6 7 16 + /024 <= . > 450 @+A4 = BC /02 +EG< , +E HIJK+LM( J (A4.> QR(TUV GLMW= , MVXLMW= Y Z[ \]^=_= , I^_= \> . 10:00: 10:00 Today, they stand, a symbol of Malaysian pride and modernity all in a 22 :22 country that had never built a mega skyscraper before. 10:00: 33 (` , $'( V G`= 0bR( $( c>b \G6( . G< Z( 'CZ+E= V2+24 J eJ .

PICTURE Tease: GVs of Petronas Towers. Archive: Construction of Petronas Towers. CGI: Petronas Towers building up. GVs L/A of Petronas Towers night lights. Sunset Petronas Towers. CAPTION: MEGA STRUCTUR ES PETRONAS TOWERS GVs of Petronas Towers.

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10:00: 10:00 They were built to be the tallest buildings on earth a gargantuan pair of 37 :38 towers dominating the skyline of Malaysias capital Kuala Lumpur. The mighty Petronas Towers scale 88 storeys to a breathtaking 450 meters nearly half a kilometer high.

10:00 +,. /024 88 EY<_( fgh Z+E=480 @+A4 :50 LMJ 4b . 6+L+ V 6i@+A = . Crane is 10:01: 10:01 Cleaning the 16,000 windows in just one tower takes a month. Inside, 10,000 lowered. 05 :05 people live and work. Skybridge. 10:01: A city in the sky. GVs of 07 Petronas 10:01: 10:01 Towers. 09 L/A of ceiling 10:01: :23 T/D. 16 GVs of public 10:01: in shops 19 GVs of 10:01: Petronas 28 Towers. Timelapse: 10:01: 10:01 But building the towers was a construction challenge like no other at every

Towers. The mighty Petronas Towers scale 88 storeys to a breathtaking 450 meters nearly half a kilometer high. 10:00 +,. /024 88 EY<_( fgh Z+E=480 @+A4 :50 LMJ 4b . 6+L+ V 6i@+A = . Crane is 10:01: 10:01 Cleaning the 16,000 windows in just one tower takes a month. Inside, 10,000 lowered. 05 :05 people live and work. Skybridge. 10:01: A city in the sky. GVs of 07 Petronas 10:01: 10:01 Towers. 09 L/A of ceiling 10:01: :23 T/D. 16 GVs of public 10:01: in shops 19 GVs of 10:01: Petronas 28 Towers. Timelapse: 10:01: 10:01 But building the towers was a construction challenge like no other at every Towers 30 :31 turn unexpected problems threatened the project. Welding 10:01: J > /02 +Eb , +ELM(XjZ[J. sparks. 31 G/S of men 10:01: TUV MVXLMW= MA jg$4 > +E Q digging 34 gh`LM . GVs of 10:01: 10:01 They were building in the heart of Asias torrential monsoon belt. The construction 40 :41 construction site wasnt made of bedrock but unstable sediment. The towers work freeze were to rely not on lightweight steel but concrete. A high-risk showcase project blue lter. with a hugely ambitious schedule. So, why do it ? 10:02: 03 $'( BE VYGk( LMJ , A4 > +[L +E6(A . > +[= V<= <M J JJ 7Vb `MRJ [^J b . > /024 <> BC VY< V=0 JJ , concrete g A>b V> . M A \>l]\RJ, 6J $ Z(m`Lb= , V <> YE^Y<4 Z[n= M+= . AJ X[ o Z[n= ?

C/U of Petronas Towers T/U.

? GVs of city buildings. T/U skyscraper. GVs of building. Trafc on roads slowmo. GVs of city buildings. GVs of New York World Trade Centre. GVs of Sears Tower. 10:02: 10:02 Humanity has always yearned to reach higher, climb further magnicent 06 :06 buildings symbolise power, success and technical leadership. The skyscraper age dawned over a hundred years ago Chicago and New York competed for 10:02: the title, Tallest Building in the World. Towering giants of glass and steel 10 each higher than the last. 10:02: 15 We now live in the age of the mega skyscraper . 10:02: 17 = Xpcb 'CZ+E= + LMJ ]6q=. 10:02 10:02: :32 19 10:02: 10:02 New Yorks tallest buildings were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, 35 :36 recognizable across the globe. Finished in 1977, they topped out at 417 meters. But Chicagos Sears Tower built in 1973 held onto the record the 10:02: ultimate expression of corporate and national pride. 48 = Zcb= k> , AL LM( +Y /024 ( \rAY e( A> +2 V> . b 1977 -J , 417 @+A4 LMJ +[ Z[YX+b . J( j(1973 -J +X+ , $/-'( Sears /0= X +[sJ = j[Lb . b t+E \` G`= $ VR( $> uXE (`

building. Trafc on roads slowmo. GVs of city buildings. GVs of New York World Trade Centre. GVs of Sears Tower.

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We now live in the age of the mega skyscraper .

= Xpcb 'CZ+E= + LMJ ]6q=. 10:02 10:02: :32 19 10:02: 10:02 New Yorks tallest buildings were the Twin Towers of the World Trade Centre, 35 :36 recognizable across the globe. Finished in 1977, they topped out at 417 meters. But Chicagos Sears Tower built in 1973 held onto the record the 10:02: ultimate expression of corporate and national pride. 48 = Zcb= k> , AL LM( +Y /024 ( \rAY e( A> +2 V> . b 1977 -J , 417 @+A4 LMJ +[ Z[YX+b . J( j(1973 -J +X+ , $/-'( Sears /0= X +[sJ = j[Lb . b t+E \` G`= $ VR( $> uXE (` VXE6b . 10:02: 10:02 59 :59 10:03: 10:03 THORNTON IV : ( Y4 +2 +E6A4 (G< 07 10:03: :09 Z( = 2= . b , VY<= +2u 09 e VY CE= (G< . THORNTON IV: The primary reason why people build tall buildings is ego. I mean its having the biggest thing on the block.

H&S of Bob Thornton. T/D building. H&S of Cesar Pelli / GVs of city buildings.

PELLI IV: Its pride, ego. Sky T/D to cityscape. Dissolve: Buildings P/ R. Map Asia. GVs of bridge/hotels/ buildings. P/R along buildings. 10:03: 10:03 It has always been an American contest. Chicago had held the crown 12 :13 unchallenged for two decades. No one had dared even try to compete but 10:03: now, a new young country joined the race. South East Asia entered the 1990s 16 with the worlds fastest growing economies tiger nations hungry for success.

10:03: 26 10:03: 27 10:03: 10:03 Now they wanted to show the world theyd arrived. One country, above all, 37 :37 wanted to put itself on the map by breaking the US monopoly on megabuildings Malaysia . Map 10:03: V E , JGkY<= , LMJ , 7 jC Malaysia. 45 +2 +E= eY MYL YCE= (` Z[^ Boxed shots 10:03: ob.b $ . Prime 48 Minister, Dr Mahathir. 10:03 Its Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, had turned Malaysia into a M/S of Dr 10:03: :51 regional powerhouse with a vision for the future . Mahathir 59 walking into ( j >Me ,Dr MA Z=L , $ ,HyY< 10:04: building. ARJ , > CLM V YM o> GkA . 06 H&S of Dr Mahathir T/ . He was determined to win global recognition he set a challenge that would D to desk. do just that. 10:04 MAHATHIR IV: Of the 5 Southeast Asian countries Malaysia was the least known, 10:04: :09 so in order to tell the world that we are here, we have arrived, we need something 13 spectacle and I think a tall building provides that answer. MAHATHIR IV : (6Y< $'J 4 >b Eu , $ ( M j= E .J 24 2

H&S of Dr Mahathir.

10:04: building. 06 H&S of Dr Mahathir T/ D to desk.

ARJ , > CLM V YM o> GkA . . He was determined to win global recognition he set a challenge that would do just that.

H&S of Dr Mahathir.

10:04 MAHATHIR IV: Of the 5 Southeast Asian countries Malaysia was the least known, 10:04: :09 so in order to tell the world that we are here, we have arrived, we need something 13 spectacle and I think a tall building provides that answer. MAHATHIR IV : (6Y< $'J 4 >b Eu , $ ( M j= E .J 24 2 VX <Y< k'Y^= , 24 >b '+|= (` }J^= , V $> '= X+b . +[24 ( G< MJ \L= .

Flash tower. 10:04: 10:04 GVs of 24 :25 buildings. 10:04: 26 Archive: Malaysian 10:04: 10:04 racecourse. 33 :38

But pushing at the boundaries of the possible meant taking risks big risks. A symbol of national pride could easily turn into the spectre of national humiliation . J VY<= >A2 , ( J 4_b A \>b . 7X e A . $ VR( $( VX C[ '= , LM( BE Z[= . . The year was 1991. The site of Kuala Lumpurs racecourse was about to become the centerpiece of the new Malaysia.

Trafc on road fast forward. Building T/ D. GVs of market.

10:04: 10:04 The brief was to create a pair of giant skyscrapers they were to be the new 46 :46 home of Malaysia's national oil company, Petronas, the biggest business in the country. They would transform the face of Kuala Lumpur. But there was a 10:04: catch . 47 10:04: ug }J(J , V [ 'CZ+E= +2 48 VY<b . > +[24 ( , $ $ Co 10:05 \`LM( E . +,. , +[ 7X 10:04: L/As of :02 eCo \`= . b /=e( ZL Gk 52 buildings. Y<= . J 2 V <kXjX C[ '= V>b . Train passing. 10:04: 59 T/S along . 10:05: roads fast 00 forward. The Prime Minister wanted it tall but he also wanted it to be uniquely GVs of Kuala Malaysian and that was no easy task. Traditional Malaysian architecture was 10:05: Lumpur. decidedly low-rise. 04

H&S of Cesar 10:05: 10:05 PELLI IV: They wanted a Malaysian building and that was important for them and Pelli. 28 :28 we asked them, what do you mean by Malaysian and they had no idea. PELLI IV : A_Y< V $Y +[= ( CE= (A4 , b A_Y< ZY6= (A4 . $Y +[= (` }J6A4 (` +( . Au= MJ J .

Cesar Pelli cut to model buildings. H/A of 3/S men.

10:05: 10:05 Cesar Pelli was already one of the worlds leading architects with nearly half a 15 :17 centurys experience designing skyscrapers, but he knew this one was different . 10:05: 25 Cesar Pelli , 6( Z(Q +[ \0A_4 VA , 6+L+ =b CE4 'CZ+E= +[= +E= = GA . J VY< en= . GG ' > +,. 'LMb (` .

PELLI IV : A_Y< V $Y +[= ( CE= (A4 , b A_Y< ZY6= (A4 . $Y +[= (` }J6A4 (` +( . Au= MJ J .

Cesar Pelli cut to model buildings. H/A of 3/S men.

10:05: 10:05 Cesar Pelli was already one of the worlds leading architects with nearly half a 15 :17 centurys experience designing skyscrapers, but he knew this one was different . 10:05: 25 Cesar Pelli , 6( Z(Q +[ \0A_4 VA , 6+L+ =b CE4 'CZ+E= +[= +E= = GA . J VY< en= . GG ' > +,. 'LMb (` . .

10:05: Islamic 38 woman walking through building cut to designs.

10:05 He soon discovered that when they said Malaysia they meant Islamic, and :39 Islamic art is utterly distinctive. A ''J , $ (` }JW= pcb , b hY <kY6b , h= 7 7 mLb= o>b , (` CE 10:05 :46 j[LA. Because Islamic law forbids depictions of people, it uses geometric designs like circles, or plants and letters of the alphabet.

M/S of Cesar 10:05: 10:05 PELLI IV: I think I looked at every book on Islamic art, every publish we had Pelli. 57 :58 piles of books here. H&S of Cesar Pelli looking through window. 10:06 10:06 But how to translate all that into a skyscraper? Pelli came up with a :04 :05 revolutionary two-tower design he linked them with a bridge half way up to make a symbolic gateway to the new Malaysia, something nobody had 10:06 attempted before. :08 Pelli ew to Malaysia to present his ideas to the key players it was a huge GVs of gamble. They loved the concept but the Prime Minster didnt think it was skyscrapers. 10:06 10:06 Malaysian enough . :14 10:06 :21 J J= X[ 'CZ+E= +[ G`b ? Pelli V Hands :17 opening 0+$ V /0L M+Lb( >A . V /02_= M paper. LMJ , V LM( f= >b VY<= . 0M $^Y V G/S of men K^g $(= . b V= oM V ZG$ . CGI: Blue towers Pelli , $^Y< >b >A , ( , ZY6 Au= appear in Z(XG< . b V 7X e l+= J V>b . JiVY<= shot. j[LMV>b . J j >Me, > M+LMJ b ^ , $L ( J (` \LA .

. 10:06 Pelli modied his design again and again. Each time, it was rejected. The :36 project, it seemed, was doomed before it even reached the drawing board. Then, a sudden breakthrough from a surprising source the Prime Minister took 10:06 things into his own hands . :48 Pelli , V M+ [L , @CE= , @CE= Gk LA . TUV Zn= ,b \eYX+b . X n= Z( , A M+24 hVC . V MA LMsV>b , V MA CEj[X0 . j >Me , M+ [L uJ ELbY BCA . .

Prime Minister sitting at desk, drawing.

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. 10:06 Pelli modied his design again and again. Each time, it was rejected. The :36 project, it seemed, was doomed before it even reached the drawing board. Then, a sudden breakthrough from a surprising source the Prime Minister took 10:06 things into his own hands . :48 Pelli , V M+ [L , @CE= , @CE= Gk LA . TUV Zn= ,b \eYX+b . X n= Z( , A M+24 hVC . V MA LMsV>b , V MA CEj[X0 . j >Me , M+ [L uJ ELbY BCA . . H&S of Prime Minister cut to drawing on paper. 10:06 10:06 MAHATHIR IV: I did try to put my ideas on paper in order to give it some Islamic :55 :55 inputs. MAHATHIR IV : h7 [= BEXG , ( ( 6LMJ ZG$ o( . His idea was for a oor plan based on two interlocking squares. In Islamic symbolism this represents order and harmony. At last, the Prime Minister was happy. But Cesar Pelli still had a problem the design wouldnt supply the oor space they needed. How could he satisfy the brief and the Prime Minister ? [X0Y< , V , CE 4jX0 b2 [XY BCb . h= <k+[J ( pV4 , c2< G`= Y= . `M , j >MeY< 7<> >= . J Cesar Pillai Y< , HA>b jg$ V>b . > M+LMJ , LbY<L LM( ^ <kXjX 'J . J X[ 2n= G`= j >Men= MVXM EL Z[n=? The Petronas Towers were deadlocked at the design stage. Finally, 8 months into the grueling process, architect Cesar Pelli produced a plan that pleased everybody. He embellished the oor plan with semi-circular scallops increasing space without destroying the underlying symbolism. They had their design now they were going to have to turn it into reality . +,. /024 M+ [Xj( pcb $Y jg$ >MLb. `M , +E kXELWY< j< , +[ A Cesar Pelliai V M+L BELA ,b n= 6]'Lb . A , V + 2< ['J [Lb , GkL , <kE IYJ , MXELMA . Au= Xpcb M+= VY< . G< A4 C [= BEYX6A4 . Boxed shots 10:07 10:07 The man faced with this mammoth challenge was structural engineer Charlie Charlie :46 :49 Thornton. Hed been involved from the beginning making sure Pellis unique Thornton. ideas could actually be built.

Prime Minister sitting at desk, drawing.

10:07 CGI: 10:07 :03 Interlocking :07 squares rotate. 10:07 :12 C/U of mans face. 10:07 :18 10:07 CGI: :21 Interlocking squares 10:07 rotate. :25 G/S of men Blue towers stand in shot. 10:07 :26

CGI: 10:07 Interlocking :38 squares plan 10:07 towers. :44

3/S men in lift

10:07 10:08 Thorntons a skyscraper specialist the best of the best. Now he was really :59 :00 going to earn his money. Thornton realised 15 meters higher would overtake the

6]'Lb . A , V + 2< ['J [Lb , GkL , <kE IYJ , MXELMA . Au= Xpcb M+= VY< . G< A4 C [= BEYX6A4 . Boxed shots 10:07 10:07 The man faced with this mammoth challenge was structural engineer Charlie Charlie :46 :49 Thornton. Hed been involved from the beginning making sure Pellis unique Thornton. ideas could actually be built.

3/S men in lift Thornton walks onto roof.

10:07 10:08 Thorntons a skyscraper specialist the best of the best. Now he was really :59 :00 going to earn his money. Thornton realised 15 meters higher would overtake the Sears Tower, the worlds tallest building. 10:08 :10

Sears Tower. H&S of 10:08 10:08 THORNTON IV: The prime minister asked, will this be the worlds tallest Charlie :16 :16 building? and Cesar Pelli said yes and the prime minister said, can you do it? Thornton. and Cesar turned around to me and said Charlie, can we do it? and I said, absolutely. THORNTON IV : j >Me +A " b 6 +[= < ? " (` . Cesar Pelli " = " (` }(A . @CE= j >Me +A , " 2J o Z[n ? " (` . Cesar MV=j , (m= +A " Charlie , =J o Z[n ? " ( " \g " (` }(( .

CGI: Petronas Towers.

10:08 10:08 The prime minister jumped at the chance to take the world record. Petronas was :29 :29 now to be 450 meters high the tallest building on earth . 0LLMJ = j[Y<= oXjJ , j >Me26A . +,. /024 Xpcb 450 @+A4 LMJ V6( , 6( 7 +[ . .

10:08 It was a colossal challenge the schedule was desperately tight. Normally, this :42 would have been an 8-year build the Malaysia budge only allowed for 6. To Construction 10:08 focus their minds, every day past the deadline would cost the builders more than work in :49 $700,000 5 million dollars a week . progress fast forward. b V 7Xe J . YE 7^= `Y V>b . , b ( +[24 + +E V24 <= . J 10:09 10:09 $'( ^ ^ ` CE4 +E= BELb . A4 :04 :04 <'Y , YE^Y< j< TUV _= , 700000 A_Y< J CGI: Petronas ^ <= . LMG< =b += A4 ^ . Towers build up. . 10:09 :12 Then the Malaysians did something very unusual the contracts for the two GVs of city towers went to two different construction companies. The Prime Minister buildings. believed competition would keep things on track. 10:09 Trafc on 10:09 :17 road T/S :22 to night. (Fast forward). The pressure was immense. To stay on schedule, construction would have to run uninterrupted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week an exhausting workload . cL= 'JJ V>b . +X [ Y , +[X Q4 , H>^ JJ , V Y< 24 Q Z= , LMG< c +_= Y CE= . 'J X_ .

build up. GVs of city buildings.

10:09 :12

. Then the Malaysians did something very unusual the contracts for the two towers went to two different construction companies. The Prime Minister believed competition would keep things on track. The pressure was immense. To stay on schedule, construction would have to run uninterrupted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week an exhausting workload . cL= 'JJ V>b . +X [ Y , +[X Q4 , H>^ JJ , V Y< 24 Q Z= , LMG< c +_= Y CE= . 'J X_ .

10:09 Trafc on 10:09 :17 road T/S :22 to night. (Fast forward). 10:09 10:09 :29 :35 CGI: 10:09 Petronas :36 Towers. GVs of New York.

. The Malaysians wanted the best men to lead their two teams. They wanted to learn from the experts. So they decided to play safe for the rst and last time in this rollercoaster project. They went to the place with a skyscraper track-record a century long New York city.

2/S in cab.

Boxed shots Bob Pratt. 10:10 :01

10:09 10:09 These two men were to be in charge of the rival teams. They had years of :51 :52 experience building tall, but they had plenty to learn about working in Malaysia. Foreman Bob Pratt was in charge of Tower One . 10:10 > CE mA_= , +[ <cYu( , p`XA V>A . :02 A4 += +EMJ V = 7YA4 , J $'J o , A4 \ G`YB4 C[ V>b . Z(mA Bob Pratt , ZJ /0LbY< , p`X V>A . .

H&S of Bob 10:10 10:10 PRATT IV: Suddenly there was a buzz in the air within our senior management that Pratt. :06 :06 there was this mega project were all gonna pack up and go off to the jungles of Malaysia and build the biggest buildings in the world. Boxed shots Bob Pratt and Jon Dunsford. 2/S of Bob and Jon. 10:10 10:10 Pratts rival was Tower Two foreman, Jon Dunsford . :16 :17 Pratt ( +[A , Jon Dunsford , Cb 10:10 /0LbY<p`X V>A . :20 . He was in France when he got the call. H&S of Jon 10:10 10:10 DUNSFORD IV: Be in Kuala Lumpur in 2 days. Dunsford. :24 :24 Trafc - T/S 10:10 10:10 along road. :27 :29 (Fast forward). 10:10 :34 Archive: Foundations of site. 10:10 :46 GVs of workmen working. The two men, complete with families, arrived in Malaysia their home for the next 6 years. The budget clock was already counting the time the time they had to nish the task. They found they couldnt even start. They hit a major obstacle before the rst bucket of concrete was poured there was something wrong with the ground . > VV= , 2_ Zc <E=Lb( $ >b'+A . m EL ` V2_Y< , b ( E . ^ ^ [=,LG Y6 =jLMV>b . A4 Z[Y <= L . A4 H2 Z['J . ZJ s Concrete GXEG< Z( A_Y< V e YJ >MY A>b . V jg$ , > \LMJ V>b .

. He was in France when he got the call. H&S of Jon 10:10 10:10 DUNSFORD IV: Be in Kuala Lumpur in 2 days. Dunsford. :24 :24 Trafc - T/S 10:10 10:10 along road. :27 :29 (Fast forward). 10:10 :34 Archive: Foundations of site. 10:10 :46 GVs of workmen working. The two men, complete with families, arrived in Malaysia their home for the next 6 years. The budget clock was already counting the time the time they had to nish the task. They found they couldnt even start. They hit a major obstacle before the rst bucket of concrete was poured there was something wrong with the ground . > VV= , 2_ Zc <E=Lb( $ >b'+A . m EL ` V2_Y< , b ( E . ^ ^ [=,LG Y6 =jLMV>b . A4 Z[Y <= L . A4 H2 Z['J . ZJ s Concrete GXEG< Z( A_Y< V e YJ >MY A>b . V jg$ , > \LMJ V>b .

. H&S of Bob 10:10 10:10 PRATT IV: It was one of those, like you say, worst things you can imagine Pratt. :52 :52 moments. PRATT IV : b V , JV= }JX J , \LbX AY 4 V= .

Archive: 10:10 10:10 The engineers discovered thered never been a proper survey of the site. They Foundations :57 :58 were staggered! They needed a clear picture of the ground beneath them before of site any work could begin . workmen. > \L , G< Z( , Z E o'J (` pkA4 CEj[LA4 . A4 4[X A4 . A4 > V n= , b2<= Z( , A_Y< , A_Y< ] 4 \LX Gk u V = X+b . . 10:11 The whole site came to a standstill. Every wasted day cost hundred of thousands :09 of dollars. Geologist began boring hundreds of drill holes, bringing up thousands of samples. They were looking for bedrock something solid to support the 10:11 massive towers. :17 The survey results were disastrous . 10:11 \ oA4 , G`YY b4 +E RYY C :27 Me BCE>A . A4 , T^ e /02L 2 , `M MAALA . J \ o^ Z[^4 7 V> .

. H&S of Bob 10:11 10:11 PRATT IV: What we found was, we were sitting not only on some decayed limestone, Pratt. :29 :29 but we were sitting on the edge of a cliff. PRATT IV : 24 ( CE j[L= (J , 24 A>MAXb V $^G V hC=0Y Gu( J +E= J , ( g$ 'u=jW= t ( .

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. H&S of Bob 10:11 10:11 PRATT IV: What we found was, we were sitting not only on some decayed limestone, Pratt. :29 :29 but we were sitting on the edge of a cliff. PRATT IV : 24 ( CE j[L= (J , 24 A>MAXb V $^G V hC=0Y Gu( J +E= J , ( g$ 'u=jW= t ( .

Archive: 10:11 10:11 At one side of the site there was solid limestone, but the rest of the construction Workmen on :35 :36 area was much softer, brittle rock. It would crumble under the immense weight site. of two 88-storey skyscrapers. If they built here, the soil would settle unevenly on one side the towers would sink or even collapse . 10:11 CGI: +EX <MR( V 0=,`M hC=0 G4 V> . J :47 Petronas @7V> <M Zcb= , ( , n= ( BC G Towers, sink V>b . b 88 [ +[LM( , 2J `26'E= . > into ground. 10:11 LMJ +[J , > C V0 , 7JJ [n= , J 10:11 :55 :58 /024 f]= Jb >b `2= . Archive: Workmen on site. . The team could end up with the Leaning Towers of Malaysia. The whole project was in jeopardy. Time was ticking away as they searched for a solution. M/S of Charlie Thornton. 10:12 10:12 THORNTON IV: We sort of took all of our prior thinking, threw it away, and said :09 :09 weve got to do something different here. THORNTON IV : 24 J Z(n= ELb , u k>= . 2 'LM ( o Z[^ o= .

Charlie unrolling plans.

10:12 10:12 Charlie Thorntons idea was nothing if not daring he proposed moving the :16 :17 entire building 60 meters onto the softer ground. It seemed like a mad idea but there was clear thinking behind it. They planned to drive a series of enormous piles 120 meters down through the soil, to the hard strata beneath. Then they could make their own bedrock on top the buildings were going to sit on a vast concrete raft. In effect they were going 10:12 10:12 to nail the towers to the ground with the worlds deepest foundations . :24 :33 Charlie Thonton -m( 7^= bQg (` . A , L +[Ln= , 60 @+A4 4u , ( \LMJ + e>b oA . > , V LML e>b . J ( j( V u $> V>b . A4 M+7+A4 , 120 [ LbY< CY<4 , e `M X0X MXb (` . J , AJ }> V ( X VY Z[n= . +[= > `M concrete Xj( J A>bB4_= . ( ' , A4 > /02_Y , 6( 7 .ML VYX 6A4 .

CGI: Petronas Towers move back. Piles.

10:12 :40

Archive: 10:12 Workmen driving piles :48 into ground. CGI: Piles Z/O to Petronas Towers.

. Archive: 10:12 10:12 It was early 1993. Construction nally got started. Building the foundation slab

Charlie Thornton.

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weve got to do something different here. THORNTON IV : 24 J Z(n= ELb , u k>= . 2 'LM ( o Z[^ o= .

Charlie unrolling plans.

10:12 10:12 Charlie Thorntons idea was nothing if not daring he proposed moving the :16 :17 entire building 60 meters onto the softer ground. It seemed like a mad idea but there was clear thinking behind it. They planned to drive a series of enormous piles 120 meters down through the soil, to the hard strata beneath. Then they could make their own bedrock on top the buildings were going to sit on a vast concrete raft. In effect they were going 10:12 10:12 to nail the towers to the ground with the worlds deepest foundations . :24 :33 Charlie Thonton -m( 7^= bQg (` . A , L +[Ln= , 60 @+A4 4u , ( \LMJ + e>b oA . > , V LML e>b . J ( j( V u $> V>b . A4 M+7+A4 , 120 [ LbY< CY<4 , e `M X0X MXb (` . J , AJ }> V ( X VY Z[n= . +[= > `M concrete Xj( J A>bB4_= . ( ' , A4 > /02_Y , 6( 7 .ML VYX 6A4 .

CGI: Petronas Towers move back. Piles.

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Archive: 10:12 Workmen driving piles :48 into ground. CGI: Piles Z/O to Petronas Towers.

. Archive: 10:12 10:12 Workmen :53 :57 building foundation slab trucks arrive. It was early 1993. Construction nally got started. Building the foundation slab was going to be a huge job in itself. If the concrete dried unevenly, the whole raft would crack it could seriously weaken its ability to support the giant building above, so they were going to have to pour it all in one go. That meant pouring concrete for 52 hours without a break a truckload every two and a half minutes . > CE 1993 . $ , +[X Q4 == 6 . VXM , .M= Xb ( , 7Xe >b . > Concrete -4 , 7JJ o>J , [+LMJ j^4 C<= . b CR , 7Xe +[L 2<= (X X ELb= , J A4 LMJ L Concrete -n= G CE= . ( AL= , 52 Q = 'J Concrete G CE= . C \7LMG< V C[ , concrete G CE= . 10:13 It was going to be the biggest concrete slab in Malaysian history. The logistics :25 were mind bending. Charlie Chelliah was in charge . 10:13 b $ Gk 7X e Concrete + MX 6b. :31 G 24 f jI> .GJ= Charlie Chelliah ( p`X0 . 10:13 10:13 CHELLIAH IV: Having not done this before, it shocked a few of us into a state of :35 :35 frenzy. CHELLIAH IV : G< Z( X[ oMJ , > MAg$ 2uJ $ jLb j[Y Lb .

Boxed shots: Charlie Chelliah. H&S of Charlie Chelliah.

Charlie on 10:13 10:13 For the rst 5 hours, everything went well. Then, the rains hit Kuala Lumpur site crane. :43 :43 the team had to think fast. They expected rain, but nothing like this. It was

Boxed shots: Charlie Chelliah. H&S of Charlie Chelliah.

10:13 It was going to be the biggest concrete slab in Malaysian history. The logistics :25 were mind bending. Charlie Chelliah was in charge . 10:13 b $ Gk 7X e Concrete + MX 6b. :31 G 24 f jI> .GJ= Charlie Chelliah ( p`X0 . 10:13 10:13 CHELLIAH IV: Having not done this before, it shocked a few of us into a state of :35 :35 frenzy. CHELLIAH IV : G< Z( X[ oMJ , > MAg$ 2uJ $ jLb j[Y Lb .

Charlie on 10:13 10:13 For the rst 5 hours, everything went well. Then, the rains hit Kuala Lumpur site crane. :43 :43 the team had to think fast. They expected rain, but nothing like this. It was torrential, heavy tropical rain. Raining 10:13 falling :54 The concrete could get too wet it looked like they were going to fall at the rst trucks hurdle. 10:14 moving. :01 The tiniest glitch of ground level would translate into a giant headache 450 10:14 Concrete meters up. Unless they could do something fast, the foundations would be :01 mixer ruined. lorries. 10:14 10:14 ZJ >b Q LMG< , J= eg (b . j< , /=0 :04 :08 Y6b . (J oL , M XC . GVs of lorries T/D to rain hitting ground.

Archive: Site foundations canvass.

10:14 10:14 The team came up with a dramatic solution. They covered the entire site in :21 :22 canvas the equivalent of 56 circus tents. Thanks to the biggest umbrella in the world, the foundations were nally laid successfully.

Archive: Underneath canvass to outside. Archive: Men working under canvass. Men working on site.

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6( 7X e <Y< (k4 . `MRJ .M= Gk X+b . 10:14 No one had ever poured this much concrete at the same time before it was only 10:14 :42 the rst world record broken by the Petronas towers. :43 10:14 :49

10:14 1994 dawned and, at last, the two tower teams could move in the race to the :52 top was on. It was a ght from the start. 1994 -= CE V I Z[>b . CE /02_= J yY6 =jL . A ZsJ Z[Xb ( +[ gLMJ V>b . b == Z VY6b . H&S of Bob 10:15 10:15 PRATT IV: We got the head start. Tower One started rst. Pratt cut to :01 :01 men working PRATT IV : 2_Y< ZsJ lJ V>b . ZJ /0= ZsJ on site. H2X+b .

under canvass. Men working on site.

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10:14 1994 dawned and, at last, the two tower teams could move in the race to the :52 top was on. It was a ght from the start. 1994 -= CE V I Z[>b . CE /02_= J yY6 =jL . A ZsJ Z[Xb ( +[ gLMJ V>b . b == Z VY6b . H&S of Bob 10:15 10:15 PRATT IV: We got the head start. Tower One started rst. Pratt cut to :01 :01 men working PRATT IV : 2_Y< ZsJ lJ V>b . ZJ /0= ZsJ on site. H2X+b . GVs of men working on site. 10:15 Bob Pratt in Tower One got a head start of a month. It looked like Jon :07 Dunsfords chances of winning the tallest building prize had already been snatched from his grasp. He took it coolly. Bob Pratt , ZJ /0X Q V = Z( H26'+A . 6( 7 A> +[LMG e ,A JG oX04 j V>b , V HYLM e>b . A u ELbY BCA . H&S of Jon 10:15 10:15 DUNSFORD IV: Was I disappointed that we started 30 days behind? It was part of Dunsford. :18 :18 the plan. And on 3 years, 4 years of your life, 30 days dont really make that much difference. DUNSFORD IV : A , ZXb +4 j(0 H26G , ( G= > ? b^= M+LM( V <M ( . f(` , (< V 24 ]'J , ZXb +4 V e 'LML VYb .

GVs of 10:15 10:15 The builders on both towers ran into trouble right from the start they had construction :29 :30 serious teething problems. in progress. CE /0LMW= +[= +EA4 , =LMsV> jg$ >MLA4 . H&S of Bob 10:15 10:15 PRATT IV: The rst few months of our operation was a disaster. Pratt. :36 :36 GVs of 10:15 10:15 Nothing went right. The schedule said each of the 88 oors had to be built in construction :41 :44 only 4 days. Right now, it was taking them 8. The sense of rivalry was mounting. in progress. H&S of Jon 10:16 10:16 DUNSFORD IV: Thats probably the rst time there was ever a dialogue of youve Dunsford. :00 :00 lost time against the other tower. Archive: Construction site T/U to low towers. Boxed shot Bob Pratt/ construction. Boxed shot Jon Dunsford/ construction. H&S of Jon Dunsford. H&S of Bob 10:16 10:16 The difference was clear Bob Pratts Tower One was winning over Jon :07 :09 Dunsfords Tower Two. 10:16 :12 10:16 :23

10:16 10:16 DUNSFORD IV: They denitely hit their stride and started to pull head. :15 :15 10:16 10:16 PRATT IV: It was very exciting you could stand back literally week by week and

GVs of construction in progress. H&S of Jon Dunsford. Archive: Construction site T/U to low towers. Boxed shot Bob Pratt/ construction. Boxed shot Jon Dunsford/ construction. H&S of Jon Dunsford. H&S of Bob Pratt.

10:15 10:15 Nothing went right. The schedule said each of the 88 oors had to be built in :41 :44 only 4 days. Right now, it was taking them 8. The sense of rivalry was mounting. 10:16 10:16 DUNSFORD IV: Thats probably the rst time there was ever a dialogue of youve :00 :00 lost time against the other tower. 10:16 10:16 The difference was clear Bob Pratts Tower One was winning over Jon :07 :09 Dunsfords Tower Two. 10:16 :12 10:16 :23

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10:16 DUNSFORD IV: They denitely hit their stride and started to pull head. :15 10:16 PRATT IV: It was very exciting you could stand back literally week by week and :19 watch this thing grow on the skyline of Malaysia.

Construction 10:16 10:16 Speed was vital if the builders were to meet their deadline, but the smallest error in progress. :26 :27 could weaken the buildings structure and wreck the whole project. CGI: 10:16 Petronas :38 Towers building up. + \0A4 ,A_ YE^Y<4 , +[ Z[YCE= (J , = 7 ZY6 '= . J V $` ` t , +X X ELM , L M+Ln= $Lb'E= . 10:16 The team were forced to use a new construction method, so the risk of mistakes :39 was even higher. Nobody had ever tried it on a mega skyscraper before. Workmen tightening bolts. 10:16 :48 A normal skyscraper hangs off a steel frame, built of girders, that supports the weight of the building.

10:16 Steel made the rst skyscrapers possible its immensely strong but also has a :49 slightly ex, something tall buildings need. But Malaysia didnt have a big Construction 10:16 enough steel industry and importing it would blow the budge to pieces. in progress. :53 B&W 10:16 10:16 'CZ+E= +[24 , V=0 CEJ oX+ , V Archive: :57 :58 Workmen V=0= +LMJ H26YBC[VY<= . ( +[LM( building rst 6 \G<= . skyscraper. VY< V=0 ( , 'C Z+E= ZJ +[= I<Lb . b M `Mn= , B= n= (n= V>b . b( +[2_Y< C0 . J $'J b ^ VY< 4 J . VY< V= Y<M ob= , M+g bCE $[Lb'E= . 10:17 10:17 What Malaysia did have was concrete vast amounts of it. It was the only way :16 :17 Petronas could be built. Not only was this the tallest building on earth, theyd be using a material never tried out on this scale before. An untested technology.

Workmen laying concrete welding.

10:17 :25 Instead of a steel frame to support the weight of the building, the Petronas Towers would use a ring of 16 concrete pillars linked by beams. Between them, they would have to support 270,000 tons seven and a half times the weight of 10:17 :36 10:17 the Titanic. No one had ever done this with concrete before. Archive: Foundations :36 10:17 of site. $'= ( V>b (J Concrete . M ^ Concrete . b :38 CGI: ( +,. /02 + V> I. Petronas Towers +[LM( 2 , V=0g +LMG<X MJ , +,. into oor.

Workmen laying concrete welding.

VY< V=0 ( , 'C Z+E= ZJ +[= I<Lb . b M `Mn= , B= n= (n= V>b . b( +[2_Y< C0 . J $'J b ^ VY< 4 J . VY< V= Y<M ob= , M+g bCE $[Lb'E= . 10:17 10:17 What Malaysia did have was concrete vast amounts of it. It was the only way :16 :17 Petronas could be built. Not only was this the tallest building on earth, theyd be using a material never tried out on this scale before. An untested technology.

Archive: Foundations of site. CGI: Petronas Towers into oor. H/A of skyscraper. CGI: In through oors of Petronas Towers.

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10:17 :25 Instead of a steel frame to support the weight of the building, the Petronas Towers would use a ring of 16 concrete pillars linked by beams. Between them, they would have to support 270,000 tons seven and a half times the weight of the Titanic. No one had ever done this with concrete before. 10:17 :36 $'= ( V>b (J Concrete . M ^ Concrete . b ( +,. /02 + V> I. +[LM( 2 , V=0g +LMG<X MJ , +,. /024 , V=0L CJ YX+ , 16 Concrete CX (ELb= . C_Y< E'J , 27000 ( L 26 \G<= . Titanic XX J , 2< b . b , Concrete - Lb X[ V ZG$ ob J . 10:17 Malaysias previous tallest building was just 250 meters high. The Petronas :57 Towers were going to be nearly twice that.

10:18 Archive: H/ 10:18 :06 A of :09 Petronas Tower shell T/U.

Conventional concrete would disintegrate under the load. The Petronas engineers needed a new formula concrete that could do the job of steel. It didnt just have to be strong, for an ultra-tall building there had to be a degree of exibility. Y Concrete , cL= BEY<= pcb $>b'E= . +,. pkA_Y< V 0M (E . VY6 V=j( oY t[ Concrete . b `M V>J +E= b . +[2_Y< , b V <kXj+ ^ Y t[^= VY CE= .

Cityscape. GVs of inside testing laboratory.

10:18 10:18 Chicago is the home of the skyscraper. Close to the city is CTL one of the :25 :25 worlds largest concrete testing laboratories. With concrete, tiny changes in the 10:18 recipe can make a huge difference to how it performs under pressure.And the :27 Petronas Towers could certainly push it to breaking point if not beyond. $/ , 'CZ+E= +[2u( J= . VY< 7 V6J , 6( 7X e Concrete g V>b . Concrete -u( , $k ' fYt` `E , b M cLLMJ X[ 2<= (MJ e `+Y BEY<= .

GVs of rocks/ cement.

10:18 As if that wasnt enough, they could only use raw materials locally to hand in 10:18 :52 Malaysia. The mix was essential just a pinch too much of one material could :55 be disastrous.

A4 VRJ 6Y<= fpV+ +E= ( (EL 10:19 Z[n= . fY t`u( 7 ZY6= . V $k^ M= GVs inside :00 10:19 :04 AYX+J t $ pV+4 , BE L CY<= . testing lab takes a

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GVs of rocks/ cement.

10:18 As if that wasnt enough, they could only use raw materials locally to hand in 10:18 :52 Malaysia. The mix was essential just a pinch too much of one material could :55 be disastrous.

A4 VRJ 6Y<= fpV+ +E= ( (EL 10:19 Z[n= . fY t`u( 7 ZY6= . V $k^ M= GVs inside :00 10:19 :04 AYX+J t $ pV+4 , BE L CY<= . testing lab takes a sample of concrete. In the lab, scientists worked their magic with the most basic ingredients gravel, water, cement. 10:19 They started with the recipe they knew, using Malaysia materials in the same :14 quantities they used in the States. For the test block, it was the moment of truth. The concrete for Petronas had to withstand 20,000 pounds a square inch the 600 mark on this dial. This small column of concrete needed to carry the equivalent of 20 trucks.

Column of concrete is tested.

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10:19 :25 The crushing weight was immense 200 on the dial wouldnt even be strong enough for a 20-storey building, 350 could support half the Petronas Towers. It wasnt good enough.

10:19 10:19 :42 Concrete +,. /0LbY Concrete , V b 2<LMJ , 20000 ^C+ :53 block 2 CE= . b > V'RJ , 600 04u4 CE= . disintegrates. > $k Concrete +[ , Vb V= 2u( 2 CE= . VY<= 7 M= .> V'RJ , 200 04u4 (b , Vb EY< [ +Yt 2b . 350 04u4 V>J M +,. /024 + bb . b b J . 10:19 10:19 It was back to the drawing board for the concrete wizards they had to redesign :59 :59 the mix from scratch. They were making progress but it wasnt strong enough to match the demands of the Petronas Design. The entire project depended on getting this right.

Concrete is mixed concrete columns collapse disintegrates. Concrete is remixed concrete column shatters.

10:20 They tried high tech additives such as silica left over from computer 10:20 :22 manufacture which reduced air bubbles in the concrete, making it stronger. It :23 was their last hope. Finally, success. 10:20 :40 A4 A K+ t+EX pV+ $sY ZG$ oA4 . Qpk eX0 \`2uJ $ . Concrete - `MY6E , MJV> G` <7]Y <L. b ( Au( $ =jY.

`M Gk 6Lb . 10:20 The team were delighted they had their super-strong material. And they CGI: Piles 10:20 :45 needed it a concrete Petronas Towers was going to be twice as heavy as a steel Z/O to :47 one. Petronas

Concrete is 10:19 10:19 mixed :59 :59 concrete columns collapse disintegrates. 10:20 Concrete is 10:20 :22 remixed :23 concrete column shatters. 10:20 :40

It was back to the drawing board for the concrete wizards they had to redesign the mix from scratch. They were making progress but it wasnt strong enough to match the demands of the Petronas Design. The entire project depended on getting this right.

They tried high tech additives such as silica left over from computer manufacture which reduced air bubbles in the concrete, making it stronger. It was their last hope. Finally, success. A4 A K+ t+EX pV+ $sY ZG$ oA4 . Qpk eX0 \`2uJ $ . Concrete - `MY6E , MJV> G` <7]Y <L. b ( Au( $ =jY.

`M Gk 6Lb . 10:20 The team were delighted they had their super-strong material. And they CGI: Piles 10:20 :45 needed it a concrete Petronas Towers was going to be twice as heavy as a steel Z/O to :47 one. Petronas Towers. With the concrete problem solved, the teams threw themselves into the race against time. Constructing each oor was a logistical nightmare up to 2,000 10:20 workers, tons of concrete and heavy equipment, all moving in perfect harmony. 10:20 :56 :59 Archive: It was a complex process build the support pillars, lay the oor, move on up to Construction the next level and repeat the process all over again. in progress concrete is poured. 10:21 :11 10:21 :13 CGI: Support pillars oors building up towers. 10:21 As the oors rose, the outside of the building was laboriously slotted into Archive: 10:21 :24 position an enormous 88-storey jigsaw puzzle. The complexity was immense, Construction :24 but things seemed to be going well. in progress. Then, a batch of the super strong concrete went for routine testing and it failed. Concrete being delivered to the building wasnt strong enough. Somebody hadnt stuck to the recipe. So the vital question had any of the dud 10:21 10:21 :39 batch already been built into the towers? Concrete :41 column Work came to a dead halt. If they went ahead with the wrong concrete, the shatters. results could be disastrous. 10:21 :44 Archive: 24 =jLb= , +[LM( uXYZ= , [ Concrete is XjJ VX =jLb . 7X jC , 88 EY<4 V poured 10:21 X 0MA . \ <X24 V> .J J _= ( towers under :59 > . construction. j< , V H<M $> Concrete -4 Y Y<g ( . Gk( Z[^ J' V>b . , VA , $> `MConcrete eY<= Z j(G'J . J V ZY6 4' c>b . " (ELM G /0LM( 24 +X +E '+ ?" (` . Zc \`LX+b . A4 > Concrete ( QL HA>J , Z[^4 7 VY<= .

CGI: Support pillars oors building up towers.

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10:21 As the oors rose, the outside of the building was laboriously slotted into Archive: 10:21 :24 position an enormous 88-storey jigsaw puzzle. The complexity was immense, Construction :24 but things seemed to be going well. in progress. Then, a batch of the super strong concrete went for routine testing and it failed. Concrete being delivered to the building wasnt strong enough. Somebody hadnt stuck to the recipe. So the vital question had any of the dud 10:21 10:21 :39 batch already been built into the towers? Concrete :41 column Work came to a dead halt. If they went ahead with the wrong concrete, the shatters. results could be disastrous. 10:21 :44 Archive: 24 =jLb= , +[LM( uXYZ= , [ Concrete is XjJ VX =jLb . 7X jC , 88 EY<4 V poured 10:21 X 0MA . \ <X24 V> .J J _= ( towers under :59 > . construction. j< , V H<M $> Concrete -4 Y Y<g ( . Gk( Z[^ J' V>b . , VA , $> `MConcrete eY<= Z j(G'J . J V ZY6 4' c>b . " (ELM G /0LM( 24 +X +E '+ ?" (` . Zc \`LX+b . A4 > Concrete ( QL HA>J , Z[^4 7 VY<= . Archive: GVs of Charles de Gaulle airport. 10:22 10:22 The consequences of concrete failure were brought starkly into focus more :06 :08 recently in France. At 7am on a Sunday morning, Pariss Charles de Gaulle airport was mercifully quiet. Passengers reported hearing creaks coming from the terminal roof. The 10:22 authorities moved to evacuate the building but they were too late a surprise :17 chain reaction left a 50-meter hole in the roof. On the oor below lay victims of 10:22 an avalanche of concrete and steel. Four people were dead. :31

Archive: Collapsed roof.

10:22 Investigators discovered weaknesses in the concrete had caused the collapse, yet :43 the Paris airport terminal was just two stories high. Kuala Lumpurs Petronas was going to be 44 times taller the devastation would be on a truly cataclysmic scale. The team had to make sure their towers could withstand every eventuality. CGI: H/A of Petronas Towers. Boxed shots Krishnaswa mi. 10:23 :02 10:23 10:23 Krish Krishnaswami had the tough job of making sure the concrete lived up to :07 :07 its exacting specs. If they had to rip the towers apart, it could mean nancial meltdown . 10:23 Krish Krishnaswami , [ Lb , Concrete -4 ( <kXj+ :13 E_Y<4 4 ( `M ob BCA. A4 > /02 Y C[ >J , ( AL= +[(\M VY[ . . H&S of 10:23 10:23 KRISHNASWAMI IV: Oh there were a lot of disagreements you know, a lot of

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the Paris airport terminal was just two stories high. Kuala Lumpurs Petronas was going to be 44 times taller the devastation would be on a truly cataclysmic scale. The team had to make sure their towers could withstand every eventuality.

CGI: H/A of Petronas Towers. Boxed shots Krishnaswa mi.

10:23 :02 10:23 10:23 Krish Krishnaswami had the tough job of making sure the concrete lived up to :07 :07 its exacting specs. If they had to rip the towers apart, it could mean nancial meltdown . 10:23 Krish Krishnaswami , [ Lb , Concrete -4 ( <kXj+ :13 E_Y<4 4 ( `M ob BCA. A4 > /02 Y C[ >J , ( AL= +[(\M VY[ . .

H&S of Krish.

10:23 10:23 KRISHNASWAMI IV: Oh there were a lot of disagreements you know, a lot of :19 :19 arguments. KRISHNASWAMI IV : 2_Y< en , 2 \ MAX04 V> , \ Y<24 V> .

Concrete pouring out. Archive: Towers under construction. 2/S men looking at plans. T/U to concrete on oor. H&S of Krishnaswa mi

10:23 10:23 Further investigations were slightly more encouraging. :21 :23 The bad concrete had only been laid on one oor. Krish Krishnaswami ordered 10:23 the contractors to rip it out and start again. :26 10:23 :28 G[ o^4 , $kb GL BEL . 10:23 :33 Concrete , V LMJ +E X+E4b . Krish 10:23 :36 Krishnaswami , ELb '+E , @CE= 0M Concrete + +A . 10:23 10:23 KRISHNASWAMI IV: It was a very stressful day. :42 :42 KRISHNASWAMI IV : b V 7<> cL= \> 4 .

Archive: Construction in progress laying cement oors. Cement lorries conveyer belt. Testing room man at computer.

10:23 10:23 It had been a narrow escape if the faulty batch of concrete hadnt been :44 :46 discovered, the results would have been unimaginable. The testing facilities were upgraded. Three concrete plants, right on site, meant 10:23 a problem with one wouldnt hold up the whole operation. Every batch would :51 10:23 now be tested to the limit before being poured into the Towers. :53 10:24 :00 ReRJ XjA4 . > Concrete +E= CEj[YXJ V>MV>J , ( Z[^ G o Z[ ^ V>MVY<= . M4 ALX+ . f(` Concrete eX0 HIg4 , +EX <Mu( V6J V> . V Concrete eX0 HIgRJ jg$ >W= , G CE HIg4 VXJ , +EX Q b . TUV H<M Concrete -= , GX EG< Z(0 , Z oX + .

10:24 Precious time had been lost. They were taking the towers apart before theyd Archive: T/ 10:24 :08 even built them. S along rod :10 to workers MX0 7<> = H>b '+b . A4 > /02 +E=

oor. H&S of Krishnaswa mi

10:23 10:23 KRISHNASWAMI IV: It was a very stressful day. :42 :42 KRISHNASWAMI IV : b V 7<> cL= \> 4 .

Archive: Construction in progress laying cement oors. Cement lorries conveyer belt. Testing room man at computer.

10:23 10:23 It had been a narrow escape if the faulty batch of concrete hadnt been :44 :46 discovered, the results would have been unimaginable. The testing facilities were upgraded. Three concrete plants, right on site, meant 10:23 a problem with one wouldnt hold up the whole operation. Every batch would :51 10:23 now be tested to the limit before being poured into the Towers. :53 10:24 :00 ReRJ XjA4 . > Concrete +E= CEj[YXJ V>MV>J , ( Z[^ G o Z[ ^ V>MVY<= . M4 ALX+ . f(` Concrete eX0 HIg4 , +EX <Mu( V6J V> . V Concrete eX0 HIgRJ jg$ >W= , G CE HIg4 VXJ , +EX Q b . TUV H<M Concrete -= , GX EG< Z(0 , Z oX + .

10:24 Precious time had been lost. They were taking the towers apart before theyd Archive: T/ 10:24 :08 even built them. S along rod :10 to workers MX0 7<> = H>b '+b . A4 > /02 +E= 10:24 Z( , G jeLbY BC[V>A4 . laying :14 cement oor. For the chief engineer Charlie Thornton, it was embarrassing and expensive. M/S of Charlie Thornton. Archive: Crane lifting objects workmen laying oor. 10:24 10:24 THORNTON IV: That hurts your ego. It hurts your sense of satisfaction. It can also :19 :19 hurt your pocket book. 10:24 10:24 More important for the two construction teams, they were struggling to stay on :25 :25 schedule. And if they didnt want to face hefty penalties, they were going to have to make up time and fast. CE <cY_Y<= V ZY6 '= , A4 YE^Y<4 Z[Y MkY BC[V>A4 . A4 LMsV>b XjY 10:24 10:24 J+E , ' Z[Y CE= . :37 :38

Archive: GVs of Petronas Towers under construction.

With their concrete problems behind them, the two teams building the giant Petronas towers needed to press ahead as fast as they could. 10:24 It was now 1995. Four years in, two years to go and the deadline for :46 completion was looming ever closer.

Boxed shots: Jon Dunsford. Boxed shots: Bob Pratt. CGI: Building up oors of towers. H&S of Bob Pratt.

Jon Dunsford in Tower Two was still behind. They started later and early snags 10:24 hampered their efforts to catch up. :54 10:24 :54 10:25 10:25 Bob Pratts Tower One team had held onto their lead, so far. :01 :01 As the demanding schedule slipped away from them, the two teams were beginning to feel the strain. 10:25 10:25 :06 :06 10:25 10:25 PRATT IV: The stress level was very high throughout the job. As we got started it was :12 :12 clear that some of our basic working assumptions werent right. That if we kept on the path we were going to go on, we werent going to make it.

10:24 It was now 1995. Four years in, two years to go and the deadline for :46 completion was looming ever closer. Boxed shots: Jon Dunsford. Boxed shots: Bob Pratt. CGI: Building up oors of towers. H&S of Bob Pratt. Jon Dunsford in Tower Two was still behind. They started later and early snags 10:24 hampered their efforts to catch up. :54 10:24 :54 10:25 10:25 Bob Pratts Tower One team had held onto their lead, so far. :01 :01 As the demanding schedule slipped away from them, the two teams were beginning to feel the strain. 10:25 10:25 :06 :06 10:25 10:25 PRATT IV: The stress level was very high throughout the job. As we got started it was :12 :12 clear that some of our basic working assumptions werent right. That if we kept on the path we were going to go on, we werent going to make it.

Archive: 10:25 10:25 It wasnt just faulty concrete that had caused delay, now the oor-laying process Workmen :27 :28 was creating a bottleneck. laying oors. Laying oors was the most time and labour intensive part of the construction process. In a normal Malaysian building it took up to 10 days per storey and, 10:25 because the oor helped stabilise the whole building, they couldnt build the :35 next oor on top until it was ready. Concrete +E= , LMG< = J . Xpcb , 7E= Qn= +ELM( L <Y6b . 7Eb ( , +EX QRJ M = G`= +4 X E= <M . , $( +[LMJ , V EY Z[Y 10 +4 X+b . (J = , L +[LM( `MY< b0e6b . V = J , EL L ( J + Z[b . 10:25 Wong Chin Fung led one of these oor-laying teams. They were fully aware they Boxed 10:25 :51 were holding things up. shots: Wong :52 Chin Fung. Wong Chin Fung , V 7E= <c^Y< 26A . A_Y< , A4 j(26 VXb (L en= . M/S of 10:25 10:25 FUNG IV: <speaking Malay> Wong Chin :59 :57 FUNG IV (English VO): I worked on Tower Two and we competed with the Fung. 10:26 CGI: L/A of :05 10:26 contractor on Tower One. :02 Petronas FUNG IV : ( Cb /0LMJ o( . 24 ZJ Towers T/ 10:26 U. /0Lb( +[R+|= . :13 10:26 :11 M/S of So, every day when we went to work, we had a look at what they had done on Tower Wong Chin One and wed done on Tower Two. Fung. J , MZ= Y<g JW= pcb , ZJ /0LMJ ( ob Z[Lb4A4 ( AX= G`= 24 ( Cb /0LMJ ob4= (` AX= .

Archive: P/ 10:26 10:26 They redesigned the ooring system from scratch to speed it up. They pushed L to Petronas :21 :21 the cycle time down to 4 days. But that didnt make things any easier. Towers under A4 , > X bYLMsV>b Gk , construction. XELMA . A4 hG$ L (< + <LA . b , A4 uY'J .

J , MZ= Y<g JW= pcb , ZJ /0LMJ ( ob Z[Lb4A4 ( AX= G`= 24 ( Cb /0LMJ ob4= (` AX= .

Archive: P/ 10:26 10:26 They redesigned the ooring system from scratch to speed it up. They pushed L to Petronas :21 :21 the cycle time down to 4 days. But that didnt make things any easier. Towers under A4 , > X bYLMsV>b Gk , construction. XELMA . A4 hG$ L (< + <LA . b , A4 uY'J . Archive: 10:26 10:26 They still had to go over to 24-hour working, seven days a week. It became the Towers :31 :32 site that never slept. under construction. A4 (= V Y< VLb (< Q = ,LMG< c 10:26 +_= o CE= . > +E Q , 2J :36 Archive: Xpcb= >b BC V>b . Petronas Towers Long hours took their toll. night T/U. H&S of Wong. 10:26 10:26 FUNG IV: <speaking Malay> :41 :40 FUNG IV (English VO): Sometimes we worked for 24 hours from 8 in the morning T/S of trafc 10:26 10:26 until 8 oclock the next day. So sometimes when I drove the car back, when I reached night. :47 :42 the trafc lights I stopped and then fell asleep in the car until the car behind honked H&S of 10:26 me and then I moved on. Wong. :51 Trafc on 10:27 road night. :01 H&S of Kris. Men working on building. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction T/U. Boxed shots: Bob Pratt. Boxed shots: Jon Dunsford. T/U up building Fast forward. L/A of crane cut to workmen. 10:27 10:27 KRISH IV: So we had to work 7 days a week as wel,l you know, and that was all we :05 :05 dedicated the two years of our lives you know. 10:27 10:27 The superhuman efforts started to pay off. Construction was at last back on :11 :12 track. Bob Pratts Tower One stood at 64 oors. Jon Dunsfords Tower Two still 10:27 lagged behind at 60. The race was on. :14 10:27 They were now more than 300 meters up, towering above every other building :17 in the city. 10:27 :21 10:27 Tiredness and stress led to mistakes. The Petronas Towers site was one of the :28 safest in the world. But working almost a third of a kilometer above the earth, 10:27 the slightest error could be fatal. :24 10:27 10:27 :28 :34

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H/A of ground from towers. 2/S on roof. H/A of ground from towers. Man climbing up

10:27 10:27 Even with the best safety precautions, it was an awesome height. :47 :47 Slender scaffolding, hard hats and safety ropes were all that stood between 10:27 workers and the immense drop. :51 10:27

Wong. :51 Trafc on 10:27 road night. :01 H&S of Kris. Men working on building. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction T/U. Boxed shots: Bob Pratt. Boxed shots: Jon Dunsford. T/U up building Fast forward. L/A of crane cut to workmen. 10:27 10:27 KRISH IV: So we had to work 7 days a week as wel,l you know, and that was all we :05 :05 dedicated the two years of our lives you know. 10:27 10:27 The superhuman efforts started to pay off. Construction was at last back on :11 :12 track. Bob Pratts Tower One stood at 64 oors. Jon Dunsfords Tower Two still 10:27 lagged behind at 60. The race was on. :14 10:27 They were now more than 300 meters up, towering above every other building :17 in the city. 10:27 :21 10:27 Tiredness and stress led to mistakes. The Petronas Towers site was one of the :28 safest in the world. But working almost a third of a kilometer above the earth, 10:27 the slightest error could be fatal. :24 10:27 10:27 :28 :34

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H/A of ground from towers. 2/S on roof. H/A of ground from towers. Man climbing up steps. H/A of ground from towers.

10:27 10:27 Even with the best safety precautions, it was an awesome height. :47 :47 Slender scaffolding, hard hats and safety ropes were all that stood between 10:27 workers and the immense drop. :51 10:27 :52 Even the most experienced could nd themselves paralysed by fear. 10:27 :57 10:28 :02

10:28 Workmen on :03 roof. H&S of Wong. CGI: Petronas Towers. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. 10:28 :08 FUNG IV: <speaking Malay>

10:28 FUNG IV (English VO): So I looked down there were 42 levels below me. If we fell 10:28 :09 down wed fall 42 levels straight down. :19 10:28 10:28 Mid 1995. Eighteen months to go. :19 :20 1995 = CE LMJ . (= M+E 24 VY6b 10:28 :24 As the towers took shape, they began to dominate the Kuala Lumpur skyline. 10:28 10:28 :29 Beneath the sky-walkers of the exterior, attention now turned to the inside of the towers. It wasnt enough to build the walls these had to be living, breathing :36 buildings. 10:28 10:28 The complex was to consist of ofces, a shopping centre and an eight hundred:40 :41 seat auditorium.

H/A of Petronas Towers. Interior of Petronas

H&S of Wong. CGI: Petronas Towers. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction.

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FUNG IV: <speaking Malay>

10:28 FUNG IV (English VO): So I looked down there were 42 levels below me. If we fell 10:28 :09 down wed fall 42 levels straight down. :19 10:28 10:28 Mid 1995. Eighteen months to go. :19 :20 1995 = CE LMJ . (= M+E 24 VY6b 10:28 :24 As the towers took shape, they began to dominate the Kuala Lumpur skyline. 10:28 10:28 :29 Beneath the sky-walkers of the exterior, attention now turned to the inside of the towers. It wasnt enough to build the walls these had to be living, breathing :36 buildings. 10:28 10:28 The complex was to consist of ofces, a shopping centre and an eight hundred:40 :41 seat auditorium. 10:28 :49 With ten thousand people using the towers every day, the biggest challenge was getting them where they wanted to go.

H/A of Petronas Towers. Interior of Petronas Towers. Public entering building fast forward. T/S around building. CGI: Floor plan of elevators Petronas Towers. T/S of empty room. H/A of shops on oors of building to H/A to oor. Elevator rising up. Cityscape of Petronas Towers time lapse. Reception area public passing. 4/S VDU screens. GVs of elevator cables to elevator.

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10:28 :55 10:28 10:28 Elevators take up a lot of space, something the slender Petronas towers didnt :59 :56 have to spare. The core of a building like the Sears Tower would take up a huge proportion of the oor-space of Petronas. They needed a radical new solution.

10:29 10:29 :02 :02 To solve the problem, they brought in Otis, the company who literally invented 10:29 the elevator. :07 10:29 :12 10:29 :13

10:29 10:29 They went for high-speed elevator cars, but they couldnt make them run as fast :20 :20 as theyd like to. People in Asia dont like to go as quickly as Americans. 10:29 :28 A4 7 7(Y6Y A (ELMA . J , A4 \L , Y Z['J . eYAX 10:29 g J , $ Y_Y< 'VX= J . :33 They still needed four times the space they had available.

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10:29 10:29 It was a real headache for the engineers.Getting people around looked like :38 :38 being the Achilles heel of the Petronas Towers.Then they came up with an ingeniously simple answer. b pkA_Y< , CR e s V>b . A4 G< V u , 0LMsL 'n( >A .

10:29 They used what Petronas had plenty of height. They stacked two elevators on :50 top of each other double-decker cars. When people enter the Towers, they choose whether theyre going to go to an

Reception area public passing. 4/S VDU screens. GVs of elevator cables to elevator. 10:29 :34

\L , Y Z['J . eYAX 10:29 g J , $ Y_Y< 'VX= J . :33 They still needed four times the space they had available.

10:29 10:29 It was a real headache for the engineers.Getting people around looked like :38 :38 being the Achilles heel of the Petronas Towers.Then they came up with an ingeniously simple answer. b pkA_Y< , CR e s V>b . A4 G< V u , 0LMsL 'n( >A .

10:29 They used what Petronas had plenty of height. They stacked two elevators on :50 top of each other double-decker cars. When people enter the Towers, they choose whether theyre going to go to an odd or even oor.

10:30 :01 For odd oors, they stay at lobby level and use the bottom deck of the car. But even oors, they go up a oor and use the upper deck. 58 double elevators can Public in 10:30 service both Towers. reception :07 area fast 10:30 forward to :07 A4 V 7(Y6R( J (( EY6A4 . Double Decker boxed shots. A4 . Y4 +[LMJ K>b= , A4 G C Jb + C ( A>EY CE= . G C 2_Y< , A4 GjLM \(` , 7(Y6R( ] LM kYB4= . J + C LbY<g J , V = kg (` 7(Y6R( J LMJ kYB4= .58 CEY< 7(Y64 V /02uW= 0en= .

CGI: Red boxes traveling up Petronas Towers. Cables public getting out of elevator Elevator travelling up and down. CGI: Towers. Public in reception fast forward.

10:30 10:30 Then, they doubled up again. The system uses two double elevators in every :22 :22 shaft. An express elevator goes halfway up, to whats called the sky-lobby, and then passengers change to a local elevator. Never more than 70 seconds to reach 10:30 any oor. :36 10:30 :47 j< , CE 2< Y6A4 . > X0 , TUV C[W= CE CEY< 7(Y6X (ELMb . '^ 7(Y6 , G0 = (` YXE= , M LMJ 4 = JW= . ( j< Q4 , X<MRJ 4 7(Y6_Y< kY B4A4 . > V Ln= , 70 '[_Y< J b . This ingenious solution meant the elevator core would be half the size. They hit the nal months of 1995 year ve of the 6-year schedule. b ( V 0LMsL A^ (J , b 7(Y6R( LM( MY <Y<= . A4 1995 C[( `M 2 V26A4 . ` VY Y E'J , >= CE .

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Boxed shots Bob Pratt. Boxed shots Don Dunsford.

10:31 10:31 Outside in Tower One, Bob Pratt was still two oors ahead of Jon Dunsford in :02 :03 Tower Two 72 against 70. Hed led the race from the start. 10:31 They were nally on schedule. They thought the end was in sight, when disaster :05 struck. 10:31

10:30 public getting out :47 of elevator Elevator travelling up and down. CGI: Towers. Public in reception fast forward. 10:30 10:30 :50 :56 10:30 :57 10:30 :57

j< , CE 2< Y6A4 . > X0 , TUV C[W= CE CEY< 7(Y6X (ELMb . '^ 7(Y6 , G0 = (` YXE= , M LMJ 4 = JW= . ( j< Q4 , X<MRJ 4 7(Y6_Y< kY B4A4 . > V Ln= , 70 '[_Y< J b . This ingenious solution meant the elevator core would be half the size. They hit the nal months of 1995 year ve of the 6-year schedule. b ( V 0LMsL A^ (J , b 7(Y6R( LM( MY <Y<= . A4 1995 C[( `M 2 V26A4 . ` VY Y E'J , >= CE .

Boxed shots Bob Pratt. Boxed shots Don Dunsford. Archive: T/ U towers under construction.

10:31 10:31 Outside in Tower One, Bob Pratt was still two oors ahead of Jon Dunsford in :02 :03 Tower Two 72 against 70. Hed led the race from the start. 10:31 They were nally on schedule. They thought the end was in sight, when disaster :05 struck. 10:31 10:31 :08 :13 ZJ /0LbY< u , Bob Pratt , Jon Dunsford - ' , CE 24 Z(mRJ V>A . Z72 b Z= 70 b Z= . =LMsV> , > +[RJ Z(mRJ 4A . `MA4 YE^Y<4 V>A4 . V BE AL Y6 pcb , A4 Z[^ CY+E= LMJ (` \LA4 . 10:31 With a mega-build on this scale, progress had to be monitored in depth. Bob :19 Pratt was about to get some bad news. > Me 7X e +E2uJ , TUV =+n= , mY CE=. Bob Pratt -Y V +oM LMV>b .

H&S of Bob 10:31 10:31 PRATT IV: The most stressful period for me on the project and for the team at a time Pratt. :30 :29 when the structure reached about the 72nd oor. Our surveying manager came to us one day and said, I think weve got a little bit of a problem. Man 10:31 surveying :38 site. 10:31 H&S of Bob :41 Pratt. 10:31 PRATT IV : Y<= , <c^Y<= cL = b . > /0= 72 Man :45 b L > pcb , 2_ o^ A ,2u= surveying >b V 'Lg }(A . " ( \Y6( , Y< V $` site. jg$ VY6b " (` . Archive: 10:31 10:31 Petronas :47 :47 Towers under construction. 10:31 10:31 Building :57 :57 Z/O. 10:32 :10 Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. Precisely 25 millimeters of problem. The worst had happened Tower One wasnt straight. It was about the width of a thumb off vertical. Even worse, news leaked out and this was a very public project. It wasnt enough to jeopardise the buildings structural integrity, but the Petronas Towers were a prestige venture and it was an embarrassment something they could really do without. bJs 25 7Js@+A jg$ . 7 '= >b'+b . ZJ /0= J . b V +'J ^ o>MV>b . b +[LM( [X0 VX+ <Y b J . J +,. V MX0 7Y , bQ ZG$ . > jg$ 2L BELb . . . X Y A4 b o CE= . 10:32 If Bobs team carried on the way it was going, the situation would get worse and :13 worse. He was at his wits end even the weather seemed to be conspiring

H&S of Bob :41 Pratt. 10:31 Man :45 surveying site. Archive: 10:31 10:31 Petronas :47 :47 Towers under construction. 10:31 10:31 Building :57 :57 Z/O. 10:32 :10 Archive: Petronas Towers under construction.

PRATT IV : Y<= , <c^Y<= cL = b . > /0= 72 b L > pcb , 2_ o^ A ,2u= >b V 'Lg }(A . " ( \Y6( , Y< V $` jg$ VY6b " (` . Precisely 25 millimeters of problem. The worst had happened Tower One wasnt straight. It was about the width of a thumb off vertical. Even worse, news leaked out and this was a very public project. It wasnt enough to jeopardise the buildings structural integrity, but the Petronas Towers were a prestige venture and it was an embarrassment something they could really do without. bJs 25 7Js@+A jg$ . 7 '= >b'+b . ZJ /0= J . b V +'J ^ o>MV>b . b +[LM( [X0 VX+ <Y b J . J +,. V MX0 7Y , bQ ZG$ . > jg$ 2L BELb . . . X Y A4 b o CE= .

CGI: Towers building up. H&S of Bob 10:32 10:32 PRATT IV: The thing that I think really, kind of, really stuck you every afternoon Pratt. :24 :24 youd be in the middle of having worked all morning. Kind of youd get to late afternoon, and here would come the typical Malaysian Kuala Lumpur afternoon downpour. GVs of rain falling. H&S of Bob Pratt. CGI: Building up oors of tower. Petronas Towers night. Dissolve: Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. CGI: T/U towers. Boxed shot: Jon Dunsford. Archive: Building work in progress. H&S of Jon Dunsford. 10:32 :40

10:32 If Bobs team carried on the way it was going, the situation would get worse and :13 worse. He was at his wits end even the weather seemed to be conspiring 10:32 against him. :16

People would run for cover and the workers would desert the area, and youd say, how are we ever going to gure this out, hows it going to happen?

10:32 10:32 :50 :50 10:32 10:32 The Tower One team had to resist the urge to panic. :58 :59 Carefully, they started to correct the problem building the tower back towards vertical. The next sixteen oors would slant two barely-visible millimeters back 10:33 10:33 into line. Plans had to be recalculated. It was a setback Bob Pratt could ill :04 :04 afford. 10:33 :08 10:33 :16 ZJ /0 QY<c , ZsJ +J VY CE= . , A4 > jg$ e o b26A4 . @CE= /0L 2<L RJ + b26A . 2<Lb Y<G EL M` 2_= C_Y< e ,$ 7Js@+A4 o>b VY<= .M+2 @CE= `Y< o CE= . b Bob Pratt -( sJ V 'AY Z[ j(^ .

10:33 10:33 Jon Dunsford in Tower Two was right on his heels. The race was really hotting :20 :21 up as they moved into the nal straight. 10:33 :25 Jon Dunsford , Cb /0LMJ e RJ V>A . >X +[ Eb , `MY+ Q4 =jL^( .

10:33 10:33 JON DUNSFORD IV: Can Tower Two catch Tower One? And it was almost every :29 :29 two days. I mean, the binoculars were there. JON DUNSFORD IV : Cb /0= , ZJ /0L j[Y Z[n ? M+ CE Y< VZ , HyY64 2 V> .

Jon Dunsford. Archive: Building work in progress. H&S of Jon Dunsford.

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up as they moved into the nal straight. Jon Dunsford , Cb /0LMJ e RJ V>A . >X +[ Eb , `MY+ Q4 =jL^( .

10:33 10:33 JON DUNSFORD IV: Can Tower Two catch Tower One? And it was almost every :29 :29 two days. I mean, the binoculars were there. JON DUNSFORD IV : Cb /0= , ZJ /0L j[Y Z[n ? M+ CE Y< VZ , HyY64 2 V> .

CGI: Floors 10:33 10:33 building up :38 :38 T/D towers. 10:33 :49

The two towers now stood at over 80 oors. But the safety of high-rise buildings was about to become the next nightmare for both teams.

The Petronas Towers are now the tallest buildings in Asia, even unnished, a towering symbol of Malaysias national pride. A horric incident 15,000 kilometers away made their very height a source of vulnerability.

Archive: Oklahoma bomb explosion.

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10:34 Oklahoma, April 1995. :10 Timothy McVeigh parked a van packed with explosives outside the concrete10:34 built Murrah Federal Building. The deadly explosion put the world on high :14 terrorist alert. It seemed all public buildings were now at risk from terrorism, especially ones as prestigious as the Petronas Towers. Work in progress. H/A of reception fast forward. Surveillance room Z/I to VDU. CGI: Towers piles. Digger. Cityscape night. 10:34 10:34 The Oklahoma attack sent the Petronas builders back to the drawing board. :36 :36 They needed to look urgently at provisions for the Towers safety. 10:34 :40 10:34 10:34 :41 :42 10:34 The rst weak spot was right beneath the building, where a bomb could do most 10:34 :46 damage. Originally, there were three levels of parking beneath the towers. Now, :47 people would park under the shopping complex. 10:34 :56 10:34 Some security and life-support systems were moved out of the building to a 10:35 :59 concealed location elsewhere in Kuala Lumpur. :02 But there was worse news to come. In Oklahoma, the total damage was far greater than expected from the homemade bomb. What contributed to the devastation was the failure of one of the supporting columns of the building next to the bomb, which brought down the whole faade. Petronas relied on similar concrete columns. The team needed to know if their massive towers were just as vulnerable.

Archive: 10:35 10:35 Oklahoma :05 :07 bombing 10:35 devastation. :10 10:35 :26 CGI: Petronas Towers.

10:35 It was a serious concern eighty oors up, it was way too late to redesign the :33 towers. 10:35 Emergency calculations brought a surprising result. They showed that not only

Digger. Cityscape night.

10:34 :56 10:34 Some security and life-support systems were moved out of the building to a 10:35 :59 concealed location elsewhere in Kuala Lumpur. :02 But there was worse news to come. In Oklahoma, the total damage was far greater than expected from the homemade bomb. What contributed to the devastation was the failure of one of the supporting columns of the building next to the bomb, which brought down the whole faade. Petronas relied on similar concrete columns. The team needed to know if their massive towers were just as vulnerable.

Archive: 10:35 10:35 Oklahoma :05 :07 bombing 10:35 devastation. :10 10:35 :26 CGI: Petronas Towers.

10:35 It was a serious concern eighty oors up, it was way too late to redesign the :33 towers. 10:35 Emergency calculations brought a surprising result. They showed that not only :50 would the Petronas Towers have withstood the kind of blast that brought down Oklahoma, the towers could afford to lose three of the sixteen major columns in each.

Public in reception area fast forward.

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10:35 The painstaking design process and commitment to quality had resulted in an :54 awesomely stable structure. 10:36 They were satised the building itself could survive an attack, but the people :02 inside were another issue. Fire is the nightmare that haunts all designers of tall 10:36 buildings. They had to have a way of getting people out, and fast. :16

Archive: Cook County Ofce Building Fire.

10:36 If they got it wrong, it could be a disaster. :17 2003. Downtown Chicago. Fire Drill: People Leaving Building. The workers at Cook County Ofce Building knew not to use the elevators 10:36 10:36 during a re. It didnt help them the escape staircase itself lled with smoke. :43 :27 With no alternative exit route, six people didnt make it out alive. 10:36 The Petronas team had to make sure a re couldnt trap workers in the upper :47 oors, where emergency ladders couldnt reach them. 10:36 But they had two towers at their disposal. If they could make the two buildings :57 function as one, then each could be the others escape route. Petronas Building Night. CGI: Skybridge. Hands Pointing To Picture Of Skybridge. GVs Of Skybridge. 10:37 10:37 But right now, there was a 60-meter gap between the two towers and safety. :19 :20 The answer was architect Pellis most startling innovation of all. The skybridge was the most brilliant part of the whole design. 10:37 10:37 :27 :26 10:37 10:37 The bridge meant, in an emergency, people from one tower could escape down :36 :35 the other. It halved the need for staircases. In the past, links like this had only ever been built near ground level. It was a daring leap of imagination.

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Petronas Building Night. CGI: Skybridge. Hands Pointing To Picture Of Skybridge. GVs Of Skybridge.

10:37 10:37 But right now, there was a 60-meter gap between the two towers and safety. :19 :20 The answer was architect Pellis most startling innovation of all. The skybridge was the most brilliant part of the whole design. 10:37 10:37 :27 :26 10:37 10:37 The bridge meant, in an emergency, people from one tower could escape down :36 :35 the other. It halved the need for staircases. In the past, links like this had only ever been built near ground level. It was a daring leap of imagination.

10:37 :40 10:37 CGI: Towers :44 to skybridge. 10:37 The sky-bridge made the Towers instantly recognisable across the globe the :50 nishing touch that created architect Cesar Pellis gateway to the future. Archive: Petronas Towers. 10:38 It was also a nightmare for the engineers. All tall buildings sway in the wind. If 10:38 :00 the Towers stood independently that wouldnt matter. But with a bridge xed :04 between them, their movement could cause catastrophic strains. 10:38 The team needed the towers to sway as little as possible. It was up to Charlie :14 Thornton. M/S of Charlie Thornton. Reection of turbine. Wind testing cut to model buildings. 10:38 10:38 THORNTON IV: There are many high-rise buildings where literally, as you walk into :24 :20 the bathroom and you look in the toilet bowl, you will see the water sloshing around because the building is swinging. 10:38 :30 10:38 10:38 Tests in the wind tunnel showed Petronas was going to be one of the most stable :35 :36 tall buildings ever built. Using tons of concrete had caused huge weight headaches during design and construction, but that same weight signicantly reduced sway.

10:38 :44 10:38 Even so, the towers would still move and there was nothing more they could do CGI: 10:38 :54 about it. Towers Z/I :57 To Skybridge. 10:39 They came up with an ingenious solution. GVs of 10:39 :02 bearings. :06 Enormous bearings would allow the bridge to move freely, but they would also 10:39 keep it exactly between the towers. :08 Boxed Shot: 10:39 10:39 Jon Dunsford, leading the Tower Two team, got the bridge gig. It was up to him H&S Of Jon :16 :16 to lift the colossal structure into place. Bob Pratt in Tower One was pleased to be Dunsford. a spectator. Archive: T/ 10:39 :20 U Towers. Boxed Shot: 10:39 Bob Pratt. :24 H&S of Jon. 10:39 10:39 DUNSFORD IV: Lets talk about 400 ton thats more than a 747 and you have to lift :28 :28 it. PRATT IV: Were glad they got to do it rather than us we didnt need the headache. 10:39 :36 Construction 10:39 10:39 They were relying on the skybridge to make the huge building safe if they of Building :40 :40 couldnt haul it into place, the towers would be a potential death trap for cut to thousands. The team couldnt afford for the lift to go wrong. bearings. Archive: 10:39 10:39 The Prime Minister himself was watching. And, thanks to the international H&S of Bob.

H&S Of Jon Dunsford. Archive: T/ U Towers. Boxed Shot: Bob Pratt.

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to lift the colossal structure into place. Bob Pratt in Tower One was pleased to be a spectator.

10:39 :24 H&S of Jon. 10:39 10:39 DUNSFORD IV: Lets talk about 400 ton thats more than a 747 and you have to lift :28 :28 it. PRATT IV: Were glad they got to do it rather than us we didnt need the headache. 10:39 :36 Construction 10:39 10:39 They were relying on the skybridge to make the huge building safe if they of Building :40 :40 couldnt haul it into place, the towers would be a potential death trap for cut to thousands. The team couldnt afford for the lift to go wrong. bearings. Archive: 10:39 10:39 The Prime Minister himself was watching. And, thanks to the international Prime :54 :54 media, so was the rest of the world. Could they lift the now famous skybridge? Minister cut to skybridge and cranes. 10:40 If anything went wrong it would be a very public spectacle. :05 10:40 Jon Dunsford decided the skybridge should be assembled on the ground and :11 lifted into place in one gigantic piece. It was a logistical nightmare. H&S of Bob. 10:40 The closest anyone had ever come before was in bridge construction so the :20 Tower Two team borrowed bridge-building techniques. They were going to lift the skybridge using sixteen hydraulic jacks. 10:40 Its 8:30 in the morning. Theyve allowed themselves 20 hours to get up 170 :34 meters. 10:40 It was a painfully slow process, and one fraught with danger. After each lift, just :41 30 centimeters at a time, the cables had to be tied off and the jacks reset. H&S of Jon. 10:40 10:40 DUNSFORD IV: On the morning that the sky bridge was gonna go up, local TV :53 :53 companies came out, all the dignitaries came out, everybody was ready. They started, Cables. the rst jack went three hundred millimeters, it was level. We were all ecstatic H&S of Jon. 10:41 everyone says when are you gonna start. Archive: :02 Towers and 10:41 skybridge :06 hauled into 10:41 place. :12 10:41 The team were delighted with their progress even if the reporters werent. :11 10:41 But then the unimaginable happened. In the intense tropical climate of Kuala :15 Lumpur, lightning was a frequent visitor. Today, it wasnt a welcome one. 10:41 H&S of Jon. 10:41 :28 :29 GVs of rain and 10:41 lightening :37 storms. H&S of Jon. 10:41 :45 Petronas Towers 10:41 night :54 lightning strikes. 10:41 :56 DUNSFORD IV: It gets dark every day around seven oclock. We were scheduled to be done around eight oclock. The storm came back lightning went off, all the control systems went blank, all the lights went out. And here we are. Now what do you do?

As the site plunged into darkness, the enormous skybridge was left dangling in mid-air.

place.

:12 10:41 The team were delighted with their progress even if the reporters werent. :11 10:41 But then the unimaginable happened. In the intense tropical climate of Kuala :15 Lumpur, lightning was a frequent visitor. Today, it wasnt a welcome one.

10:41 H&S of Jon. 10:41 :28 :29 GVs of rain and 10:41 lightening :37 storms. H&S of Jon. 10:41 :45 Petronas Towers 10:41 night :54 lightning strikes. 10:41 :56 H&S of Jon. 10:42 :02 Building collapsing 10:42 slow-m. :08 Archive: 10:42 sky-bridge :14 hanging cut to jacks.

DUNSFORD IV: It gets dark every day around seven oclock. We were scheduled to be done around eight oclock. The storm came back lightning went off, all the control systems went blank, all the lights went out. And here we are. Now what do you do?

As the site plunged into darkness, the enormous skybridge was left dangling in mid-air.

10:42 DUNSFORD IV: I just visualised a nightmare of eight hundred pieces between the :02 two towers falling, one at a time.

10:42 The Petronas skybridge lift was hanging in the balance. The team didnt know :14 how long the jacks could support the bridge without power. They werent designed for this. They had to get the lift moving again. 10:42 The electricians worked frantically to get the system up and running. The hours :28 ticked away. 10:42 Finally, they were ready. It was well into the second day. Just as they thought :25 they were going to make it, the lightning struck again. 10:42 The bridge was still tantalisingly 20 feet short of its destination. They were :47 ready to go again. But the weather wasnt nished with the Petronas skybridge. 10:42 :55 10:43 Three times, the cranes were struck as they fought to lift the bridge into place. :01 Three times the control circuits burned out. 10:43 A nerve-racking 20 hours turned into a nerve-shredding 36 hours. Success was :10 so near, yet so far.

Archive: Engineers xing crane legs.

10:43 At last, the weather gave them a much-needed break. Finally, the bridge reached :20 the top of its 170-meter hoist. The moment of truth. Had they got their 10:43 calculations right? Would the bridge t onto its massive legs? :27

10:43 At last, something went right. The bridge was a perfect t. :36 The relief was overwhelming. 10:43 :41 10:43 10:43 DUNSFORD IV: People are saying, well what do we do next? And so, being the :43 :43 typical American, I said, Lets go to Tower One.

H&S of John.

T/S through 10:43 10:43 Jon and his team raced across the bridge. The last 3 meters were just open steel sky-bridge :50 :50 with no railings. Then a one-meter gap across a ve hundred foot drop. They fast forward. jumped it The very rst people to cross between the two towers.

legs. 10:43 At last, something went right. The bridge was a perfect t. :36 The relief was overwhelming. 10:43 :41 10:43 10:43 DUNSFORD IV: People are saying, well what do we do next? And so, being the :43 :43 typical American, I said, Lets go to Tower One. 10:43 10:43 Jon and his team raced across the bridge. The last 3 meters were just open steel :50 :50 with no railings. Then a one-meter gap across a ve hundred foot drop. They jumped it The very rst people to cross between the two towers. 10:43 :52 10:44 :03

H&S of John. T/S through sky-bridge fast forward. Archive: Sky-bridge hanging. L/A of Petronas Towers night. Dissolve: Petronas Towers night. GVs of skyscrapers. C/U of model building rotates to C/U. H/A of Petronas Towers T/ U. Archive: Workmen constructing towers Towers.

10:44 10:44 Petronas could now be the safest tall buildings in the world. The awe-inspiring :06 :07 skybridge meant each tower had an escape route through the other.

10:44 :18 10:44 :22 10:44 :28

10:44 But was it enough? :18 10:44 For some, the age of the skyscraper is already over low-rise buildings seem less :21 vulnerable in a more fearful world.

10:44 Could this inspiring symbol, rising ever taller over downtown Kuala Lumpur, :35 fulll its promise for Malaysia, and still guarantee the safety of those who will 10:44 use it? :47

10:44 The grueling race between the two Petronas towers to be the tallest building on :49 earth reached its nal stage. It was December 1995, with only weeks left until completion of the exterior .
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. Boxed shot: Jon Dunsford. Boxed shot: Bob Pratt. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. H&S of Bob Pratt. 10:45 The contest went down to the wire. From the start, Jon Dunsford had been 10:45 :01 behind in Tower Two. But now it was time for Bob Pratt to nd out what it felt :04 like to come second. 10:45 :07 10:45 :08
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10:45 10:45 PRATT IV: I know our team was disappointed that we didnt get to the top rst, but :11 :11 we got a little bit resigned to the fact that it was going to happen.
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. Boxed shot: Jon Dunsford. Boxed shot: Bob Pratt. Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. H&S of Bob Pratt. 10:45 The contest went down to the wire. From the start, Jon Dunsford had been 10:45 :01 behind in Tower Two. But now it was time for Bob Pratt to nd out what it felt :04 like to come second. 10:45 :07 10:45 :08
+[ ( Z[^ J V26b . =LMsV> ,Jon Dunsford , Cb /0LMJ j( 26 V>A . J ,Bob Pratt , C= = (J ( (` C[ = >b'+b .

10:45 10:45 PRATT IV: I know our team was disappointed that we didnt get to the top rst, but :11 :11 we got a little bit resigned to the fact that it was going to happen.
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Archive: Petronas Towers under construction. River T/U to Sears Tower.

10:45 10:45 But completing the 88th oor wasnt the end of the story. The Petronas Towers :21 :21 still werent as high as Chicagos Sears Tower, the tallest building in the world. There was one nishing touch before they took the crown the pinnacles . 10:45 :26 88 b EY +[^( Z['J . (= +,. /024 , 6( A> + , $/-'( Sears /02u( = J . A4 6L , EXG< Z(0 V `M V>b . b /02u( g$ +Eb . .

Building pinnacles.

10:45 10:45 The pinnacles were why Petronas would win the Worlds Tallest title. The :36 :36 ofcial calculation includes the height of spires. The antennas that top the Sears Tower didnt count . Sears Tower 10:45 Z/I. :44 ( g$4 ( , +,. /024 6( += += Y = .MX A YEX0 tA Ln= 4Y6b . Sear /02u( J 4 =j4 YEXjJ b . . CGI: H/A of 10:45 10:45 The pinnacles were enormous structures in themselves 60 meter steel columns, Towers. :48 :48 as high as another fteen storeys, gently tapering to a ball on the top.

Pinnacles. Archive: Top of Petronas Tower men working. Archive: Police escorting lorry. Workman welding.

10:45 10:45 They were manufactured off-site and out of the country. One came from Korea, :59 :58 the other from Japan. 10:46 :04 10:46 The Japanese pinnacle, for Bob Pratts Tower One, fell behind schedule. They :05 lost crucial days but it didnt seem to matter, because the Malaysians had 10:46 stopped the race. :12

10:46 10:46 To create maximum public impact the plan was for the two pinnacles to go up :16 :16 together.

Pinnacles. Archive: Top of Petronas Tower men working. Archive: Police escorting lorry. Workman welding.

10:45 10:45 They were manufactured off-site and out of the country. One came from Korea, :59 :58 the other from Japan. 10:46 :04 10:46 The Japanese pinnacle, for Bob Pratts Tower One, fell behind schedule. They :05 lost crucial days but it didnt seem to matter, because the Malaysians had 10:46 stopped the race. :12

10:46 10:46 To create maximum public impact the plan was for the two pinnacles to go up :16 :16 together. M + Y4 L VY , V /0 g$_= ( cX CE= (b( M+= .

H&S of Krish.

10:46 10:46 KRISH IV: It was a conscious decision that we had, that we wanted both the towers :22 :21 to go up together. KRISH IV : CE /02_= LMJ cX CE= (b , 24 (A^( EL Z[^ .

Archive: 10:46 10:46 Top of :27 :27 Petronas Tower men working.

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H&S of Jon. 10:46 10:46 DUNSFORD IV: There were very, very few conversations between the tower teams, :36 :36 when it came to the pinnacle... I did not share what was going on with him and didnt ask him what was going on with his. Man welding. 10:46 H&S of Jon. :44 10:46 :46 DUNSFORD IV : CE /0 Q_Y<= E'J gh AL4 (`= e J ...b^= /0 g$ (` > pcb ...( ( ob BC[VY6( (` e= 6A>bB4'J ,G`= A ( obBC[VY6A (` ( +^= J .

Chains Man welding.

10:46 10:46 Bob Pratt in Tower One knew nothing of what was about to happen. :51 :52 ZJ /0LMJ VY<= , Bob Pratt -Y< ( YX 6b (` (`= eb . 10:46 Jon Dunsford had a secret plan to reach the top rst. His team constructed the :56 entire pinnacle inside the tower, hidden from view. No one knew what they were going to do until it was too late to stop them. Among his team the atmosphere 10:47 was electrifying. :05 Jon Dunsford , ZsJ VG , V $L M+= LMV>A . V <c , > L g$n= , /0Y +[LbY<4 L +E= oA . V ARW= 'J . A m EXb [= ( \ V= , A4 ( o6A4 (` VVY<= eX MJ . V <c'( l]\ Ag$X VY6J V>b .

Archive: Top of Petronas Tower men working.

10:47 DUNSFORD IV: Next time you see this, its gonna be taller than the Sears Tower. H&S of Jon. 10:47 :12 And we went back down and about 45 minutes later it was. :14 DUNSFORD IV : EL Z , 24 X AY<= pcb , b Sears

Chains Man welding.

10:46 10:46 Bob Pratt in Tower One knew nothing of what was about to happen. :51 :52 ZJ /0LMJ VY<= , Bob Pratt -Y< ( YX 6b (` (`= eb . 10:46 Jon Dunsford had a secret plan to reach the top rst. His team constructed the :56 entire pinnacle inside the tower, hidden from view. No one knew what they were going to do until it was too late to stop them. Among his team the atmosphere 10:47 was electrifying. :05 Jon Dunsford , ZsJ VG , V $L M+= LMV>A . V <c , > L g$n= , /0Y +[LbY<4 L +E= oA . V ARW= 'J . A m EXb [= ( \ V= , A4 ( o6A4 (` VVY<= eX MJ . V <c'( l]\ Ag$X VY6J V>b .

Archive: Top of Petronas Tower men working.

10:47 DUNSFORD IV: Next time you see this, its gonna be taller than the Sears Tower. H&S of Jon. 10:47 :12 And we went back down and about 45 minutes later it was. :14 DUNSFORD IV : EL Z , 24 X AY<= pcb , b Sears /02 ' VY<= . 24 26g (q= , 45 \72_Y<X j< , Sears /0L' b b . Doors open 10:47 10:47 to reveal :21 :21 spire on tower building. H&S of Jon. 10:47 10:47 :28 :28 H&S of Bob. H&S of Jon. 10:47 :30 Under cover of darkness, the lift went without a hitch. Tower Two was the tallest building on earth. V4 l]> \RJ , 7(Y6 >' n= JJ (b . Cb /0= ( 6 7 A> +[= . DUNSFORD IV: I called Bob and I left him a message. I said. DUNSFORD IV : ( Bob Lb , V oM VY<g }(( ... PRATT IV: Hey Bob just wanted to let you know, its 3am PRATT IV : o Bob , Y< V 'L e'Y CE= . Xpcb Q M Q f(` ...

10:47 10:47 :33 DUNSFORD IV: Were now taller than the Sears Tower this is the tallest building :33 in the world. DUNSFORD IV : b /024 Xpcb Sears /0L ' . 6 b( 7 +[= . CGI: H/A of 10:47 10:47 It was a clear victory for Tower Two. Tower One celebrated its own exterior Towers. :37 :38 completion a week later. The title Tallest Buildings in the World now belonged to Kuala Lumpur. Petronas Towers T/ 10:47 Theyd done it within the six-year deadline, with days to spare. It was an :42 U to spire. awesome achievement . 10:47 Archive: 10:47 :52 Cb /0LbY< , b V u Gk . ZJ /0= ,V Towers completion :49 LbY<X j< ,( uX0 Q Z[Lb , Z[ BC[b . celebration. 6( 7 += ( += , Xpcb /W=AY<g }>= . A4 ` CE YE'( $ +_Y< Z( , /02 +[ Z[LA . b V 7X e .

. 10:47 The towers were an immediate hit. :58 10:48 10:48 THORNTON IV: Oh, I think the Petronas Towers are just absolutely spectacular.

H&S of

10:47 :33 :33

DUNSFORD IV: Were now taller than the Sears Tower this is the tallest building in the world. DUNSFORD IV : b /024 Xpcb Sears /0L ' . 6 b( 7 +[= .

CGI: H/A of 10:47 10:47 It was a clear victory for Tower Two. Tower One celebrated its own exterior Towers. :37 :38 completion a week later. The title Tallest Buildings in the World now belonged to Kuala Lumpur. Petronas Towers T/ 10:47 Theyd done it within the six-year deadline, with days to spare. It was an :42 U to spire. awesome achievement . 10:47 Archive: 10:47 :52 Cb /0LbY< , b V u Gk . ZJ /0= ,V Towers completion :49 LbY<X j< ,( uX0 Q Z[Lb , Z[ BC[b . celebration. 6( 7 += ( += , Xpcb /W=AY<g }>= . A4 ` CE YE'( $ +_Y< Z( , /02 +[ Z[LA . b V 7X e .

. 10:47 :58 10:48 10:48 :04 :04 10:48 10:48 :08 :08 The towers were an immediate hit. THORNTON IV: Oh, I think the Petronas Towers are just absolutely spectacular. Their unique, inspiring silhouette has become a symbol of the country and the whole region.

H&S of Thornton. Petronas Towers. L/A M/S of Cesar Pelli.

10:48 10:48 PELLI IV: This was my hope to come close to what the Eiffel Tower did for Paris, :13 :13 for these towers to do for Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia. PELLI IV : b ( b =jY . Eiffel /0= , e. LbY< ( o , > +,. /024 $^Y<= , /=VY<= on= .

L/A Petronas 10:48 10:48 Exactly as the Prime Minister dreamt, they put Malaysia, unforgettably, on the Towers :24 :24 map . night. j >Me X[ ^ C, , X , A4 $ Y [ , LMJ MLA. H&S of Prime Minister. P/R across city night. 10:48 10:48 MAHATIR IV: Whenever people see the building they will think of Kuala Lumpur. :31 :31 10:48 MAHATIR IV : 2J= Y4 +[2 C6A , :35 2J= A4 /= \LbY B4A4 .

GVs of Petronas Towers night.

10:48 The Petronas Towers have overcome natures most ferocious elements and a 10:48 :36 catalogue of monumental challenges any of them could have doomed the :38 project. And for the people who worked on it countless tales of rivalry, conict, bravery and unrelenting effort.

CGI: H/A of 10:48 10:48 The men and women who helped build them will never forget what they Towers :50 :52 achieved here. P/R over city 10:48 buildings. :57 10:48 The fears havent gone away even as new buildings now challenge for Dissolve: T/ 10:49 :58 Petronass title, the dangers for super-tall structures are brought home more

Petronas Towers night.

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project. And for the people who worked on it countless tales of rivalry, conict, bravery and unrelenting effort.

CGI: H/A of 10:48 10:48 The men and women who helped build them will never forget what they Towers :50 :52 achieved here. P/R over city 10:48 buildings. :57 Dissolve: T/ D Petronas Towers. Archive: Fire in building. L/A of Petronas Towers T/ U. GVs of Kuala Lumpur city night. Fast forward. Public in reception area Fast Forward. Petronas Towers rotates fast forward. L/A of Petronas Towers T/ U. Dissolve: Towers in sunset. 10:48 The fears havent gone away even as new buildings now challenge for 10:49 :58 Petronass title, the dangers for super-tall structures are brought home more :00 sharply with every passing day. 10:49 10:49 The events of September 11th called into question the safety of this kind of :07 :09 landmark building. They now seem as vulnerable as they are prestigious . 10:49 :15 10:49 :19 X=A 11 == , b (` $( '2<= +[2u( bX Gk 4'4 cXjb . T^ MX0 7Y , ^ Lb7Y^= e6(. .

10:49 But the Petronas Towers future as a global icon is guaranteed. 10:49 :21 :26 These are buildings unlike any other inside as well as out. The risks and six years of struggle have paid off. 10:49 :30 10:49 :34 10:49 :41 The Petronas Towers have made it, a unique and glorious mega structure . J , +,. /024 6( $(= (b `Mb . > /024 , 4n= un= , ( > +[24 . ` CE , [ XjG< 6L <M . > +,. /024 , 6( mg $> G`= V= +[^= VELb'+ .

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