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China World Trade Centre, Phase III

Beijing, China

Client: China World Trade Centre

Parsons Brinckerhoff Role: Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Drainage Consultant

China World Trade Centre, Phase III
At the time of construction, Phase III of the World Trade Centre development was the largest construction project inside Beijing’s Central Business District (CBD). The development opened in August 2010 with a gross floor area of 5.5 million square feet (515,000 square meters) in a 1,082-foot- (330-meter-) tall tower which is the capital’s tallest building. The development provides facilities for the 278-room Shangri-la Hotel in addition to class-A intelligent office space. Other facilities include a Grand Ballroom with seating for 2,000 guests; a three-story retail building with a multi screen cinema complex, restaurants and food courts; and a four-story basement for car parking and support facilities.

Parsons Brinckerhoff served as the mechanical, electrical, plumbing and drainage (MEP) consultant with responsibility for all MEP systems design. The elevator system has 63 Schindler Elevators, 50 of which are capable of traveling at speeds of 33 feet (10 meters) per second, making them the fastest elevators in China. Parsons Brinckerhoff was also responsible for related government and authorities’ submissions, tendering analysis, computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation and fire engineering studies.

Parsons Brinckerhoff contributes to the design and construction of high-rise structures around the world.  Collaborating with internationally renowned architects, Parsons Brinckerhoff’s design engineers, project managers and construction managers bring the highest level of technical innovations to allow high-rise structures to become viable, and for all buildings we work on to be usable and comfortable spaces for their occupants.

We support the increasingly sophisticated needs of  clients who are building larger, safer and more energy-efficient buildings, by providing advanced mechanical and electrical (M&E) designs.

We also emphasize sustainability in this area, and employees from all over the globe are prepared to offer sustainable solutions for building projects. Nearly 200 of our employees are accredited as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) professionals. We also have employees who are accredited by Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM), Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment Method (BEAM), CEEQual (UK environmental assessment method), the Green Building Council Australia’s GreenStar, and NABERS (Australian performance-based rating system for existing buildings).

Parsons Brinckerhoff’s specialist services for high-rise structures include sustainability and green building systems design; fire engineering; high-speed vertical transport systems engineering; intelligent building management systems design; plant room layout and location planning and design; project management; construction management; and security monitoring and control systems design.

Many of our projects focus on enhancements; with our expertise in condition assessments, renovation design and adaptive reuse, we help our clients uphold today's standards for safety, convenience and aesthetics.