Project Name: Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel
Host Country: Macao SAR China
Project Duration: September, 2004 – September, 2008
Project Specification:
The second highest landmark building in Macao is Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel which is situated at the center of the most prosperous business district in Macao, with the total area of construction project, aproximately 170000m2 (228m high, a 4-basement with48-floor building which has covering an area of 13000 m2). Its external structure is quite unique, such as the golden lotus in full bloom. The project is divided into two sections: the foundation and the building construction, which constitutes the core tower foundation, the podium, and the bored pile foundation below the basement(the construction of basement, podium, and tower). The basement is poured through by the "Top-down method". The core tube below the ground floor of the tower adopts the "Partial steel sheet pile support open cut method" and the surrounding basements are constructed at the same time to connect with the steel structure of the podium in time.
Characteristics and Significance of the Project:
The Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel built by Zhenhua Macao is an architectural legend in Macao. As it is unique in appearance and has a structure of high requirements in architectural technology, the project demands that the building structure be complete in stages as soon as possible to speed up the progress of decoration and electromechanical installation.
Incase of difficulties and challenges, the project can be enhance through the process of technical analysis as well as the overall planning on the project construction management. The "partial steel sheet pile support open cut method" of the core tube and the "top-down method" of the (podium building and basement structure) are closely interspersed. The operation layout is adjusted in time, and the coordination management is strengthened on the project sections, thus successfully overcoming many difficulties such as poor construction space environment and multi-layer crossing of processes, which took years to perform the contract on time, with quality and quantity guaranteed. The owner was globally recognized and received extensive praise from the society, and in addition won the title of "Gold Award of steel structure in Hong Kong and Macao SAR".
The completion of the Macau Grand Lisboa Hotel has profoundly affected the development of Macao's architectural style since then and has helped Macao become famous in the world and become a symbol of Macao's prosperity because of its exquisitness and bright posture.