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Pickering Operations Complex

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Roof
  
177 m (581 ft)

Height
  
177 m

Opened
  
1989

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Type
  
Commercial offices

Floor count
  
43 2 basements

Floors
  
43

Owner
  
Singtel

Architect
  
Kenzō Tange

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Alternative names
  
City Telecoms Centre, Pickering Operation Centre, Singapore Telecom, SingTel

Location
  
Raffles Place, Downtown Core, Singapore

Similar
  
Lippo Centre, One George Street, OCBC Centre, Maybank Tower, 8 Shenton Way

The Pickering Operations Complex is a 177 m (581 ft) skyscraper at 20 Pickering Street, in Raffles Place in the central business district of Singapore. The tower is situated adjacent to OCBC Centre and One George Street.

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Map of Pickering Operations Complex, Singapore

History

Pickering Operations Complex was designed by Kenzo Tange Associates, and was completed in 1986. Other companies involved in the development of Pickering Operations Complex included Singapore Telecommunications Limited, Meinhardt (Singapore) Private Limited, Meinhardt (Singapore) Private Limited, and Meinhardt (Singapore) Private Limited.

Architecture

Pickering Operations Complex is mainly made out of reinforced concrete. The architecture of the building bears much similarity to OCBC Centre, which was completed one decade earlier. In fact, the OCBC centre is situated just next to Pickering Operations Complex.

Facilities and equipment

Designed as a Telecom hotel or co-location facility, Pickering Operations Complex naturally has many technical equipment that cater to telecommunications. There are two "technical floors" in the building, the 5th and the 29th floor. The tower is one of many buildings and trunk exchange centres that belong to Singtel. However, it is Singtel's only building that is in the central business district, Raffles Place.

The building uses the EY3600 building management system, which is equipped with the novaPro Open management level. The automation stations of the nova family, monitors and controls the mechanical ventilation for the air conditioning system and the lighting. The fire-alarm system, the lifts, the lowvoltage system, the emergency power system and the sanitary facilities are also monitored and controlled by the EY3600.

Technical equipment

The building's technical equipment comprises:

  • 8 refrigeration plants, each with a capacity of 300 tons
  • 24 air-handling units
  • 14 fan-coil units
  • 16 control centres on various floors
  • 77 air-conditioning systems for the EDP rooms
  • References

    Pickering Operations Complex Wikipedia