RBTT ROYAL COURT

Project Name: RBTT Royal Court       

Type of Project: Structural (Commercial)

Director in Charge: Anthony Farrell

Design Engineer: Anthony Farrell

Design Team: Gillespie & Steel Ltd. (Architects)

                       C.E.P Limited (Structural Engineers)

                       Enco. (Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)

                       Beaver Construction Ltd (Contractor)

Year of Commencement: 1992

Date of Completion: 1994

Cost (TTD): $35 million

Building Description:

RBTT Royal Court is located at the corner of Park and Henry Street, Port of Spain. The office building is 7 stories high from ground level plus one underground parking level. The structure is supported on normal spread footings. At basement level, there is a 125mm thick reinforced concrete (r.c) slab on grade. The floors above the basement consist primarily of a prestressed-precast r.c concrete floor slab system (spancrete hollow core) with a 25mm thick levelling screed. This floor slab system is supported by r.c insitu circular columns (675 mm diameter) and beams. One unique feature of this building is its unusual glass façade whose supporting structure was engineered by C.E.P Limited.