World’s Second Tallest Building for Phnom Penh?
A 555-metre tower planned for Diamond Island is to go ahead, and expert engineers from China and Vietnam are studying the river bank and calculating the strength of the foundations needed to support the building.
The building plan will not be changed and now the company is studying the site before setting a clear deadline to start constructing, according to Keo Sothy, assistant to deputy CEO of builders OCIC. “When the Diamond Tower will be built, it will become a part of the promotional beauty of Phnom Penh and will become one of the highest buildings in the world as well,” he said. …
Touch Samnang, project manager of OCIC’s Diamond Satellite City of OCIC, previously told the Post the building will be completed in 2017, after the company’s Riviera project is completed.
The Diamond Tower will be built on the same line running between the Independence Monument and the Chuon Nat statue. …
