Experts Share Insights at Cambodia’s First Ever Tall Buildings Forum

• 26 June 2018
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Dozens of experts from both the government and private sectors gathered at Cambodia’s first ever Tall Buildings Forum to share their visions and knowledge on current and future issues for Tall Buildings in Cambodia across the spectrum of planning, design, technology, building operations, safety measures, sustainability and long-term development.

Organised by the European Chamber of Commerce in Cambodia (EuroCham) in cooperation with Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) on 26 June at Sofitel Phnom Penh Phokeethra, Phnom Penh, the half-day forum welcomed more than one hundred professional participants from various sectors including construction companies, engineers, architects, and other related agencies.

Via a panel discussion, the forum discussed the challenges and opportunities of constructing and managing tall buildings in Cambodia as well as many significant topics such as tall building design and its impact on urban planning, technical constraints and challenges, tall buildings and the urban landscape, and finally the impact on Cambodia’s development model.

“Since the population in Cambodia especially in Phnom Penh has been increased rapidly, the city’s space has become more limited. Therefore, the concept of Tall Buildings has become very popular in the past few years,” said Tassilo Brinzer, Vice-Chairman of EuroCham in his opening remarks at the forum.

“Tall buildings allow developers to save to more space. Those spaces can be used to create more green space as well as public space to make development become more sustainable and eco-friendly,” he added, “For Cambodia, the tall building can be considered as a new concept. We still need to learn more about the engineering and architectural techniques to ensure that all the buildings we build are safe, strong, sustainable, and energy-efficient. This is the reason why we decided to arrange the tall building forum today.”

Besides the visions and techniques shared by experts from the private sector, the Ministry of Land, Urban Planning, and Construction has also urged all developers to strongly focus on safety factors in all the tall buildings in Cambodia.

“We are currently working closely with the Ministry of Interior regarding the safety measure rules and regulations inside the tall buildings in Cambodia. We can go as tall we can, but one thing I would like to ensure for all developers is the safety factor. We would like to make sure that every procedure of all construction projects follow the law and regulations of the Kingdom of Cambodia,” said undersecretary of state H.E. Lao Tep Seyha.

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