Construction
At its basement is the Elements shopping mall, which opened in October 2007. Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse moved into ICC and occupy 16 and 12 floors respectively, Deutsche Bank occupies 12 floors with the option to expand to 18 floors.
Construction work was temporarily halted on 13 September 2009 due to an elevator shaft accident which killed six workers.
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Famous quotes containing the word construction:
“When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.”
—Edmund Burke (1729–1797)
“There is, I think, no point in the philosophy of progressive education which is sounder than its emphasis upon the importance of the participation of the learner in the formation of the purposes which direct his activities in the learning process, just as there is no defect in traditional education greater than its failure to secure the active cooperation of the pupil in construction of the purposes involved in his studying.”
—John Dewey (1859–1952)
“No construction stiff working overtime takes more stress and straining than we did just to stay high.”
—Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter and director, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)