Pyramid Facts and Figures
- - Number of floors: 48
- - Largest floor: The fifth, measuring 145 feet per side and containing 21,025 square feet of space
- - Smallest floor: The 48th, measuring only 45 feet per side and containing 2,025 square feet of space
- - Total space: 530,000 square feet
- - Total height: 853 feet, including the 212-foot spire
- - Number of elevators: 18, with two reaching the top floor
- - Number of windows: 3,678
- - Type of base: Four-level, multiuse, including lobby, restaurant and garage
- - Components of base: Approximately 16,000 cubic yards of concrete, encasing more than 300 miles of steel reinforcing rods.
- - Exterior material: White precast quartz aggregate
- - Excavation commenced: December 1969
- - Depth of excavation: 52 feet
- - Depth of concrete mat foundation: Nine feet, the result of a 24-hour continuous concrete pour
- - First steel placed: November 1970
- - First occupancy: Summer 1972
- - Number of people working in the Pyramid: More than 1,500, employed by more than 50 firms
- - Maximum number of parking spaces in the building's underground garage: 280
- - Architect: William L. Pereira & Associates
