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, multi-use, 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