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Construction of Mirax City's Federation Complex in Moscow, which is being managed by Turner Construction - International LLC, is now well advanced. The mixed-use development includes two towers, the 354 m high, 93-storey Tower A and the 240 m high, 62-storey Tower B, on a common podium. A 432 m high spike containing lift and stair cores will connect the two towers. When completed in 2007, the Federation Complex will be Europe's tallest building and will contain more than 320000 m² of internal space. Concrete construction on Tower B is being carried out by Turkish company Ant Yapi Insaat, while Tower A is being constructed by China State Construction and Engineering Corp. Construction is using “high strength concrete technology” and a hydraulic self-climbing formwork system for the sheer walls - for the first time in Russia. At present the cores around Tower B are being formed using Meva's plastic-faced (alkus) Mammut panels, with one storey completed every three days.