The Tower contains a revolving restaurant (1 complete rotation every hour) with seating for 240 persons. Above all this is the 90 metre communication mast, catering for state-of-the-art telecommunications.

The Tower is a hollow reinforced concrete shaft supported on a foundation pad. Floors are structural steel and concrete slab. The façade is exposed concrete and aluminium and glass panels. The observation and restaurant levels are serviced by three public lifts, each taking 45 seconds to travel from level 1 (entry) to level 53) outdoor observation.

The construction of the village facilities involved dredging the existing basin and entrance channel to accommodate the defense and challenger syndicates, the construction of the 11 team bases including lifting equipment to remove the boats from the water daily (7 of the team bases are on reclaimed land), construction of an entertainment pavilion, corporate facilities and berthing facilities.