IKEA is a state-of-the-art 32,000 m² store situated at the Doha Festival City leisure and entertainment development, 15 km north of downtown Doha.
The project included procurement, delivery and installation of all necessary works to deliver the store, a weather tight building envelope and basement, ground and two floors.
The contract also covered major scopes such as earthworks and external works (inclusive of hard/soft landscaping and flag poles), concrete substructures/superstructures, precast concrete, structural steel works, truss roof with cladding, masonry & partition works, aluminium and curtain walling, floors, walls, ceiling finishes and electro-mechanical works.
La Cigale Hotel is a luxury five-star hotel in downtown Doha that has become a landmark in Doha’s hospitality and entertainment sector.
The gleaming 20-storey, 100 m high façade conceals a wealth of luxury features, including 225 rooms and suites, 11 restaurants and bars, an indoor pool, a gym and spa and meeting and convention facilities.
Msheireb Downtown Doha is the world’s first sustainable downtown regeneration project, which is reviving the old commercial district of Doha.
Phase 1 of the project involved ACC redeveloping four Heritage Buildings, the Jumaa Mosque and the Eid Prayer Ground as well as landscaping of the Diwan Amiri Quarter.
The four heritage buildings have been restored and turned into museums, including a traditional adobe courtyard house known as the Mohammed bin Jassim House – originally the house of the son of the founder of modern Qatar.
It offers outpatient clinics, ambulance services, operating theatres, a radiology department and all other necessary services.
The 120-bed hospital has a basement, ground and three upper floors while the Integrated Health Centre consists of a ground , basement and one upper floor, canteen, washroom, Mosque and central utility plant.
The project scope included site preparation, all civil/external works (soft and hard landscaping, storm water, portable water, irrigation water, sewer, Qtel/Oredoo, electrical , asphalt works and parking systems), MEP and FF works, lighting and signage, helicopter pad, elevators, BMS, waste management and medical gas system.
Al Bidda Tower is a 43-storey landmark commercial skyscraper situated on the Doha Corniche. The unique spiralling structure is one of the outstanding landmarks on the Doha skyline and is one of the world’s few twisted towers.
The tower is 215 m high and twists 60 degrees through its height. It also varies in width, being at its narrowest at the 14th floor and increasing in width so that the apex is wider than the base.
The façade is formed from the utilisation of an unconventional diagonal curtain wall accommodating progressively varying floor plates culminating at the top with an illuminated roof facing the Corniche.
ACC has completed the construction of several challenging projects for Qatar’s Armed Forces, including the construction of projects Falcon 77 and Falcon 78. This comprised 30 ammunition shelters, a workshop area and living quarters conforming to NATO specifications.
Work included explosion proof and fireproof electromechanical installations in a heavy-duty rock armour structure. The buildings are surrounded with 20-metre-high blast proof walls. The setup also includes a central control and firefighting system. 64,000 m² of roads were also part of the project.
ACC was part of a consortium working on the upgrade and expansion of a large airbase in the Middle East on a turnkey basis.
The project involved designing and building six hardened aircraft shelters to accommodate 12 modern fighter jets, along with associated installations.
The project included many structures, which including engine and avionics workshops, munitions storage, control tower, vehicle and equipment maintenance facility, accommodation and cafeterias, recreational and sports facilities, small stadium and all associated infrastructure and roadwork.
ACC completed the construction of the luxurious Presidential Offices for the Ruler and Government of Qatar.
The structure was complex, with 26 m high isolated columns forming the background of what was to become a most impressive atrium and 24 m long post tensioned beams spanning the majlis and dining room, giving each an uninterrupted area of approximately 22m x 60m. Precast cladding included a Norwegian quartz aggregate.
The interior has book matched marble cladding to the walls and the atrium columns and staircases are surmounted by an 8 m diameter chandelier of Moroccan design and construction. The majlis, dining room and presidential offices have ornate fibrous plaster ceilings with walls of similar construction or moulded Burma teak. Doors and other joinery are hand-carved teak, and the carpets, which reflect the contours of the ceiling are hand-woven.
