ACC was recently selected by the Government of Guinea to deliver its largest public works contract to date under a Design and Build contract.
Designed as a state-of-the-art office complex to enhance government effectiveness and ability, this complex project entails delivering 12 integrated office buildings, an auditorium, pavilion building and associated parking, utility, landscaping and security facilities.
As part of our full spectrum offering, ACC also arranged the financing for the project.
ACC was selected to deliver Benin’s largest public works contract and West Africa’s most advanced government administration facility and is nearing completion of works.
Designed as a state-of-the-art office complex to enhance government effectiveness and ability, this complex project entails delivering 10 interconnected and integrated office buildings with associated parking, utility, landscaping and security facilities.
As part of our full spectrum offering, ACC also arranged the financing for the project.
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.
The Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Mosque is one the most iconic and prominent architectural monuments of Islamic architecture in the UAE.
Combining Mamluk, Ottoman and Fatimid styles, the design of the minarets fuse the wide and diverse Islamic world into one summation of art and beauty. The defining feature is its large dome that is ornamented with calligraphy verses from the Quran.
Overall, the Mosque consists of the Main Haram Building, 4 Minarets, Arcades, Ablution building, Service Block, and hard and soft landscaping areas for Car Parks.
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is one of the largest and most recognisable mosques in the world with a capacity of more than 40,000 worshippers.
The main prayer hall can accommodate up to 9,000 worshippers whilst smaller prayer halls and the mosque’s main dome is 85 m high and is complimented by two 75 m high domes on either side of it. The striking four minarets encompassing the mosque are 110 m tall.
The works involved ACC executing craftsman finishes, electro-mechanical works and the external landscaping works.
The 17,400 m² white marble floor of the outdoor prayer area is inlaid with multi-coloured marble reflecting rich floral designs. The arcades surrounding it are made up of a series of arches supported by columns, clad with white marble and inlaid with semi-precious stones depicting a floral design crowned by palm tree motifs.
The arcades are covered with 34 domes internally lined with colourful engraved GRG as well as calligraphy from the Holy Quran and are externally clad with Macedonian white marble topped by marble merlons.
The walls are clad with textured white Italian marble. The hall’s columns are made of seamless circular white marble uniquely inlaid with exquisite floral patterns of semi-precious stones and mother of pearl. The 6,000 m² handmade Persian carpet that adorns the floors is amongst the biggest in the world.
The huge crystal chandelier in the main prayer hall is considered the world’s largest at 10 m tall, 10 m wide and a weight of nine tonnes.
The area around the mosque is intricately landscaped with water features and parks.
With a proven track record in delivering large scale complex social infrastructure projects, ACC was selected by the Benin state to construct and deliver turnkey this large regional government office complex as part of its government services expansion plan. The Administrative City comprises 16 low rise modern office buildings fully fitted out with associated car park structures, medical centre and conference facilities. The project is located on a 40-acre site with intricate soft and hard landscaping works including the road network and utilities.
Designed by Foster & Partners, The Courtyard Office is a landmark office building targeted as the HQ for the Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company (and its various project units which require office space) and a high-end business centre. It also offers private/institutional office space for selected companies and organisations.
The Masdar Institute received worldwide recognition for the project’s unique design and sustainability achievements which are the result of solar studies, wind tunnel testing, and energy simulation. The campus and its associated buildings are designed to reduce energy by optimising building form and orientation and carefully configuring streets and urban spaces.
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.
Designed by Foster & Partners, the campus includes three residential buildings with 222 1-bedroom apartments: four additional lab buildings and an iconic multi-level, multi-use sports hall/auditorium with a pool and gym facilities.
The MASDAR development is the physical component of the MASDAR initiative, spreading over approximately 6 square kilometres of land that was granted by the Government of Abu Dhabi.
The Masdar Institute 1B project involved the construction of the campus to house the Institute’s graduate program. The program is run in conjunction with MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in the US and hopes to be the cornerstone forum for research, business and creativity in renewable technology.
The Masdar Institute received worldwide recognition for the project’s unique design and sustainability achievements which are the result of solar studies, wind tunnel testing, and energy simulation. The campus and its associated buildings are designed to reduce energy by optimising building form and orientation and carefully configuring streets and urban spaces.
The luxurious Presidential Offices of the Ruler and Government of Abu Dhabi are built upon reclaimed land in a coastal location.
The Offices comprise of some 30,000 m² of office space, reception and meeting rooms and dining areas with their associated kitchen and patio areas. A mosque is also built within the grounds.
The foundations are piled with reinforced concrete caps and ring beams and the superstructure, which includes a 26 m diameter dome comprises an RC frame with PCC cladding to receive external marble.
Externally, the building is clad in Carrara marble with entrance areas of marbles of different design and colours. Internally, the walls and floors are generally marble clad, with ceilings of an ornate design in fibrous plaster. The kitchen area is tiled throughout and fully equipped. The surrounding gardens are extensively planted and surrounded by a decorative boundary wall.
