This project involves construction of Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City at Al Mafraq area in Abu Dhabi. The scope of work of this project involves construction of the new state-of-the-art Hospital comprising 732 beds, consisting of a 3-storey out-patient building, a 3-storey podium building, (2 Nos.) nine-storey and (2 Nos.) eleven-storey in-patient buildings, including diagnostics, operating theatres, an emergency room, a rehabilitation centre, an intensive care unit and maternity unit. This project will be spread across 245,000 square metres. In addition, the new facilities will replace the existing Mafraq Hospital, which currently has 431 beds and is managed by an International Co. It will include two royal and 36 VIP suites, in addition to 424 hospital beds for post-operative inpatients, 120 hospital beds in the maternity and infant ward, 32 ICU beds in the medical department, 30 cardiac ICU beds in the cardiovascular department, 24 cardiac ICU beds in the surgery department, 20 beds in the burn treatment department, 26 neonatal ICU beds and 18 beds in the labor and delivery department. The medical city includes a number of specialized surgeries, such as vascular, burn, trauma, chest, orthopedic, reconstructive and infant. The project will also include construction of substations, cooling plants, a workshop, mortuary, underground tanks, service tunnels and an underground car parking facility with capacity to accommodate 1,610 vehicles and also has two helipads. The scheme will be designed using environmentally friendly and energy-efficient design elements, and will be constructed under the most stringent sustainable principles available. Wastewater will be recycled, fibre-optic interior sun lighting will be used to reduce electrical use, electrical lighting will be low-voltage LED-based, and there will be extensive use of solar panels, passive cooling and shading, and promotion of on-site renewable energy production. It will also incorporates substations, cooling plants, a workshop, mortuary, underground tanks, service tunnels, an underground car parking space, 2 helipads and large external landscape areas. An US' firm has designed this project, while the process of design and construction is being managed by Abu Dhabi-based Corporation.