SpecificationS
2 CAPITAL GATE
Summary STRUCTURAL
Design Loads
Specification •  Office area superimposed Dead Load = 2.4kPa,
Live Load = 5.0kPa Cladding.
‘Shell and Core’ Commercial Office Space
•  Fully unitised facade curtain walling system is made
(Level 2 to 16)
up from 2 storey height diamonds which make up
the ‘free form’ facade comprising double glazed
factory sealed triangular glass units and steel
section frames.
Dimensional Information
•  Floor to floor height: 4.00m (4,000mm).
•  Floor to ceiling height: 2.50–2.75m
(2,500–2,750mm).
•  Ceiling to void average: 0.80m (800mm).
•  Raised floor height: 0.15m (150mm).
All dimensions are approximate
ELECTRICAL SERVICES
General
•  All common area lighting, power, two escape
staircases and elevators are fed from the landlord’s
distribution network. One passenger elevator is
backed up by standby generator power, for use in
case of emergency. All life safety systems and
essential services are backed up by the standby
generator. In addition, some of the life safety
system and essential system outlets are backed up
by uninterrupted power supply (UPS) to ensure
availability of power at all times.
Power Supply
•  The building is supplied at 11KV from an Abu Dhabi
Distribution Company (ADDC) primary substation
and network to basement sub-station.
•  Power is transformed to the operating voltage of
415 volts by five, 1,500KVA transformers installed in
the substation. Main distribution boards (MDBs) are
fed from the transformers installed in the basement
low voltage (LV) switchgear room, adjacent to the
substation. MDBs distribute power to the
development, through cable routes, rising bus bars,
sub-main distribution boards (SMDBs) and
distribution boards (DBs).
•
Power Feed
 Office Areas are provided with 63 Amp three phase
power supply for smaller units and 100 Amp three
phase power supply for larger units, locally for each
office unit with a local Isolator (based on three
offices per floor). These are fed from the sub main
distribution boards in the electrical room (each
floor), through a KWH meter provided in the meter
room. Each tenant will provide a distribution board
as per their load requirements and connect to the
local Isolator provided by the Landlord.
•  Tenant supplied distribution boards are as per
ADDC/Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority
(ADWEA) regulations. Tenants will obtain the
necessary approvals from the authorities for their
layouts and power distribution requirements. KWH
meters shall be provided by ADDC/ADWEA
Authorities after tenant fit-out completion and
inspections of the electrical installation are carried
out by ADDC/ADWEA.
•  No separate provision for power backed by standby
generator has been made for the tenant areas
except the emergency lighting.
MECHANICAL SERVICES
HVAC System
General
•  Fresh air ventilation, fan coil unit (FCU) systems,
fresh air handling units (AHUs), smoke extract
ventilation system, variable volume air-conditioning
system, and chilled water (CW) system are provided.
The cooling requirement is served by TABREED
district chilled water network, facilitated by an
energy transfer station at the basement and Level 1
of the building as the primary supply of chilled
water network consisting of two units of rated heat
exchangers. The resulting or secondary chilled water
lines will be metered as being conveyed by four
rated pumps serving AHUs and FCUs mounted
at all floors of the building.
Office Areas
•  The office areas including basement, ground and
mezzanine are served by centralised AHUs (2 Nos.)
located at Level 1.
•  The office areas are provided with the following
service ‘stub-outs’, including supply and return air
ducts and metered chilled water supply and return
lines (provisions only inside the office areas), that
are interfaced with building management system
(BMS) control. FCUs for each office area will be
provided by the tenant.
•  The cooling criteria is based on the following data:
A) Average year round summer and winter design
conditions in offices are to be maintained at
23°C and 21°C ±1°C, with relative humidity set
at 50% ±5% and; B) The outdoor ventilation rate
is 8.0 l/s/person with approx. 8–12 air changes per
hour (ACH).
PLUMBING AND DRAINAGE
General
•  Sanitary wares, water tanks, domestic water
systems, soil/waste/vent and overflows, irrigation
system and rainwater system have been included.
•  The main source of the building’s potable water,
from the ADWEA distribution line, is stored in a tank
at the basement floor, which undergoes a filtration
system. The concrete water tank is a double
compartment type, allocated for domestic water,
fire protection system, and irrigation source.
Aside from preliminary filtration, the domestic water
passes through a proven anti-legionella chemical
dosing system. Water tanks are provided at
basement, Level 1 and Level 17, with compliance
to ADDC requirements of minimum 2 days
consumption storage.
•  The plumbing system consists of metered cold
water (CW) network, filter cooled cold water supply
(FCCWS) and centralised hot water (HW)
distribution. The HW network for the office toilets,
hotel and dining area is enhanced with heat tracing
system for fast acquisition of hot water and uniform
water temperature supply of 55°C.
•  The drainage system is laid at all areas where
water service is available and tapped to the main
drainage point.
Office Area
•  Separate toilets for male and female are present
on each office floor.
•  Each office area is provided with: A) Cold water
stub-out with meter provision to be applied to
ADWEA when occupied and; B) Soil, waste,
and vent pipes for future pantry or toilet provisions.
FIREFIGHTING
General
•  Sprinkler installation, external hydrant system,
manual fire protection system of fire extinguishing,
gas fire suppression system, fire alarms, and fire
detectors have been included.
•  The building consists of manual and automatic
firefighting equipment for complete building
protection. The fire sprinkler system is entirely
independent from the hydrant network as required
by Abu Dhabi Civil Defense Authority (ADCDA).
All floors are provided with accepted zonal fire
sprinkler suppression with individual zonal control
valve. Each floor has three fire hose cabinets (FHC)
at the common area, which can accommodate up
to 30m standard radius of service. All electrical
rooms are supplied with either automatic fire
extinguishers or FM 200 or foam type fire
suppression systems.
Office Area
•  The office areas are fitted with the following:
A) Upright sprinkler heads for firefighting and;
B) Recessed sprinkler stub outs.
OTHER SERVICES
Fire Alarm and Public Address
Evacuation Systems
•  Smoke detectors have been provided within each
office area. Smoke detectors are provided with
approx. two metres of additional cable for lowering
in to the ceilings. Voice evacuation speakers
are provided within each office space, for
announcements.
Emergency Lighting
•  Sufficient emergency lights are provided with
additional length of cable to lower in to the ceilings,
together with one wall mounted type exit light for
installing above the entrance/exit door for each
office space. All the emergency and exit lights are
backed up by the central battery system, which is
backed up by the standby generator.
CAPITAL GATE 3
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Telecommunication
 State-of-the-art passive connectivity solutions
allow tenants to deploy a full range of
telecommunications services from the UAE’s
leading service providers.
•  Optical fibre connections with up to 10G capacity
are available to tenants for connections to
service providers.
•  Tenants must install their own I.T. infrastructure in
their office areas. Tenants will be required to:
– Install and maintain the structured cabling and
network infrastructure within their leased space.
– Install and manage server room/data centre as
required for their business.
– Install and manage their own back office, voice
and application server systems.
– Obtain services from the telecommunications
service providers directly.
•  Additional services, including voice, data,
high speed data links, video and television access,
may be requested from ADNEC, although tenants
are advised that these may be subject to leasing
agreements and availability.
Security
•  Security system has been provided with 24 hour
physical security presence incorporating CCTV
surveillance of the main entrances, elevator lobbies
and external areas. Tenants will use security access
cards in conjunction with proximity readers to
access the security barriers and at each of the main
entrance points.
Elevators – Passenger
•  Three passenger elevators are provided for office
floors, serving Ground floor to Level 16. Each
elevator is 1,600kg (21 person) capacity. One
elevator is backed up by generator power for use in
case of mains power failure.
Elevators – Service/Goods
•  One office floor service elevator of 1,600kg capacity
is provided.
Ceilings
•  All suspended ceilings incorporating plasterboard
and/or ceiling tiles is by the tenant.
Floors
•  Fully accessible raised access flooring (600 x 600
tiles) with an overall floor depth of 150mm allowing
110mm clear void may be provided. (Currently
under review).
Walls
•  Unplastered block and steel columns with
cementitious fireproofing to be clad or painted
by the tenant.
Floor Power
•  All power reticulation, floor boxes, general purpose
outlets and connections to DBs are by the tenant.
Lighting
•  All lighting and connections to DBs are by
the tenant.
Toilet and Pantry
•  High quality finishes including tiling to floor and
walls, ceilings, recessed lighting, ablution facilities
and marble vanity tops are provided.
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Schedule of areas Ground floor plan

Areas
Lobby
Core Areas
Lifts
Hyat t Hotel

Profiterole
Café
OFFICE

Lobby
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FLOOR PLANS

key Level 16
Floor area:
Level 16
Floor area:
Level 15
Floor area:
Level 15
Floor area:
Level 14
Floor area:
Level 14
Floor area:
Level 13
Floor area:
Level 13
Floor area:
Level 12
Floor area:
Level 12
Floor area:
construction 353 sq m 3,800 sq
353
ft sq m 3,800 sq ft 1,029 sq m 11,076
1,029
sq ftsq m 11,076 sq ft 1,025 sq m 11,033
1,025
sq ftsq m 11,033 sq ft 1,047 sq m 11,269
1,047
sq ftsq m 11,269 sq ft 1,040 sq m 11,194
1,040
sq ftsq m 11,194 sq ft

facts
Height
160m / 35 storeys
Incline
18 degrees
Direction
Westward (East to West)
Overhang of the tower
from the base
33m
The Cardinal facade is 51% more
efficient than a standard typical
facade in restricting solar heat
to the building. This reduces the
energy consumption by HVAC
system by 15%.
Foundation piles
490
Depth of piles
20–30m Level 11 Level 11 Level 10 Level 10 Level 09 Level 09 Level 08 Level 08 Level 07 Level 07
Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area: Floor area:
Structural steel 1,056 sq m 11,366
1,056
sq ftsq m 11,366 sq ft 1,041 sq m 11,205
1,041
sq ftsq m 11,205 sq ft 1,040 sq m 11,194
1,040
sq ftsq m 11,194 sq ft 1,025 sq m 11,033
1,025
sq ftsq m 11,033 sq ft 1,033 sq m 11,119
1,033
sq ftsq m 11,119 sq ft
in Capital Gate
13,200 tonnes
Diagrid systems
1 external – 1 internal
Diagrid nodes
702 external – 120 internal
Triangular glass panes
on facade
12,500
Diamond shaped sections
on facade
720
Total built up area
53,100 sq m
Total office area
14,396 sq m
Total hotel area
25,050 sq m

Key Leasing Level 06

Floor area:
Level 06
Floor area:
Level 05
Floor area:
Level 05
Floor area:
Level 04
Floor area:
Level 04
Floor area:
Level 03
Floor area:
Level 03
Floor area:
Level 02
Floor area:
Level 02
Floor area:

Facts 1,024 sq m 11,022

1,024
sq ftsq m 11,022 sq ft 1,027 sq m 11,054
1,027
sq ftsq m 11,054 sq ft 1,012 sq m 10,893
1,012
sq ftsq m 10,893 sq ft 1,008 sq m 10,850
1,008
sq ftsq m 10,850 sq ft 994 sq m 10,699 994
sq ftsq m 10,699 sq ft

Offices available from

353–1,056 sq m
Provision for 2.5–2.75 floor
to ceiling height
150mm raised floor
Two fitted pantries
and WCs per floor
Secure access to each floor
Dedicated covered parking
1:40 sq m
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FLOOR PLAN MEZZANINE level FLOOR PLAN level 02

Areas Floor Area

Hyatt 994 SQ M
Core Areas 10,699 SQ FT
Lifts

Areas
Office Space
Core Areas
Utilities
Lifts

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Business Bar/Lounge

Meeting Room 4

Meeting Room 3

Meeting Room 2

Meeting Room 1
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FLOOR PLAN level 07 SPLIT FLOOR PLAN level 14

Floor Area Floor Area

1,033 SQ M 1,025 SQ M
11,119 SQ FT 11,033 SQ FT

Areas Areas
Office Space Office Space
Core Areas Core Areas
Utilities Utilities
Lifts Lifts
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SPACE PLAN level 07 SPACE PLAN level 07

Floor Area Floor Area

1,033 SQ M 1,033 SQ M
11,119 SQ FT 11,119 SQ FT

Areas Areas
Office Space Office Space
Core Areas Core Areas
Utilities Utilities
Lifts Lifts

PA (2 PAX)

Boardroom
(18 PAX)
CEO CEO

Informal Manager 01
Manager 01 Meeting

Workstations
(34 PAX)

Manager 02
Manager 02

Manager 03
Manager 03

Workstations
24 PAX

Reception/
Waiting

Lift
Lobby
Reception/
Waiting

Fax/copy
area
Meeting
(6 PAX) Workstations
Meeting (6 PAX)
(4 PAX)

Fax/copy Boardroom
(14 PAX)

Workstations
Store 36 PAX
Room
Meeting
(4 PAX) Meeting
(6 PAX)

Foldable
Partition

Server
Room
Seating

Server Room

Fax/copy
Workstations area
Fax/copy 12 PAX
area

Workstations
18 PAX

Pantry/ Pantry/
Breakout Breakout