The ACE Hardware store project is a big box retail development of a single story with part mezzanine level and an outdoor garden center with a total floor area of 5,200 sq.m., located in Zone E on the architecturally progressive Yas Island of Abu Dhabi.
RW Armstrong provided the concept design through to full tender documentation, permitting and approvals and construction supervision. RW Armstrong provided within its services the associated works of the following: building management system, sustainability, noise and acoustics, façade engineering, fire engineering, lighting to building and grounds, waste management, traffic engineering (within the plot and its immediate environments), and hard and soft landscaping.

In addition, the scope of work included associated service yards, link roads, visitor car parking, signage and way finding. The external works will be to the same standard and design to that of the adjacent IKEA store.
The integration and access within and outside the development and creation of a complete and sustainable destination were deemed to be critical success factors. The design of the ACE Hardware store achieved 1 Pearl Estidama.