All-AAC building · Barwa Argentine Village
All-AAC building · Barwa Argentine Village
03AAC systems // A

Built for
thousands.

Complete AAC accommodation buildings up to G+4: wall panels, floor and roof slabs, no RC columns or beams.

System A · AccommodationISO 9001 · ISO 14001 · ISO 45001 · ICV certified
00Mission

One building a month.
Every wall AAC.

System A is the complete AAC building: reinforced wall panels carry reinforced floor and roof slabs on an RC raft or grid-beam foundation. No columns, no beams, no plaster. It has housed 70,000 workers at Al Wakra and 7,000 families at Barwa Madinatna.

G+4Five floors in load-bearing AAC
16,848Rooms at Al Wakra
339Buildings at Barwa Madinatna
4 hrFire rating at 100 mm
01System A

Accommodation.

Complete AAC buildings up to G+4: wall panels with floor and roof slabs on an RC raft or grid-beam foundation. No RC columns or beams; only coating and paint. About one building a month.

Building types
A 50 – A 100Ground floor, 12 rooms, 500 m²
50 to 100 workers
A 20048 rooms, 2,000 m², 3 RC staircases
200 workers
A 300G+2, 72 rooms, 3,000 m²
300 workers
A 500 – A 1000G+4, 120 rooms, 5,000 m²
500 to 1,000 workers
A 70,000G+2, 1,404 units, 16,848 rooms, Al Wakra
70,000 workers
A 7,000G+4 family housing, Barwa Madinatna
7,000 apartments
Accommodation, detail 1
Accommodation, detail 2
Accommodation, detail 3
02Technical data

The numbers
behind the system.

Values from GGI technical data sheets. Project-specific calculations, span tables, fire certificates and drawings on request.

Structure
Wall panels100 to 300 mm, up to 6 m
Reinforced, load-bearing
Floor and roof slabs150 to 250 mm, up to 6 m span
350 kg/m² floors; 250 kg/m² roofs
FoundationRC raft 20 to 45 cm
Or grid beams 25×45 to 45×65 cm
Stairs and lift shaftsCast in situ, precast or steel
Fixed before or after the AAC
Clear height2.6 to 3.0 m
Parapet 0.3 to 1.4 m
Programme
Wall panelsOne panel every 6 minutes
Robot and crew of two
Floor and roof slabs120 a day
Set by crane
BuildingAbout one a month
A 300 type, G+2
FinishCoating and paint only
No plaster

Values from GGI technical data sheets; project-specific calculations on request.

03Details

Where it is used.

  • Barwa Madinatna

    339 buildings, 7,000 apartments, G+4

  • Al Wakra, Argentine Village

    1,404 units, 16,848 rooms, G+2

  • Six Construct, Al Wakra

    40 buildings of labour accommodation

  • Doha Steel Fab

    Staff and labour accommodation, industrial area

  • Street 1, Industrial Area

    G+2 staff accommodation

  • Qatar Airways

    56 staff and accommodation buildings

Workers housed at Al Wakra · G+2 · 16,848 rooms
04Deployed

70,000

Workers housed at Al Wakra · G+2 · 16,848 rooms

Complete AAC walls and slabs for 1,404 units, built for the FIFA 2022 labour city and finished with coating and paint only.

05Projects

Delivered
in System A.

  • Barwa Madinatna
  • Barwa Argentine Village
  • Six Construct, Al Wakra
  • Street 1, Industrial Area
  • Qatar Airways staff housing
  • All projects →
06Contact

Start a
project.

Send us the drawings, the quantities or just the idea. A GGI engineer replies with a system, a programme and a price.