Yas Mall

Before opening its 230,000 m² of shops, restaurants, cinemas and leisure centres, its spacious covered avenues and its parking lots and driveways, the Yas Mall was a 1.4 million m² building site. To produce its gigantic, multi-level concrete structure (378,000 m³), temporary openings had to be left in the floor decks for the huge tower cranes. On completion of work, these were extracted using 250 tonne mobile cranes.

Ahead of the grand opening, Six Construct had to demonstrate its creativity in making certain modifications: relocating a number of air conditioning units, installing new lifts and escalators, modifying the flooring to take heavy sculptures... The team also helped retailers fit out their brand new premises, taking into account these last-minute changes.

Yas Mall is the first shopping centre to earn two pearls in the Estidama rating system, aimed at making Abu Dhabi a model for sustainable urbanization, and the first building in the emirate to meet these strict requirements. These involve more than photovoltaic roof panels. Throughout the project, Six Construct used environmentally friendly materials and followed strict plans for waste management and indoor air quality.