The Complete Guide to Healthcare Facilities
Comprehensive, cost-effective, and innovative architectural solutions tailored precisely to health authority guidelines.
About ACA
We are an architectural design firm specialising exclusively in healthcare. We offer our clients a curated plan based on their needs and guide them through the collaborative design process from concept to commissioning.
Our multi-talented team shares a clear and precise understanding of the digitalized world around us, and how to craft our own solutions to design, shape, and create prominent projects. Our tailor-made solutions are marked by excellence and innovation.
Principal Architect
What We Do
End-to-end architectural design for medical facilities, developed in strict compliance with health authority standards at every phase.
Modifying and upgrading existing healthcare facilities in full accordance with health authority regulations and hospital accreditation standards.
Multi-stage expert advisory throughout the complete lifecycle of a medical facility โ from initial feasibility through to handover and beyond.
Complete end-to-end assistance in navigating and executing all required government and health authority service approvals across the UAE.
Our Process
We begin by understanding your vision, facility type, patient capacity, and regulatory constraints. Our team conducts a thorough site analysis and prepares initial space programming aligned with UAE health authority guidelines.
Preliminary design layouts are developed, incorporating all health authority requirements for room dimensions, circulation, infection control zones, and MEP infrastructure planning.
Comprehensive construction drawings are produced to the full specification required by health authorities, including all technical rooms, medical gas systems, and accessibility requirements.
We compile and submit complete application packages to DHA, HAAD, MOHAP, or relevant municipal authorities โ managing all correspondence and responding to technical queries on your behalf.
We track the review process, respond to authority comments, and coordinate any required design modifications to achieve final approval and No Objection Certificates in the shortest possible timeframe.
Upon completion, we provide as-built documentation, support your accreditation audit readiness, and remain available for any post-occupancy queries or future expansion consultancy.
Our Expertise
Full-scale acute care facilities and multi-specialty medical centers.
Ambulatory surgical facilities designed for operational efficiency and patient safety.
Dental, dermatology, ophthalmology, and other specialty clinic designs.
Laboratory spaces and pharmacy layouts meeting all safety and regulatory requirements.
Get In Touch
Share your project brief and our team will respond with a tailored consultation plan โ usually within 24 hours.