GENERAL
King Abdul Aziz University Campus will be a complete educational city comprising of many
faculties including Medical College, Teaching Hospital, Engineering College and colleges of many
social sciences.
In addition, research center and support facilities will make it a unique institution in Jeddah
region. In this campus all the building projects and facilities shall be equipped with latest
technology and systems. In this regard, following points will be given due consideration.
Smart Class rooms and Labs will be equipped with most modern teaching tools such as
projection system, internet & intranet & video conference.
All buildings will have latest operational control systems like BMS system etc.
All buildings will be equipped with latest safety and security systems.
1.1. General
This section shall indicate guidelines for the selection of building finishing materials, doors,
windows, thermal and moisture protection and other related works.
Building design, materials and safety shall be controlled and complied with the following codes
and standards:
The modern metric system, System International (SI), will be applied. All dimensions will be in
millimeters & elevation levels in meters.
1.5 Areas
General areas shall be as provided by the space program.
The external wall construction (outside to inside) shall be sand blasted pre cast panels
with 50mm thick thermal insulation covered by 200mm thick concrete block with
painted cement plaster. Polished &flamed granite cladding may be used in some places
for design requirement.
In general, insulated dry walls (16mm thick gypsum Board on metal studs) will be used
at internal partitions except for corridors & some service areas. For exit stairs and wet
areas 200mm thick CMU walls will be used.
Public and private toilet partition will be High pressure Laminate (HPL) Phenolic sheet.
Wall types will be used to indicate all internal walls in terms of:
a. Wall material
b. Wall Height
c. Fire rating & separation as per the IBM Code (chapter 7).
d. Sound transmission class (STC), will be based on the following sound
isolation criteria.
SOUND ISOLATION
SOURCE ROOM OCCUPANCY RECEIVER ROOM REQUIREMENT (MINIMUM)
ADJACENT FOR ALL PATHS BETWEEN
SOURCE AND RECEIVER
Executive areas, doctors. Suites, Adjacent office and STC 50 -55
personnel offices. Large related spaces
conference rooms, privacy
requirements
Normal offices, regular Adjacent office and STC 40-45
confidential rooms for group Similar activities
meeting: normal privacy
requirements
Large general business offices. Corridors, lobbies. STC 40-45
Drafting areas. Banking floors. Data processing:
similar activities
Shop and laboratory office in Adjacent offices: STC 40-45
manufacturing laboratory or test test areas, corridors
areas: normal privacy
Mechanical equipment rooms Any spaces STC 50-60+
School building
(a) Class rooms Adjacent class STC 50
rooms STC 50
Laboratories STC 45
(b) large music or drama area Corridors STC 60
(c) music practice rooms Adjacent music or
drama area STC 55
Music practice
rooms
Interior occupied spaces Exterior of building STC 35-60
Theaters. Concert hall, lecture Any and all adjacent Use qualified acoustical
halls, radio, and TV studios consultants to assist in the
design of construction
detail for these critical
occupancies
1.6.3 Roof:
All interior finishes shall be selected and defined & mentioned at schedule of
finishes for floor, base, wall and ceiling to provide an integrated interior design
scheme with coordination selection related to material finishes, layout of
furniture, color, function, durability, Aesthetic and safety requirements.
Low maintenance and hard wearing material shall be used with great extent specially on
personnel occupied space.
Floor Finishes
No Space title Floor Finish
1 Upper management offices Carpet tile s/granite
3 Smart classrooms & areas that require electronic Anti static flooring;
data processing facilities and must comply with (polyurethane base anti
computer industry criteria static flooring system or
anti static carpet tiles)
7 Public Toilets, Kitchens, tea rooms, lockers & Ceramic tiles 20cm x 20cm
other wet areas with accessories
Wall Finishes:
6 Main Entrance lobbies, Intermediate nodes, End Plaster paint finish with
Nodes granite wainscot 1200 mm
high
8 Public Toilets, Kitchens, tea rooms, lockers & Ceramic tiles 20cm x 20cm
other wet areas precut type + accessories
Ceiling Finish
There shall be no false ceiling for all storage, Utility rooms electrical, mechanical and
communication rooms. Other spaces will follow as;
Class room, smart classrooms, prayer halls & laboratories ceiling shall be
(600 X 600) mineral fiber acoustic tile on suspended aluminum runners.
Main Entrance lobbies, intermediate nodes, end nodes, corridors and hallways
ceiling will be a combination of gypsum board with acoustic panels.
For higher management ceiling will be a combination of gypsum board with
acoustic panels.
For Public Toilets, Kitchens, tea rooms, lockers & other wet areas ceiling will be
600x600 perforated, aluminum tiles of clip-in system.
Lighting Fixtures:
Selection of lighting fixture or similar shall conform to IES (Illumination Engineering society)
with each applicable standard code & illumination requirement.
Miscellaneous item:
Selection of miscellaneous items includes, Plant Containers, Waste Bins, Writing Boards,
Announcement boards, projection screens etc.
Selection shall be coordinated to over all schemes of various spaces and functions of rooms.
Window Treatments:
Administrative offices, Classrooms, Smart classrooms, Laboratories & other facilities shall be
provided with manually controlled roller or horizontal blinds as standard manufactured items.
For administrative offices, it should be high quality (international brand). For public toilets and
other support services area, it should be high quality local product.
1.7.1 Doors:
Toilet fixtures & accessories shall be selected according the selection parameters of the
interior designs and color schemes.
Minimum plumbing fixtures will be calculated in reference to IBC Code Table 2902.1
considering the additional needs for the users in the kingdom.
The project contains mainly tea rooms and kitchen serving the cafeterias.
The selection of tea room equipment for different types shall be studied to achieve
project requirements.
Code study shall be based on NFPA 101 life safety code, in correlation with the IBC. The IBC will
be consulted for items which are not clear in the NFPA, or when IBC shows more restrictive
requirements.