Said Hassan is project manager and says the job is a tricky one due to its location in the heart of the city but with 30 years in the construction industry, he is enjoying the challenge. “It will look similar to the Emirates Tower in Dubai when completed,” he said. “We hope to be topping out by September 2001 and so far it is going very well. We have had to do a lot of digging for the infrastucutre and the underground car parks but we are moving along with the project nicely now.” 
While a large chunk of the building’s 33 storeys will be occupied by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi, several floors will be available for leasing. The ground floor will be the main banking hall complete with reception and automatic tellers. The mezzanine floor to 15th floor will be allocated for offices such as branch, personnel, share, property management and international banking. The sixth floor will also have an auditorium with a capacity of 126 seats. 
The 16th to 24th floor will be typical floors intended for lease while the 25th to 29th floors are for higher management purposes. From the 26th floor, the building will split into two towers with Tower A standing at 47 metres and Tower B slightly shorter at 32 metres. These towers will be linked by bridges at the 26th, 27th and 28th floors. The 30th to 33rd floors will house the services amenities such as chillers, lift machine and the window cleaning system. 
The building will have three entrances at ground floor level, with the main entrance reflecting the architectural feature of the building displaying fountains, curtain walling, an inverted prism and flooring with high quality granite tiles. The inverted prism starts from ground level and reaches all the way up to the fifth floor. 
Visitors will also be greeted by a spacious atrium which stretches up to the fourth floor. 
Every floor in the National Bank of Abu Dhabi Building will contain male and female toilets complete with washing room facilities. These will be finished with granite floors and aglomarite marble walls. Tea rooms will also be provided on each floor. 
The main lift lobbies and adjacent lift lobbies will be finished with granite cladding and flooring. False ceiling to these areas will be a special type combining the gypsum board with aluminium tiles and timber tiles. 
The building will be serviced by 10 lifts, including a panoramic lift which can take people from the basement to the fourth floor. There will also be a VIP lift.
Al Habtoor Engineering
The National Bank of Abu Dhabi Building is the latest in a long line of triumphs and success stories for the Al Habtoor Group, which is one of Dubai’s pioneering companies. Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises Company, LLC was the founding organisation of Al Habtoor. It was established in 1970 and its subsequent years of steady success contributed towards the entire group's expansion and diversification. 
The Company's experienced international management team are capable of undertaking construction projects ranging form multi-complex hotels and hospitals and residential apartment towers and villas, and special projects such as military bases and camps. 
In 1994, Al Habtoor Engineering completed the prestigious Holiday Centre Complex on Dubai's Sheikh Zayed Highway which includes an office block, shopping mall, residential apartment block and a large luxury hotel. In 1995, the 29-storey Dubai Creek Tower was completed, a high-rise residential and office complex that is one of the tallest buildings in the Southern Gulf. More recent projects include both the Burj Al Arab, rising to a staggering 321 metres, and completed as a Joint Venture with Murray & Roberts, and the 600-bedroom Jumeirah Beach Hotel; the 213 suites and bedrooms Metropolitan Palace Hotel and a development of 204 hotel suites and a commercial centre in Jumeirah, as well as residential towers, a palace and military works in Abu Dhabi. 
The US$540 million airport concourse was another structure completed as a Joint Venture with Murray & Roberts and has elevated the airport’s status to one of the most modern in the world. The Tower No 1 Building currently under construction on Sheikh Zayed Road is another stunning example of the success of the Joint Venture. 
Al Habtoor Engineering Enterprises has additionally diversified into steel-frame housing, and has successfully completed over 100 villas, using this rapid construction technique that has been well received by tenants. A recent major success has been the astounding and futuristic Officer’s Club in Abu Dhabi, where an estimated 60,000 square metres of quality woods and marbles have been laid under the largest shell span of its type anywhere in the world. In concept and size, the root structure of the club could well be a candidate for the Guiness Book of Records. Al Habtoor Engineering is also a specialist in hospital construction, having built the main extension to Rashid Hospital, plus Al Wasl Hospital and the New Dubai Hospital, Dubai’s first modern medical facilities. Additional major hospitals in the Emirates have been constructed by the company.