ETERNA – Health Care City

General Comments on ETERNA Electrical Designs

ETERNA project is composed of five buildings (Capital, Centra, Cure, Arc, and ETERNA
hospital), each building has ground, first, second, third, and roof floors, besides two
outdoor areas; Plaza and the Garden. Also, the project has another part called
“Parking” which contains 3 floors; second basement, first basement, and lower ground
floors. The two basements are mainly used for parking, while the lower ground floor
contains clinics, medical centers, and hospitals.

The provided package of electrical works does not include the Electrical Design
Drawings (EDDs) of ETERNA hospital, Plaza, and the Garden. So, after reviewing the
EDDs & BOQs of the other buildings, we have the following comments:-

1. No calculation sheets of required power are provided.

2. Lighting:
 The used luminaires on roof are not identified in legend.
 Luminaires wiring is not found in (CLC-1, CLC-5, CLA-6, CLA-7, CLA-8, CLB-1,
& CLB-2) clinics, ground floor, ARC building.

3. Power outlets:
 Neither layout of furniture nor legend found.

4. HVAC:
 The legend is not found.
 A/C Controllers and isolating switches were not used in any clinic.

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5. Cable Routing & Tray:

 The cable routing drawings do not contain any details (C.S.A, number) about
the cables but they contain only the cable tray path without any details such
as width, depth, and height of tray.
 The legend is not found.
 The location of main low voltage panel, main emergency panel, and main
HVAC panel is not determined.
 Cable routing drawings for first, second, and third floors in CENTRA building
were not provided.

6. SLD & Details:

 Details of all panels (main and sub-main panels) are not found.
 The names of panels on drawings are different from on SLD.
 The feeding cables for clinics must not be smaller than 16 mm2 according to
the North Cairo Electricity Distribution Company (NCEDC).
 The specified power of 40 m2 clinics (17 kVA with main C.B 25A, 3PH) is very
large according to the standards of NCEDC (10 kVA / 100 m2).
 The specified power of elevators is too large (35 kVA).
 There is no reason to use UPS.
 Calculations and details of capacitor bank (fixed and variable values,
operating voltage, and number of steps) are not clarified.
 In the S.L.D, the type of main circuit breaker in main low voltage is not
identified.
 Short circuit level and IP of all panels are not specified.
 Neither spare circuit breakers nor space areas are included.
 ATS rating is not found.
 Feeding of main emergency panel from main panel is not correct.

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 Transformer data (type, KVA, rated voltage, and tape changer steps) is not
included.
 No clear reason for setting the generator on roof.
 No need to motorize the main CB of main emergency panel in this design
case.

7. BOQ:
 Main low voltage panel and main emergency panel are not included.
 Quantity of panels is not correct.
 Names of panels are different than SLD and design drawings.
 DB-SH, included in BOQ, has no details and not found in design drawings.
 Types and quantities of cables and cables trays are not correct.
 Quantities of luminaires, switches, and sockets are not correct.

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