Apply the highest quality standards to ensure the safety of buildings and facilities
Dubai Municipality's Role in Building & Construction Sector
Dubai Municipality contributes for issuing Building Permits and is an online system designed to
vitally in planning and organizing Completion Certificates. The provide all building permit ser-
construction works in the Emir- procedures also cover technical vices and related applications,
ate of Dubai through its various inspections of under-construc- that could be opened with any
sectors, one of the most impor- tion sites in Dubai and submit- web browser (Internet Explorer,
tant sectors is the Engineering ting soil test results and topo- Chrome, FireFox), according to
and Planning Sector that con- graphic maps of industrial areas. the best international practices,
sists of 6 departments: Building We have also set the require- through procedures re-engi-
Permits Department, Building ments and procedures to certify neering and enhancements, to
Control Department, Survey De- and register design and building provide all permit and control
partment, Executive Planning contractors. With the aim of con- services through (five steps)
Department, General Projects solidating the architectural con- that fulfill all governmental en-
Department, and Urban Studies cept and supporting the process tities requirements' that partic-
and Plan Department.
of excellence and development ipate in the permit procedures
To be able to apply the quality in the field of building, construc- (NOC's, drawing approval for:
standards and approved specifi- tion and urban planning, locally DCD/DEWA Electricity/DEWA
cations that guarantee the safe- and internationally.
Water), and specify plot demar-
ty of buildings and facilities, we, Permit section in Building Permit cation through the first step, the
at Dubai Municipality's Building Department approves all plans unified inspection by all govern-
Control and Building Permits and documents for all building mental entities and connecting
Departments, have laid down a types through Dubai Building the services through the steps
series of procedures and steps Permit System (DBPS), which (2,3,4), issuing completion
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