07 — Office Fit-Out · Dubai
A workplace handed over on the date it was promised.
Commercial and office fit-out in Dubai — space planning, Cat A and Cat B works, MEP, joinery and approvals, delivered as one contract.
Offices are won or lost on the approval chain.
An office fit-out has a fixed date attached to it — a lease start, a move-out, an opening. What threatens that date is rarely the build; it is the landlord fit-out guide, the authority submission and the Civil Defence review arriving late.
We start the approval package at the same time as the design freeze, so joinery and long-lead items can be manufactured while drawings are in review.
In detail
Office Fit-Out in Dubai, scope by scope.
Cat A and Cat B office fit-out
Cat A delivers the base condition a landlord expects: floors, ceilings, base lighting and services. Cat B is the tenant's workplace built on top of it. We deliver either, and where both are required we run them as a single continuous programme instead of two handovers.
Landlord and authority approvals
Free-zone premises in DMCC, DIFC or DAFZA and mainland Dubai Municipality jurisdictions each carry different submission routes and supervision requirements. The landlord fit-out guide sits on top: working hours, lift access, protection standards and MEP tie-in points.
Civil Defence and life safety
Any change to partitions, escape routes, sprinkler layout or fire detection triggers a Civil Defence review. Getting the fire strategy agreed before joinery is ordered is the single most reliable way to protect an office programme.
Proof in Business Bay
Our Business Bay corporate office project ran shell-to-handover with approvals progressing in parallel with procurement, and was handed over on the target date. The case study below sets out the sequence in detail.
Capabilities
What this service covers.
Space planning
Headcount, meeting ratios, circulation and acoustic zoning resolved before the layout is drawn.
Cat A works
Raised floors, ceilings, base lighting, base MEP and shell finishing to landlord specification.
Cat B delivery
Partitions, glazing systems, reception and bespoke joinery, flooring, branding and furniture coordination.
MEP & data
HVAC modification, small power, lighting control, containment and low-current infrastructure.
Approvals
Landlord and building-management approval, authority submissions and Civil Defence where the fire strategy is affected.
Handover
Testing and commissioning, inspections, snagging, O&M documentation and completion certification.
Relevant work
Office Fit-Out projects
The approach
From first idea to final detail.
Discover
We visit the property, understand how you want to use it, and establish objectives, constraints and budget realistically.
Design
The vision becomes a concept: layouts, materials, levels and visuals you can react to before anything is committed.
Plan
Detailed scope, specification, fixed pricing, programme and every approval prepared and submitted.
Build
One site team, one supervisor, weekly reporting. Trades sequenced so quality is never rushed at the end.
Deliver
Inspection, snagging, cleaning, commissioning and a documented handover with warranties and as-builts.
Materials & quality
Quality is decided before site.
Commercial-grade specification
Finishes rated for daily commercial traffic rather than residential-grade equivalents.
Acoustics considered
Partition build-ups, ceiling absorption and glazing details selected against the meeting-room brief.
Serviceable services
Access panels, containment and plant positioned so facilities teams can maintain them.
Questions
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