The construction and construction sector achieves remarkable growth

Dubai Municipality announced the achievement of distinguished results in the construction sector, as the requests for building permits during the first half of the year 2025 exceeded the 30,000 barrier, an increase of more than 20% compared to the same period last year.

The new construction spaces and licensed additions reached more than 5.5 million square meters, which are ready for implementation, at a time when July recorded a record number of more than a million square meters of new licensed areas.

The percentage of licensed spaces was distributed during the first half of 2025, to record multi -storey commercial and investment projects 45% of the licensed spaces, which reflects the increasing confidence in the business environment and investment opportunities in the emirate.

Residential villas also acquired 40% of the total licensed areas by more than 2 million square meters, while industrial and public buildings formed 15%.

Dubai: Rayyi Center for Building and Sustainable Development
“These statistics confirm the pioneering site of Dubai as one of the leading global destinations in the construction sector, which is witnessing a remarkable growth that reflects the sustainable economic growth of Innovation and digitization, adding a new impetus to the emirate’s march towards enhancing the quality of life and achieving its vision as the best city to live and work in the world. “

Digital innovation in the service of construction and construction
The construction platform in Dubai (Build in Dubai) for construction licenses has contributed to speeding up the licenses and promoting its efficiency significantly.

The integration of smart technologies, such as Building Information Model, also contributed to pre -automated audits in raising the efficiency of the requests submitted by consulting offices and contracting companies, and reducing errors and repetitions in providing transactions, which helped dealers to take advantage of services quickly and very accurate.

Training and qualification to enhance the quality of construction
In a related context, the Dubai Municipality is committed to the highest quality and innovation standards in the construction sector, including the Dubai Building Code and the application of the requirements of green buildings and the requirements of people of determination, and is also keen to support engineers working in consulting offices and contracting companies through specialized weekly training programs held at the Dubai Municipality Academy focuses on training new engineers to deal effectively with the “Building in Dubai” platform Building information modeling systems, which contributes to enhancing projects efficiency and achieving the development goals of the emirate.