Dubai Municipality sends a warning to a number of engineering consulting offices for not adhering to the requirements of Dubai Building Code
Dubai, August 26 / WAM / Dubai Municipality announced a warning to a number of engineering consulting offices after monitoring professional practices that included an exaggeration in the construction designs of citizens’ villas in a way that contradicts the requirements of Dubai Building Code and leads to an unjustified increase in construction costs without proven engineering need.
This procedure comes after the Dubai Municipality issued previous circulars for all consulting offices in the emirate, the necessity of adhering to the Dubai Code for Building and Commitment to the regulatory requirements and engineering standards approved in a manner that ensures the achievement of structural efficiency without exaggerating the designs, within the framework of the Dubai Municipality’s keenness to organize the construction sector and enhance its competitiveness and follow -up and monitor professional activities and practices to ensure the quality of implementation and reduce Financial burdens on the owners and preserve the rights of all parties from the stakeholders.
Engineer Maryam Al Muhairi, Executive Director of the Foundation for the Organization and License of Buildings in Dubai Municipality, said that the commitment of the consulting offices to the Dubai Building Code is a professional and moral responsibility before it was an organizational commitment aimed at achieving a balance between the quality of construction and low costs. The excessive building materials, including iron, or the citizens ’download, unjustified costs in order to achieve construction efficiency and reduce the cost without affecting safety and quality and ensures the application of the best standards to ensure a safe and sustainable building environment.
Dubai Municipality called on the engineering consulting offices not to repeat these practices in order to avoid its negative registration in the annual evaluation of the office in addition to the consequent disciplinary measures in accordance with the regulations and regulations in force.
The municipality had announced earlier this year the suspension of two engineering consultants and prevented them from licensing any new projects for a period of 6 months after monitoring professional practices that contradict the approved regulations, requirements and ethics of the profession, which may negatively affect the interests of the owners and developers.
Dubai Municipality is keen to organize the construction sector and raise the level of commitment to the requirements and standards approved in the Dubai Building Code and enhance competitiveness while reducing waste and unnecessary costs in a way that supports an attractive business environment and achieves the best quality levels.
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