Includes regulations and standards that guarantee minimum design requirements

Adopting the Dubai Building Code and working on it within 30 days

Dubai Municipality and the competent authority shall take the necessary measures to put the Dubai Building Code into practice.

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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, issued a decree approving the Dubai Building Code, to be implemented within 30 days.

According to the decree published in the Official Gazette of the Government of Dubai, the Dubai Building Code is a set of regulations and standards that include the minimum requirements for building design, which must be observed to ensure public health and safety for building users and those affected by them, and to enhance their sustainability.

The decree confirmed that the emirate should have a unified code for building in it, called the “Dubai Building Code”, and the Director General, by virtue of a decision issued by him in this regard, adopts the Dubai Building Code, provided that it is published on the website of the municipality and the competent authority, within 30 days from the date of Publish this decree

The third article of the decree clarified that the Dubai Building Code applies to building designs that are licensed after the provisions of this decree are implemented, in all parts of the emirate, including special development areas and free zones, including the Dubai International Financial Center.

The decree stressed the need for all public and private agencies and individuals to abide by the Dubai Building Code, which is published on the website of the municipality and the competent authority, when designing construction work in the emirate.

And the fifth article of the decree pointed out that the Dubai Building Code approved in accordance with the provisions of this decree is known, binding and obligatory after the date of enforcement of this decree. .

The municipality and the competent authority take the necessary measures to put the Dubai Building Code into practice, as well as the task of conducting the periodic review of the Dubai Building Code on an ongoing basis, and the Director General of the municipality approves the amendments that are made to it, provided that they are published on the website of the municipality and the competent authority.

By virtue of the decree, any standards, specifications, conditions or requirements contained in any other laws, regulations or decisions shall be rescinded to the extent that they are inconsistent with the Dubai Building Code.

• Dubai Building Code is applied to building designs that are licensed after the provisions of the decree come into force.

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