How to Setup an Engineering
Consultants Business in Dubai
Introduction
A company involved in engineering activities in Dubai is known as an engineering
consultant business. The engineering sector in Dubai is governed by the Dubai
Municipality, whose goals are to oversee the sector, guarantee excellence and
quality control, and ensure that both domestic and foreign businesses carry out
the work they are contracted for in a safe and competent manner.
Make sure that your company has the proper classification and is approved by
the Dubai Municipality Building Service Department Qualification team if you
want to start an engineering consultancy business in Dubai and are planning to
apply for a license to practice in the field of engineering or construction.
The Following Categories Apply To Local
Engineering Companies:
• Ten years for UAE citizens and fifteen years
for everyone else (expatriates)
• Category II: Ten years for everyone else or
five years for UAE nationals
• Category III: Five years for everyone else or
three years for UAE nationals
License in Engineering
You must choose whether you want to establish your business in the mainland or
free zone of Dubai before beginning business setup there. You must have a local
sponsor in order to pursue Dubai Mainland Company Formation. You will own 100% of
the company if you choose to form it in the Dubai Free Zone, but the procedure for
each free zone is different and is determined by its authority.
Engineering or architectural consultants are required to appoint a local partner who
must have the following qualities in accordance with Dubai Municipality regulations
issued on regulating the practice of engineering consultancy profession.
Following Engineering, Architectural And
Consulting
• Architectural advisory service
• Consultancy for Civil Engineering
• Engineering services for electrical and electronic systems
• Mechanical engineering advisory services
• Consultancy for mines, mines, and geological engineering
• Consultancy for chemical and petroleum engineering
Requirements to Start an Engineering
Consultancy in Dubai
• In order to be properly classified, a company that registers as an overseas branch
in Dubai must provide thorough information about the work activities of the
parent company over the previous 15 years.
• The general manager of the engineering consultancy firm must be both a national
of the country where the parent company is based and an engineer with a
minimum of 15 years of experience.
• Each activity listed on the trading license must be handled by an engineer with at
least 15 years of experience.
• Become a member of the UAE Society of Engineers
• The business setup application must be handled by a local agent appointed by the
overseeing company. The local agent must have been born and raised in Dubai.
CONTACT
German Gulf Engineering Consultants
Address: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Email: eng@infragulf.com
Phone: +971507465600
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