Mezzanine floors
and event structures.

Yes. Adding a mezzanine is a structural modification, so it falls under the Dubai Municipality building permit process. This applies whether your warehouse is in Al Quoz, Ras Al Khor, Dubai Industrial City, Dubai Investment Park, JAFZA, or any other industrial zone. You will need stamped structural drawings from a licensed consultant and an NOC from the property owner.

What we do: as a DM approved contractor for steel structure construction we manage the full permit cycle, including drawings, NOC coordination, DM submission, and the completion certificate at handover.

Reference: Dubai Municipality, Building Permit Procedures

It depends on the intended use. If the mezzanine is used for storage (pallet racking, bulk stock, archives, flammable goods), DCD approval is normally required. The Civil Defence review covers fire-rated protection of the steelwork, means of escape, and sprinkler coverage. For lighter uses such as a small office area or non-flammable light storage, DCD approval is not always required, and the structural permit alone may be enough.

What we do: we assess your use case at the design stage and tell you upfront whether DCD approval is needed. If it is, we handle the submission and the House of Expertise coordination.

Reference: Dubai Civil Defence, UAE Fire and Life Safety Code of Practice

Under Administrative Resolution No. (37) of 2021 amending the Dubai Building Bylaw, the live load on a mezzanine must not be less than 5 kN/m² (approximately 510 kg/m²). For storage mezzanines with pallet racking or heavy stock, we design to higher loads, typically 7.5 kN/m² or 10 kN/m², matched to your actual use.

What we use: every mezzanine is designed to either AISC 360 (American Institute of Steel Construction) or Eurocode 3 (BS EN 1993), both accepted by Dubai Municipality under the Dubai Building Code 2021.

Reference: Dubai Legislation Portal, Administrative Resolution No. (37) of 2021

For larger mezzanines, multi-level mezzanines, or those carrying heavy point loads (racking, machinery, archive storage), Dubai Municipality often requires an independent third-party structural review in addition to the consultant of record. This is a peer check of the design and is standard practice for medium and large structures in Dubai.

How we handle it: we can engage an approved third-party consultant on your behalf and roll the cost into our scope, or work with a consultant you nominate. Either way we coordinate the review, comments, and revisions so there is no delay to your permit.

For a typical 200 to 500 m² warehouse mezzanine the full timeline is roughly 8 to 12 weeks: about 2 weeks for design and approval drawings, 2 to 4 weeks for DM and DCD permits depending on jurisdiction, 1 to 3 weeks for in-house fabrication, and 3 to 10 days for site erection.

Why we are faster: we fabricate in-house at our Dubai workshop with our own CNC cutting, bending, and welding lines, so we do not lose weeks waiting on subcontractors.