Dubai: New System for Licensing and Regulating Buildings Launched

Emaratalyoum, 26 May 2023: Dubai Municipality has introduced a novel electronic system for the licensing and supervision of buildings. This system has been specifically developed to cater to customer needs by reducing the time required for completing procedures and meeting the requirements of the new building code.

The Director-General of Dubai Municipality has highlighted the system incorporates several advantages and advanced digital functionalities aimed at enhancing the customer experience while reducing both time and costs.

Furthermore, the system will offer the utilisation of Building Information Modelling, enabling users to generate 3D templates and digital representations depicting the physical and functional attributes of the buildings.
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Dubai: Electricity and Water Conservation Measures Handbook Issued

Dubai’s Electricity and Water Authority has announced it has issued an Electricity and Water Conservation Measure Handbook.

It is aimed at informing residential, commercial, industrial and Government customers about technologies and systems to reduce their electricity and water use.

It is part of the Authority’s efforts to boost sustainability and improve customer and societal engagement.

It highlights various modern technologies to conserve electricity and water consumption for various types of buildings. It covers adding or replacing existing equipment and control measures to increase the efficiency of buildings and retrofitting them. These include air conditioning and cooling systems, lighting systems, water-saving fixtures, as well as building control systems to improve the operation of equipment.

It also presents expected savings as a result of implementing conservation measures. It also includes useful links and additional tips for customers to learn about further technologies to conserve electricity and water in their buildings.

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Dubai: Arabtec Trustees Appointed

Gulf News (United Arab Emirates), 21 June 2021: Dubai’s Court of First Instance has appointed trustees for each of the Arabtec Group companies facing liquidation.

They have accepted the petition to open bankruptcy proceedings for Arabtec Holding and its subsidiaries including Arabtec Construction LLC, Austrian Arabian Readymix Concrete Co, Arabtec Precast,. Arabtec Constructions LLC, Emirates Falcon Electromechanical Co.; and another entity under the same title and Emirates Falcon Electromechanical Co.

They will review the accumulated debts and create a record of all creditors.

Each trustee overseeing an Arabtec Group entity facing liquidation has to submit a request to the court on the contractual and legal interests.

They have to prepare an initial separate report on the assets of each entity and its rights with third-parties. They must also list all managers and members of the board of directors and shareholders for the two years preceding the bankruptcy application. In addition, they have to submit their opinion on the management and the preservation of the company’s assets.

The Court have also stated all procedures in Federal Decree-Law No. 9/2016 (the Bankruptcy Law) must be completed within 35 days from the date of the trustee appointment notification.

Initial reports from the trustees have to be handed in within two weeks.

The announcement paves the way for the liquidation of the UAE’s biggest construction company and will also be the benchmark for future proceedings under the country’s recently amended Bankruptcy Law.

In addition, the Court has stayed all judicial procedures and execution procedures on the companies’ assets until a restructuring plan is approved or for 10 months from the date of the decision to open the bankruptcy proceedings.

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Dubai: Government Regulations Must be Cut by 30%

Gulf News (United Arab Emirates), 9 June 2021: Dubai’s Crown Prince and Executive Council Chairman has issued instructions for Government regulations to be cut by 30% by September.

The aim is to make it easier to do business in the Emirate.

The instructions have been issued in line with the UAE’s Vice- President and Prime Minister and Dubai Ruler’s goal to support the private sector in the Emirate by simplifying procedures to boost the Emirate’s competitiveness and increase its attractiveness to investors.

They also want to enable businesses to grow in the Emirate.

Also reported in Emaratalyoum on 9 June 2021. For full story see https://www.emaratalyoum.com/local-section/other/2021-06-09-1.1499948.

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