Insights | Renovation & Fit-Out Notes | City Contracting Dubai

19 AUG 2026

Handover

4 min read

Beyond snagging: what a proper handover actually includes

A handover is more than a snag list. It is a tested, commissioned, documented building, ready to run from day one.

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12 AUG 2026

Delivery

5 min read

One contract, one team: why single accountability beats managing trades

Split a project across separate trades and you inherit the gaps between them. Under one contract, coordination is our problem, not yours.

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05 AUG 2026

Approvals

5 min read

Approvals first: why the paperwork decides your start date

Nothing starts on site until it is approved. Here is how permits and NOCs across Dubai's authorities shape a project before the first day of work.

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24 JUN 2026

Delivery

4 min read

FF&E and artwork: why the last 5% decides how the whole project feels

A space is judged on the pieces that arrive last. Furniture and artwork are managed as part of delivery, not left to chance at the end.

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08 JUL 2026

Hospitality

6 min read

Renovating an occupied hotel: how to keep guests, and revenue, undisturbed

A hotel does not close for a renovation. The programme is written backwards from the operator's calendar, floor by floor, noise window by noise window.

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22 JUL 2026

MEP

5 min read

What "full MEP in-house" actually means, and why it protects your programme

Most contractors sub out MEP and lose control of the one package that decides the programme. Here is what changes when it runs under one roof.

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beyond the
blueprint.

Beyond snagging: what a proper handover actually includes

One contract, one team: why single accountability beats managing trades

Approvals first: why the paperwork decides your start date

FF&E and artwork: why the last 5% decides how the whole project feels

Renovating an occupied hotel: how to keep guests, and revenue, undisturbed

What "full MEP in-house" actually means, and why it protects your programme

Bring us
the brief.

Beyond the Build

beyond the blueprint.

Beyond snagging: what a proper handover actually includes

One contract, one team: why single accountability beats managing trades

Approvals first: why the paperwork decides your start date

FF&E and artwork: why the last 5% decides how the whole project feels

Renovating an occupied hotel: how to keep guests, and revenue, undisturbed

What "full MEP in-house" actually means, and why it protects your programme

Bring usthe brief.

Beyond the Build

beyond the
blueprint.

Bring us
the brief.