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01COMMERCIAL SERVICE
Office fit-out and renovation in Dubai
An office fit-out has to work on day one for the people who sit in it — power and data where the desks are, meeting rooms that are actually quiet, air conditioning that reaches every corner — and it has to satisfy the building before anyone moves in.
Next step
Share the size of the office, the headcount it must hold and your move-in date. We match you with office fit-out contractors.
Request a commercial consultationOr message us on WhatsApp02WHAT IT COVERS
- Space planning and workstation layouts
- Glass and drywall partitions
- Suspended and feature ceilings
- Carpet tile, vinyl and raised-floor finishes
- Small power, data cabling and floor boxes
- Lighting and controls
- Air-conditioning rebalancing and new zones
- Pantry, reception and meeting-room joinery
Start with how the team works
The layout follows the way the business operates: how many people sit at fixed desks, how many hot-desk, how often teams meet and how much privacy calls and clients need. A space plan answers those questions before a single partition is drawn, and it is far cheaper to change at that stage than after the ceilings are in.
The services drive the cost
Partitions and finishes are what people see, but air conditioning, power and data are where office fit-out budgets are won or lost. Every new meeting room needs its own supply and return air or it will overheat; every desk cluster needs power and data routed through the floor or ceiling. These are designed with the layout, not added afterwards.
In an existing building, the landlord's MEP drawings and the building's fit-out guide tell the contractor what can be modified and who must approve it.
Fit-out or refurbishment
If the existing layout broadly works, a refurbishment — new finishes, lighting, carpet and some reconfigured rooms — can transform an office at a fraction of the disruption of a full fit-out. If the business has outgrown the layout, stripping back and starting again is usually better value than patching.
- Space plan agreed before design detail
- Cooling designed for every enclosed room
- Power and data routed to the final desk layout
- Phased works where the office stays open
—PLANNING THIS PROJECT
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03QUESTIONS
- Can the office stay open during the works?
- Often, by phasing the work zone by zone and doing noisy activities out of hours. It extends the programme slightly but avoids relocating the team.
- Do you match contractors for small offices?
- Yes — from a single office suite to full floors. Small fit-outs follow the same approval rules, just at a smaller scale.
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