Specifying site hoarding

Yes, on a plot governed by an authority that requires one — it must show the Main Consultant, Main Contractor, Plot number, Permit number, the governing authority's emergency number and the contractor's own emergency number, in plain white corrugated steel with no logos. It's usually the first thing checked on a site inspection.

A boarded, roofed structure — usually scaffold-built — that carries pedestrians safely past a site frontage where hoarding alone would block the only footpath. It's specified alongside hoarding, not as a substitute for it, on sites with a public footpath directly against the works.

On any exposed run, yes. Heras and PVC panels are light enough that a UAE summer shamal can topple an unballasted run — this is a routine failure in the trade, not a rare event. Ballast blocks (20 or 40 kg) or a windbreak stabiliser bar should be priced in from the start on anything longer than a bay or two.

Depends entirely on the governing authority. DDA Circular 331 requires plain white with no logos in the zones it covers, and Dubai Healthcare City specifies dark green — in those zones printed vinyl wrap is refused outright. Confirm which authority governs your plot before ordering artwork.

It depends on the authority governing the plot, not on the emirate. DDA Circular 331 sets a minimum of 2.0 m in the Dubai free zones it covers. Abu Dhabi Municipality is reported at 2.5 m. For Dubai mainland the rule sits in Chapter 6 of the DM Code of Construction Safety Practice, which we have not been able to read at source — the 2.4 m figure quoted across the trade traces only to supplier blogs, so ask us and we will confirm before you order.

Not in a Dubai Development Authority zone. Circular 331 requires white hoarding with no logos or artwork, and the Dubai Healthcare City circular specifies dark green. Elsewhere it depends on the authority, so check the plot before printing anything.

It is the UAE trade name for discontinuous corrugated hoarding — pre-painted galvanised corrugated sheet in a channel frame, standing in concrete foundation blocks with a diagonal brace to the rear. It is the default enclosure on almost every building site in the country.

One per post, and posts sit at 2.2 m centres, so a 100 m run takes 47 posts and 47 blocks. Standard blocks are 500 x 400 x 200 mm at roughly 96 kg. Add a post either side of every gate opening and at every corner.

We sell rather than hire. Panels are reusable across jobs, and we buy back used hoarding — so the practical equivalent is buying, using it for the programme, and selling it back to us at the end.