Dubai · United Arab Emirates
Thirty five years in electrical and ICT construction, from the tools to senior project manager to the consultant's side of the table. Now working independently in Dubai, on the technical scope that most projects scrutinise least.
Two practices, one person
One half serves construction professionals. The other serves people who own or live in a property. They need different things and they are priced differently, so they are kept apart.
Package and tender review, bid levelling, variation valuation, handover verification. Plus senior electrical and ICT resource on a day rate for consultancies who need the depth without the headcount.
See the professional services → For property owners and tenantsMove out and move in condition reports that protect your deposit, snagging inspections where the electrical is actually tested, annual property care, and specialist garage and collection room work.
See the property services →For construction professionals
On a UAE project the electrical, ICT and MEP scope is typically a quarter to forty percent of construction cost. It is also the part the appointed consultant has the least specialist depth in, because that appointment is architecture led. That gap is where margin leaks, and closing it is a narrow, unglamorous, well paid job.
The way in
Fixed fee, AED 1,500, no meeting required to approve it. If the findings are not worth multiples of the fee, do not pay the invoice and do not use me again.
For property owners and tenants
A Dubai villa deposit is usually five percent of annual rent, so ten to twenty five thousand dirhams. People spend hours saving two hundred on a cleaning quote, then lose eight thousand at the final inspection. Not because the property was dirty, but because there was no dated evidence of its condition, and the landlord is the one holding the money.
Cleaning companies sell a clean. Nobody sells the evidence. Every job here comes with a dated, photographed, signed condition report.
Free this month
Twenty minutes at your property before you move out. No charge and no obligation.
The person
I started on the tools and finished as a senior project manager, which took about thirty five years. Along the way I estimated the work, then sat on the consultant's side reviewing other contractors' claims.
That combination is the whole reason this practice exists. Most people reviewing an electrical package have done one of those three things. Knowing what actually gets built, what it actually costs, and what a reviewer will actually approve is not three skills, it is one, and it takes a long time to acquire.
I am not an engineer of record and I do not certify anything. That responsibility stays with the appointed consultant, which is exactly where it belongs. What I provide is an independent read from someone who is not paid by the outcome, and who has personally installed most of what he is looking at.
Built on experience. Driven by precision.
Common questions
You should have one, and I would not replace them. The appointed consultant is architecture led and carries the whole build including submission, approval and certification. I look at the electrical, ICT and systems scope only, on your side, and I certify nothing. The person who certifies work and the person who checks it should not be the same person. That is not a criticism of anyone, it is just how checking works in every industry that takes it seriously.
Correct, and I never claim to be. I am not the engineer of record, I do not stamp drawings and I make no authority submissions. What I have is thirty five years of building, pricing and reviewing this work, and an RCDD. My output is advisory. On the owner's side of the table that is precisely what is wanted.
All of Dubai, and across the UAE for larger engagements. On the property side that includes Arabian Ranches, Springs and Meadows, Jumeirah Park, Dubai Hills, DAMAC Hills, Mudon, Al Furjan, Tilal Al Ghaf, Reem, Mira, Serena, Villanova, Town Square, Victory Heights, Motor City, Jumeirah Golf Estates and Palm Jumeirah. Ask about anywhere not listed.
Fixed and quoted in writing before anything starts. There are no hourly extras and the fee does not change if the work takes longer than expected. Advisory work is half on instruction and half on issue. Retainers are monthly in advance. Day rate work is monthly in arrears at thirty days.
Electrical work, yes, under our own trade licence and quoted separately. For anything outside that I will tell you what needs doing so you can have it priced properly. I do not mark up other people's work, because the moment I profit from the remedy I stop being independent about the finding.
A one page read goes back inside forty eight hours. Property inspections are usually within a week, and handover inspections within two. Larger package reviews are scheduled around what is already committed. Ask and I will give you a real date rather than an optimistic one.
Get in touch
Tell me what the project or property is and what you need looked at. WhatsApp is fastest and usually gets a reply within the hour during the working day.