{"id":176,"date":"2026-08-20T07:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thsconsulting.in\/index.php\/uae\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T07:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T07:41:51","slug":"uae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thsconsulting.in\/index.php\/uae\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality Design Consultancy in the UAE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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THS Consulting<\/a>\/<\/span>United Arab Emirates<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t

Hospitality Design Consultancy for UAE Projects<\/h1>\n\t\t

Commercial kitchen, hotel back-of-house and F&B facility design for Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Sharjah — documented against Dubai Municipality, ADAFSA and Civil Defence requirements so your local consultant submits once, not three times.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Dubai<\/strong>DM · DDA · Trakhees<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Abu Dhabi<\/strong>ADAFSA · DMT<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Sharjah<\/strong>Food Control<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t\t
ISO<\/strong>9001:2015<\/span><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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Dubai Municipality<\/p>\n\t\t

DDA<\/p>\n\t\t

Trakhees<\/p>\n\t\t

ADAFSA<\/p>\n\t\t

Civil Defence<\/p>\n\t\t

Dubai Food Code<\/p>\n\t\t

Al Sa’fat<\/p>\n\t\t

Estidama Pearl<\/p>\n\t\t

Dubai Municipality<\/p>\n\t\t

DDA<\/p>\n\t\t

Trakhees<\/p>\n\t\t

ADAFSA<\/p>\n\t\t

Civil Defence<\/p>\n\t\t

Dubai Food Code<\/p>\n\t\t

Al Sa’fat<\/p>\n\t\t

Estidama Pearl<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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THS in the UAE<\/div>\n\t\t\t

Design and documentation that survives the approval process.<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

THS Consulting is an India-based hospitality design consultancy working on UAE projects as the specialist design and documentation partner. We plan the kitchen, back-of-house and F&B facility, specify the equipment, and issue a coordinated drawing and BOQ set. Your appointed UAE-licensed consultant stamps and submits it. That division is deliberate — and it is how most international specialist consultants work here.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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How the engagement works<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

Three parties,
one coordinated drawing set<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t

In the UAE, drawings submitted to the authorities must come from a locally registered consultant. We do not pretend otherwise. What we do is make sure what gets submitted is right the first time.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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THS designs and documents<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Concept and detailed layouts, zoning and flow, equipment schedule and BOQ, utility loads for MEP coordination, ventilation and drainage intent, and tender-ready documentation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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Your local consultant submits<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Your appointed UAE-licensed consultant or contractor takes our set through Dubai Municipality, DDA, Trakhees or ADAFSA. We answer the technical queries raised during review.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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We stay through execution<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t

Shop drawing review, equipment inspection, installation coordination, commissioning support and operational handover — with site visits at the milestones that justify them.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t

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The thing most briefs get wrong<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

Your approval route
follows the plot<\/em><\/h2>\n\t\t

A restaurant fit-out in Business Bay and an identical one in Deira do not go to the same authority. Jurisdiction follows the land, not the building type, and it has to be confirmed from the affection plan before anyone starts drawing.<\/p>\n\t\t

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Dubai Municipality — mainland plots<\/summary>

Food establishment layout approval through the Food Safety Department, alongside building and Civil Defence permits. The most common route, and the one most reference material assumes.<\/p><\/details>\n\t\t\t

DDA — Dubai Development Authority areas<\/summary>

Business Bay, Downtown, Dubailand, Motor City, Sports City and similar master communities. Its own submission format and review cycle.<\/p><\/details>\n\t\t\t

Trakhees \/ PCFC — free zone and port plots<\/summary>

Palm Jumeirah, Jebel Ali, the ports and associated free zone plots, with a separate engineering and health approval structure.<\/p><\/details>\n\t\t\t

Abu Dhabi — a different sequence entirely<\/summary>

ADAFSA for food safety review, DMT for building permits, ADCDA for fire and life safety. Assuming the Dubai order of operations is the most expensive mistake we see.<\/p><\/details>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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200+<\/p>

Hospitality & Foodservice Projects<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

15+<\/p>

Years of Specialist Experience<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

4<\/p>

UAE Approval Routes We Document For<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t

ISO<\/p>

9001:2015 Certified Quality System<\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Design requirements we build to<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

What review actually
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Recurring review points under the Dubai Food Code and equivalent emirate requirements. Each is cheap to resolve on a concept drawing and expensive to resolve on site.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Flow & zoning<\/dt>
Receiving to storage to preparation to cooking to service, without raw and cooked cross-flow. Toilets and chemical stores physically separated from food areas.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Wall & ceiling finishes<\/dt>
Smooth, light-coloured, non-absorbent wall finishes to not less than 2 m. Continuous cleanable ceilings with access provision for services above.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Floors & junctions<\/dt>
Impervious, non-slip floors in wet areas with coved wall-to-floor junctions and falls to drainage. Absorbent materials are not accepted.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Drainage<\/dt>
Trapped and vented gullies with removable covers, draining high-care to low-care, with no cross-connection to the potable supply.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Lighting<\/dt>
Graded by function — lower in storage and chillers, higher at wash and produce areas, highest at preparation with utensils and unpackaged high-risk food. Shielded fittings over exposed food.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Ventilation<\/dt>
Canopies with removable filters, sized to prevent grease and condensation on surfaces, make-up air coordinated to the authority’s requirements, and access for annual professional cleaning.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Grease management<\/dt>
Interceptors located outside the premises wherever the plot allows, sized for the operation and accessible for scheduled emptying by approved contractors.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Storage<\/dt>
Food and equipment held clear of the floor on racks and pallets, shelving held off walls, chemicals in separate lockable stores, chilled and frozen holding designed to temperature.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t\t
Welfare & handwash<\/dt>
A dedicated hand wash station in every preparation area. Toilets never open directly onto food areas — ventilated double-door lobbies where adjacency is unavoidable.<\/dd><\/div>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n
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Dubai is not the UAE<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t

Abu Dhabi runs a
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Teams that succeed in Dubai routinely assume the same route applies across the Emirates. It does not, and the correction usually lands after drawings are already issued.<\/p>\n\t\t\t

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