Our Office Renovation Services         

Each office renovation is scoped around how your team actually works. A project can include any combination of the following:

• Layout and partitions: Gypsum or glass partitions to create meeting rooms, private offices and quiet zones, or removed partitions to open up the floor plate, using our gypsum and false ceiling team.
• Ceilings and acoustics: New suspended or gypsum ceilings, acoustic ceiling tiles and bulkheads that hide services and reduce noise carrying between areas.
• Lighting and power: Updated lighting layouts, additional sockets at desks and meeting tables, and distribution board changes carried out by our electrical team.
• AC changes: Relocating or adding diffusers and units so new rooms are not too warm or too cold once partitions go up.
• Pantries and washrooms: New sinks, water heaters and fixtures, with plumbing handled by our plumbing team.
• Joinery: Reception counters, storage walls, pantry cabinets and built-in shelving made by our carpentry team.
• Floors and finishes: Replacement floor finishes and painting, including feature walls in your brand colours through our painting services.

Office Interior Renovation or Full Fit-Out?         

The two terms are often mixed up, and the difference changes the scope, approvals and budget. Knowing which one you need makes quotations easier to compare. 

SWEFIX focuses on renovating offices that are already in use. If your unit is a bare shell, tell us at the first contact and we will advise whether the project fits our scope.

Keeping Your Business Running During the Renovation

Most of our office clients cannot close for weeks, so the programme is built around their operations from the first site visit.

• • • Phased zones: The floor is divided into zones, and staff move from one zone to the next as each is finished.
    • Out-of-hours work: Noisy or dusty tasks, such as demolition, ceiling work and drilling, are scheduled for evenings, early mornings or weekends where the building allows it.
    • Dust and noise control: Work zones are sealed off, and shared corridors, lifts and carpets are protected every day.
    • Critical services kept live: Power to server racks, reception and key desks is planned so it is never cut without notice.
    • One point of contact: Your office manager deals with one coordinator for every trade and every schedule change.

Approvals and Building Rules for Office Works in Dubai

Office buildings in Dubai have stricter rules than most residential towers, and approval times affect the start date. The approvals depend on what changes and where your office is:

• Landlord and building management: Most towers require written approval before any works, plus contractor registration, insurance documents and permitted working hours.
• Authority approvals: Changes to partitions, fire alarms, sprinklers or MEP systems can require approval from Dubai Municipality and Dubai Civil Defence, or from the free zone authority if the office is in a zone such as DMCC, DIFC or Dubai Silicon Oasis.
• Cosmetic work: Painting, new floor finishes and like-for-like replacements usually need only building management approval.

We review your building's fit-out guidelines during the site visit and include the approval steps in the programme.

How Our Office Renovation Process Works

1. Site visit and brief: We walk the floor, note headcount, meeting room needs and existing services, and collect your building's fit-out rules.
2. Layout and scope: We agree the new layout, materials and the zones that will be phased.
3. Quotation and programme: You receive a detailed quotation with a timeline, materials and cost estimate, including what happens out of hours.
4. Approvals: Building management and any authority approvals are completed before work starts.
5. Phased works: Each zone is stripped out, rebuilt and finished before staff move back in.
6. Testing and snagging: Lighting, power, AC and plumbing are checked, and snag items are cleared with your office manager.
7. Handover: The space is cleaned, handed over, and the after-service support contact is confirmed.