# Major Dubai Construction Authority Overlays — Verified Public Evidence

**Review date:** 22 August 2026.

| Authority | Official public evidence | Comparison consequence |
|---|---|---|
| **Trakhees / PCFC** | The official accreditation catalogue lists **Safety Advisor Registration Scheme (SARS - New)**, **Safety Advisor Registration Scheme (SARS - Renewal)** and **Safety Supervisor Registration Scheme (SSRS)**. The SARS course page states: “All Safety advisors working in Trakhees Jurisdiction are required to complete this course successfully to be familiar with Trakhees construction safety requirements.” | Strong **partial analogue** to the competency component of Dubai Municipality OSH PIC. The accessible public course text does not by itself establish a universal project-by-project PIC appointment, prescribed staffing ratio or permit-signatory authority. |
| **Dubai Development Authority (DDA)** | The official DDA construction site provides a dedicated excavation-permit process requiring an owner/consultant/contractor appointment letter, soil investigation, geotechnical design/calculations, excavation drawings, relevant NOCs and a design-review checklist. The official inspection page lists shoring, piling and structural inspection/completion controls. Circular 604 is the official source cited for the DDA’s dedicated full-time safety-officer appointment and consultant-approval arrangement; detailed circular text should be checked from the source PDF. | DDA is not merely a general Dubai Municipality permit route. It has project-level construction control and an HSE-officer appointment/consultant-review mechanism; it is a **partial analogue**, not a current DDA authority card/registry equivalent. |
| **Dubai South / DACC** | The official planning and development page publishes **Basic OHSE Requirements**, **DACC Development Control and OHSE Fee** documentation and a **Development Control Submissions Process**. The direct process detail must be reviewed in its project document package. | Evidences HSEQ/OHSE permit and development-control gates; no named PIC or individual public safety-officer registration scheme was confirmed from the accessible page. |
| **DIEZA / DAFZA / Dubai Silicon Oasis** | Dubai Law No. 16 of 2021 establishes DIEZA’s supervision over Dubai Silicon Oasis and Dubai International Airport Free Zone. It empowers DIEZA to “license, regulate, control, and supervise all construction works” and to audit/inspect licensed establishments. | This establishes the authority boundary and construction-control power, but not a publicly named OSH PIC, HSE practitioner or safety-officer card. Do not incorrectly apply DDA’s safety-officer circular to a DIEZA project unless the actual project approval states that DDA is the regulating construction authority. |

## Source register

| Ref. | Official source |
|---|---|
| T1 | https://accreditation.trakhees.ae/ |
| T2 | https://accreditation.trakhees.ae/course/info.php?id=45 |
| D1 | https://dda.gov.ae/-/media/4AF0C22626D8459ABECCA472957FAAD7.pdf |
| D2 | https://dda.gov.ae/en/planning-development/construction/permits-nocs/excavation-permit |
| D3 | https://dda.gov.ae/en/planning-development/construction/inspections-completions |
| S1 | https://www.dubaisouth.ae/en/planning-and-development |
| Z1 | https://dlp.dubai.gov.ae/Legislation%20Reference/2021/Law%20No.%20(16)%20of%202021.html |
| Z2 | https://www.dafz.ae/en/download |