Built for General Contracting in Dubai
BOQ Management for General Contracting contractors in Dubai
Import, normalise, and re-price Bills of Quantities without rebuilding the spreadsheet every time the design changes.
On the ground
What Dubai projects look like
Project timelines are compressed and contractor margins are tight. Dubai Municipality's Trakhees portal, RERA escrow rules, and DCD permit gates shape the contractor's day-to-day. Free zones (DIFC, JAFZA, Dubai South) each carry their own approvals overlay.
Typical project mix
- High-rise residential and hotel towers in Downtown, Marina, JVC
- Commercial fit-out across DIFC, Business Bay, JLT
- Logistics and industrial sheds in Jebel Ali and Dubai South
- Villa-community infrastructure in Mohammed bin Rashid City
Regulators you'll work with
- Dubai Municipality (DM)
- Dubai Land Department / RERA
- Dubai Civil Defence (DCD)
- Trakhees (Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation)
- Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
The problem
Why General Contracting teams in Dubai keep losing days to this
On most UAE projects the Bill of Quantities still lives in Excel — which means every design revision triggers a manual re-keying exercise, every variation invites a pricing error, and every tender re-submission risks a margin slip. By the time the BOQ reaches procurement, nobody is sure which version is current.
What we hear from General Contracting contractors
- !BOQ revisions cascading into tender pricing errors and margin erosion
- !IPC-to-payment cycles stretching past three weeks while subcontractors push for milestone releases
- !Manual coordination of six-plus trades, each with their own variation requests and submittals
How ORKSTRA handles it
BOQ Management, the way it should work
Smart import from any consultant template
Drop in the consultant's Excel BOQ. ORKSTRA detects sections, auto-numbers items, and flags duplicate or missing references — even when the template doesn't match your standard.
One-click variation re-pricing
When the design changes, re-run the priced BOQ in seconds against your live unit rates. The variation register, tender summary, and procurement plan stay in sync without copy-paste.
Audit-ready version history
Every BOQ revision is tracked with who changed what, when, and why. Pull a previous baseline for any milestone claim or dispute without hunting through email attachments.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
- How does BOQ Management work for General Contracting contractors in Dubai?
- ORKSTRA handles BOQ Management end-to-end on a Dubai project, from kickoff through handover. Import, normalise, and re-price Bills of Quantities without rebuilding the spreadsheet every time the design changes. It's already in use by main contractors and subcontractors across the UAE on projects similar to the General Contracting mix you'll see in Dubai.
- Can ORKSTRA handle Dubai regulator submissions?
- ORKSTRA tracks every submission against the relevant Dubai authorities — Dubai Municipality (DM), Dubai Land Department / RERA, Dubai Civil Defence (DCD), Trakhees (Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation), Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) — so audit packs export with the right references the first time, without manually rebuilding from email.
- Is ORKSTRA available in Arabic?
- Yes — Arabic-first by design. Every screen, report, audit pack, and BOQ Management record is bilingual (Arabic + English), with right-to-left layout, Cairo typography, and Hijri/Gregorian dates side by side.
- How long does it take a General Contracting contractor to switch to ORKSTRA?
- Most General Contracting teams in Dubai are running their first project on ORKSTRA within two weeks. We import existing BOQs, IPC history, and project records as part of onboarding — no clean-slate restart required.
- Is ORKSTRA priced for small and mid-size General Contracting contractors in Dubai?
- Yes. ORKSTRA starts at a Starter tier suitable for crews of 5–20 and scales through Pro, Business, and Enterprise. UAE-priced in AED, no per-user gotchas. See the pricing page for current tiers.
Ready to run BOQ Management without the spreadsheet?
Book a 20-minute demo. We'll walk through BOQ Management on a General Contracting project in Dubai, with your numbers — not ours.