Developers Seek Upc's Advice On New Codes

Abu Dhabi: The Urban Planning Council (UPC)'s new codes for developers and contractors have attracted interest in the industry. Falah Al Ahbabi, UPC's general manager, revealed that several developers have already approached the council seeking advice to apply the new guidelines.

Our teams are ready to assist any developer, contractor, and existing landlords all the way, and those who wish to apply the guidelines can approach us before January 2009, he said. Last month, UPC introduced the Estidama (sustainability) programme, aiming at the introduction new regulations governing real estate development in Abu Dhabi to comply with the environmental concerns, and seeking to enforce a minimum 35 per cent of compliance. It is not necessary that all the guidelines will be converted to law, that can only be decided by the government, but at least we will have our minimal requirements, Al Ahbabi revealed.