Built for UAE architecture & engineering firms

Every approval, NOC and permit —
under control.

UAE building approvals are a stack of a dozen separate NOCs across different authorities, portals and expiry clocks. SubChex tracks all of them in one place — so nothing slips, stalls, or expires unnoticed.

subchex.com/dashboard
Awaiting authority
DEWA Building NOC
Marina Gate Tower
18 days waiting
Civil Defense — Design NOC
Al Barsha Villa
24 days waiting
DDA Building Permit
Business Bay Office
6 days waiting
Active projects
Marina Gate Tower
Dubai · High-rise
8/12 approvals
Al Barsha Villa G+1
Dubai · Villa
5/7 approvals
Business Bay Office Fit-out
Dubai · Fit-out
3/9 approvals
7
Emirates, end to end
40+
Authorities & NOC types
1
Board for your whole firm
Covers every authority across the UAE
Dubai MunicipalityDDADEWADubai Civil DefenseTrakheesNakheelAbu Dhabi DMTEstidamaADDCSEWASharjah MunicipalityFEWAAjman MunicipalityRAK MunicipalityduEtisalat

A single project can need 8–15 separate approvals — each from a different authority, each with its own portal, required documents, strict ordering, and validity period that changes by emirate and even by plot. It's impossible to hold in your head across live projects. That's the problem SubChex solves.

How it works

From plot details to a finished file

See every project at a glance

One board for the whole firm: what's awaiting an authority and for how long, what's expiring, and how far each project has progressed through its approvals.

subchex.com/dashboard
Awaiting authority
DEWA Building NOC
Marina Gate Tower
18 days waiting
Civil Defense — Design NOC
Al Barsha Villa
24 days waiting
DDA Building Permit
Business Bay Office
6 days waiting
Active projects
Marina Gate Tower
Dubai · High-rise
8/12 approvals
Al Barsha Villa G+1
Dubai · Villa
5/7 approvals
Business Bay Office Fit-out
Dubai · Fit-out
3/9 approvals

Know exactly what each project needs

Enter the plot attributes and SubChex generates the full NOC checklist — the right authorities, in the right order, with the documents each one requires.

subchex.com/projects/marina-gate-tower
Marina Gate Tower
Dubai · Dubai Marina · High-rise > 24m
8 / 12 done
Affection Plan
DLD
Approved
DEWA Building NOC
DEWA
In review
Civil Defense Design NOC
DCD
Submitted
DDA Building Permit
DDA
Not started
Trakhees Completion NOC
Trakhees
Expired
DEWA Building NOC — documents
Site plan Load schedule Authorization letter

Authority replies, read for you

Submit by email from inside SubChex. Replies from authorities are pulled in, grouped into conversations, and summarized by AI — approved, rejected, or needs info.

subchex.com/responses
Responses· read & summarized automatically
RE: DEWA NOC — Marina Gate TowerApproved
noc@dewa.gov.ae
DEWA confirms the building NOC is approved and issued. Valid for 6 months from today.
RE: Design submission — Al Barsha VillaNeeds info
submissions@dcd.gov.ae
Civil Defense requests an updated fire-pump schedule before they can proceed.
Everything in one place

Built around how UAE approvals actually work

Requirement rules engine

Tell SubChex the emirate, use-type, height and plot features — it builds the exact NOC checklist for each project automatically.

All seven emirates

A curated authority catalog covering Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah and the northern emirates — design NOCs, permits and completion NOCs.

Document vault

Every drawing, schedule and letter attached to the approval it belongs to, with a clear checklist of what's still missing.

Submit & auto-read replies

Email a submission straight from SubChex — then authority replies are pulled in, threaded and summarized by AI.

Expiry & stall alerts

Validity clocks for every NOC, plus a live ‘awaiting authority’ board that turns red when a submission sits too long.

Roles, audit & teams

Invite your team with viewer/editor/manager/admin roles. Every change is logged — who did what, and when.

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Who it's for

For the teams that live in the approvals process

Architecture firms

Keep every project's approval stack visible across the whole studio — no more chasing status in spreadsheets and inboxes.

Engineering consultancies

Track design and completion NOCs across authorities and emirates, with the dependencies and ordering built in.

Multi-project practices

When you're running ten projects at once, SubChex is the single board that shows what's blocked, expiring, or waiting.

Get your approvals under control.

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