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IBS designs and builds office interiors in Ahmedabad through its local teams in the city. Its in-house design team draws the interior and the services, and IBS’s own engineers and workmen build them: civil work, MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing), HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), fire fighting, painting and furniture. If an architect has drawn the office, IBS builds that design. Gujarat’s fire law, GIFT City’s own rulebook and a daytime ban on heavier goods vehicles set the programme.
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Which rules do office interior designers in Ahmedabad have to design around?
Three. A building’s fire safety certificate lasts three years and is then renewed every two by a private Fire Safety Officer whom the owner and occupier appoint. GIFT City has its own interior guidelines, power licensee and district cooling. By a police order we read in Gujarati, goods vehicles above 7,500 kg may not enter the city between 08.00 and 23.00. IBS designs and builds Ahmedabad offices through its local teams.
What is a Fire Safety Officer?
A Fire Safety Officer is a person, or an association of persons, whom a building’s owners and occupiers appoint under Gujarat’s fire law to renew its fire safety certificate, the paper a landlord may call the fire NOC (no objection certificate). In the Act’s words the officer “shall not be considered as public servant”.
What is GIFT City?
GIFT City is the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City at Gandhinagar, established as India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) under the SEZ (special economic zone) Act (PIB, November 2025). It has its own electricity licensee and a district cooling system that sends chilled water to its buildings.
Fire certificate
Who issues a fire safety certificate in Ahmedabad, and who renews it?
Two different people. Under Gujarat’s fire Act of 2013 a public officer issues the first certificate. Since a 2021 amendment, a private one issues each renewal.
The first certificate
- The Chief Fire Officer or a nominated officer issues it. The state portal lists one for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)
- An application is decided within 21 days, on the state portal
- It is valid for three years unless cancelled, and the Rules let the fire officer shorten that
Every renewal
- A Fire Safety Officer issues it, defined as “a person or an association of persons” appointed by the building’s owners and occupiers
- They appoint from the list “enrolled by the Director”, at least two months before expiry
- Each renewal is valid for two years
The independence rule
- The officer “shall not have been involved in installation of fire protection and life safety measures in the same building/ premise”
- On our reading, whoever installed a building’s fire systems cannot renew its certificate
- Before a sprinkler pipe or smoke detector on your floor is altered, ask the landlord who the building’s Fire Safety Officer is and when renewal falls due
Between renewals
- The officer’s duties include a “bi-annual declaration” and “bi-annual emergency mock drills”
- The officer rejects a renewal where the rules or the certificate’s terms have not been complied with, or where the use of the building, or of part of it, has changed
- Business buildings of 30 metres and above also keep a Fire Safety Executive on the premises
Fire law
Whose duty is fire safety in an Ahmedabad office building, the owner’s or the tenant’s?
The owner’s first, on the Act’s wording. One point about tenants we could not settle.
What the law says
- The owner provides the fire prevention and life safety measures, “or where the owner is not traceable, the occupier”
- The owner or the occupier keeps them “in operational condition at all times”
- Under the Rules, in a building with more than one occupier, the occupiers’ association or society maintains them
Which buildings hold a certificate
- Every high-rise building of 15 metres and above
- Business buildings with more than 500 square metres on any one or more floors
- Since 2021 the Act bars a Building Use Certificate without a fire safety certificate
Where a fit-out meets it
- With the certificate application, the owner or occupier self-certifies “doing no alteration of any part of the building without approval of the competent authority”
- A new layout moves sprinkler heads, smoke detectors and call points, rewires the fire alarm panel and can hide a hose reel or a wet riser landing valve. Show it to the landlord before the GFC drawings (good for construction) are issued
What we could not establish
- Whether a single-floor tenant carries the duty when the owner is traceable. The Act defines “occupier” through a planning Act we did not open
- Whether a fit-out needs a fresh approval of the building’s fire safety plan. We found no provision
- Have the lease say who maintains the sprinklers and smoke detectors inside your floor
IBS in Ahmedabad
Who will be on our floor when IBS fits out an Ahmedabad office?
IBS’s own people. IBS is a national contractor that executes projects across India, with a local presence and local teams in the major cities, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities included.
On site
- IBS has a local presence in Ahmedabad, and its local teams deliver the projects it takes here
- The trades are IBS’s own engineers and workmen: civil work, MEP, HVAC, fire fighting, painting and furniture
- On an office floor that means gypsum partitions and ceilings, floor screed, ducting and diffusers, conduit and cable, and sprinkler pipework
- Where a PMC (project management consultant) runs the job, progress is reported against the programme, with HSE (health, safety and environment) and quality plans
Design and materials
- One in-house design team draws every discipline: interiors, MEP, HVAC and fire fighting
- Materials are options priced against your budget, and you decide: plywood, MDF or HDHMR board under laminate or veneer, carpet or vitrified tile, gypsum board or a metal grid overhead
- Head office in Goregaon West, Mumbai, and a factory near Vasai East
What procurement can check
- National enterprise clients include Adani Airports, Reliance Retail, Tata CLiQ, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, GroupM, Belgian Waffle, EPSON, Canon, Planet Retail, Society Tea and Duravit
- Largest single order executed: ₹25 Crore
- BCAS (Bureau of Civil Aviation Security) clearance for the entire airport premises, airside included
- All registrations required under Indian law
GIFT City
What changes when the office is in GIFT City?
The power company, the cooling and the paperwork. GIFTCL (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Company Limited) publishes interior guidelines. We read the copy revised to December 2023, nothing later, and not GIFT’s own development control regulations.
Power and cooling
- GIFT Power Company Limited distributes the electricity, under a licence of 6 March 2013 that covers both the SEZ and the Domestic Tariff Area
- Cooling comes from the district cooling system. The fan coil units (FCUs) and air handling units (AHUs) on your floor are selected to match it
- Services you add, HVAC and fire alarm among them, “must be integrated with the building’s Integrated Building Management System (IBMS)”
Before work starts
- GIFTCL issues an “intimation for commencement for interior works” if it finds the submission satisfactory
- The documents include an NOC “issued by the developer or the society” and a “Copy of valid Fire NOC of the building”
- Work that changes room dimensions or exits needs development permission from GIFT’s Urban Development Authority
- Ask the developer whether the tower is in the SEZ or the Domestic Tariff Area, before the first purchase order
On site, and before you occupy
- “Construction of permanent interior components like internal walls, partition walls etc are not permissible”. Ask GIFTCL which partition systems it accepts, gypsum drywall or glass, before cabins are drawn
- “LPG cylinders shall not be permitted inside the campus.” LPG is liquefied petroleum gas
- Solvent, paints and thinner on the premises may not exceed 40 litres at any given time. Plan paint, veneer polish and thinner in small lots
- The applicant submits a fire audit report to GIFTCL and intimates GIFTCL before occupying the premises
Deliveries
When can goods vehicles bring fit-out material into Ahmedabad?
At night, for the heavier ones. An order of the Police Commissioner of Ahmedabad City dated 2 March 2022 sets the hours until a further order. It is a Gujarati scan, and this is our reading.
The standing order
- Goods vehicles of up to 7,500 kg gross vehicle weight may enter the city
- Every other goods vehicle is prohibited between 08.00 and 23.00. That leaves nine hours, 23.00 to 08.00
- A police order of 18 September 2025 recites it as in force. We could not confirm any change since
Two ways round it
- Heavy and medium goods vehicles may run from 13.00 to 16.00 on three named Sardar Patel Ring Road routes only
- Private works that need a prohibited vehicle can get a route and time from the Joint or Additional Commissioner of Police for traffic, by separate permission
During Navratri
- On our reading of a second Gujarati order, those vehicles were barred from 08.00 to 24.00 and 00.00 to 02.00 between 22 September and 2 October 2025. That left six hours, 02.00 to 08.00
- No heavy-vehicle order for Navratri 2026 was on the police website on 9 October 2026. Check for the year’s order before booking a festival-week delivery
On the programme
- Ask the transporter for the gross weight of the vehicle behind each load: gypsum board, glass, plywood, vitrified tile, AHUs and other HVAC equipment, and DB panels (distribution boards)
- Ask the landlord whether the loading bay and service lift work between 23.00 and 08.00
Power
Who supplies electricity to an Ahmedabad office, and how long does more load take?
Torrent Power, under rules set by the Gujarat Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC).
The licensee and the load
- Torrent Power Limited distributes electricity “in the cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Surat”
- Where its area ends we did not establish, so read the licensee’s name from the landlord’s bill
- Cooling usually adds the most: a tenant VRF (variable refrigerant flow) system, or AHUs and FCUs fed by the building’s chiller plant
The application
- More load is applied for as load enhancement, in the Supply Code’s format
- It is not accepted while the consumer “is in arrears of payment of the licensee’s dues”, unless a court, the Commission or an authority it appoints has stayed that payment
- Where the load is feasible, the consumer pays “within 30 working days of receipt of the demand note” and signs a supplementary agreement
- If no decision comes in time, the applicant gives written notice. After a further 15 days the enhancement is deemed granted
The clock
- The licensee raises the demand note within 7 days of following the Supply Code’s process for the application
- After full payment and the applicant’s test report, supply from the existing network follows within 7 days in urban areas
- A new distribution transformer takes up to 30 days, and a new HT (high tension) line up to 90
- The consolidated Supply Code still prints two older time-limit tables that a 2023 amendment deleted
The voltage step
- Supply at 400 volts runs up to 100 kVA/kW (kilovolt-amperes or kilowatts) of contracted demand, or 150 kVA/kW if the consumer opts for it. Above that it is 11 or 22 kilovolts
- IBS’s design team calculates the connected load. Ask for it per DB panel, and which side of the step the floor falls
- Supply waits on the test report, so the new circuits are finished first: conduit, MCBs and MCCBs (circuit breakers) and earthing
Routes
Among office interior designers in Ahmedabad, will IBS design our floor or build our architect’s drawings?
Either. Say which in your enquiry, so the site survey is made against the right drawings.
With no architect
- IBS’s in-house team designs the interior and its MEP services, and IBS builds that design under one contract
- Design is a separate line in the BOQ (bill of quantities)
Where an architect has drawn it
- IBS builds from the architect’s GFC drawings and does not compete for the design
- Site questions go to the architect in writing. A saving is offered only as a priced alternate
- Shop drawings come before fabrication, and a mock-up where the contract calls for one
Price and handover
- A site survey first, then the line-item BOQ. IBS quotes no rate per square foot
- The quotation states the programme and shows each long lead time against it
- At handover you receive test certificates, as-built drawings and a closed snag list. The defect liability period is the one in your contract
Permissions
Do internal partitions need development permission in Ahmedabad?
Outside GIFT City, the state regulations we read exempt them, on conditions.
Internal partitions
- Gujarat’s general development control regulations of 2017 list works for which “No Development Permission shall be required”. Item 11 is “Internal partitions within the Building”, which in an office means gypsum drywall and glass
- The work must be as per the regulations, and safety must not be compromised during construction or otherwise. A third condition applies where construction falls under a road line
- Heritage-listed buildings are excepted
- Our copy is modified up to October 2019. Variations of May 2021 and September 2022 were not confirmed
What stays yours
- Every licence, permit and NOC is the client’s to obtain. IBS can prepare application drawings and handle liaison as a separately charged service
- The landlord’s fit-out approval is separate, and may add a work permit for welding or cutting
- On the name board, state Rules of 2020 say it “shall be preferably in Gujarati language”. Have a Gujarati reader check the proof
Weather
When is the monsoon in Ahmedabad, and is there a heat rule for sites?
IMD (the India Meteorological Department) prints two pairs of normal monsoon dates for the city. We found no heat rule for sites.
Monsoon
- IMD’s research report of 2020 gives a normal onset of 26 June and a normal withdrawal of 28 September, 94 days apart
- Its press release on the same revision prints 21 June and 30 September
- Plan terrace VRF units, refrigerant pipe runs and other outdoor HVAC work to the wider pair
Heat
- An AMC Health Department press note of 21 May 2026 carried a seven-day IMD forecast peaking at 44 °C
- In our translation from Gujarati, it advises citizens to avoid going out between 12 noon and 4 pm if possible
- It sets no working hours for sites or outdoor workers. Ask where terrace work on VRF outdoor units falls in those hours
Market data
What do published figures say about Ahmedabad offices and fit-out cost?
Two firms publish city figures, for different stock under different submarket names. None is an IBS price.
Grade A stock (Cushman & Wakefield, Q3 2026)
- 33.5 million sq ft, of which 31.33% is vacant, at ₹51.6 per sq ft per month
- Its SBD submarket, which takes in SG Highway, Thaltej and Prahladnagar, is 28.15% vacant at ₹49.1
- GIFT City holds 4.9 million sq ft, 26.52% vacant, at ₹65.0, with a further 3.65 million sq ft planned or under construction
All grades (Knight Frank, first half of 2026)
- 43.8 million sq ft, of which 37.1% is vacant. That covers every grade, so it cannot be set against the 31.33%
- Knight Frank files SG Highway under “CBD West” and GIFT City under “PBD”, so the two firms’ labels cannot be mixed
Fit-out cost (Cushman & Wakefield, March 2026)
- ₹5,847 per sq ft “for a collaborative hybrid workplace environment”, a figure the guide also gives Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune
- As arithmetic on that figure, 8,000 sq ft comes to about ₹4.68 Crore
- GIFT City’s rent is ₹15.9 above the SBD’s, about ₹1.27 Lakh a month on 8,000 sq ft
- Your own figure moves with the MEP and HVAC scope and with finishes such as laminate against veneer. IBS prices it as a BOQ after a site survey
Taking a floor on SG Highway or in GIFT City?
Send the building, the carpet area, your headcount and your move-in date. Add the expiry date of the building’s fire NOC and the name on the electricity bill if the landlord will share them. IBS carries out a site survey, then prices a line-item BOQ.
Request a site surveyAhmedabad city or GIFT City: what changes for an office fit-out?
Six rows from the sections above.
| In Ahmedabad city | In GIFT City | |
|---|---|---|
| Electricity licensee | Torrent Power Limited | GIFT Power Company Limited, licensed on 6 March 2013 |
| Cooling | Whatever the building provides. Ask whether that is a chiller plant or a tenant VRF system | District cooling. FCUs and AHUs are selected to match it |
| Before interior work starts | The landlord’s approval. Internal partitions need no development permission, on conditions | GIFTCL’s intimation for commencement, with the developer’s NOC and a copy of the building’s valid fire NOC. Permanent internal walls are not permissible |
| Site rules we read | The landlord’s own | No LPG cylinders, at most 40 litres of solvent, paints and thinner, and added HVAC services tied into the IBMS |
| Fire paper | The building’s fire safety certificate, its fire NOC, renewed every two years by a Fire Safety Officer | A fire audit report submitted to GIFTCL before you occupy |
| Grade A vacancy and rent (Cushman & Wakefield, Q3 2026) | SBD 28.15% and ₹49.1 per sq ft per month. CBD (CG Road, Ashram Road and Paldi) 39.60% and ₹48.2 | 26.52% and ₹65.0 |
Market Context
What the published data says
- The owner, “or where the owner is not traceable, the occupier”, provides fire prevention and life safety measures. Gujarat Act No. 11 of 2013, the fire Act as enacted, sections 18, 21 and 26
- A Fire Safety Officer, chosen from the list “enrolled by the Director”, renews the certificate. Gujarat Act No. 5 of 2021, amending sections 2, 12, 19, 21 and 46 (PRS file, pages 33 to 39)
- The first certificate runs 3 years. A multi-occupier building’s association or society maintains the measures. Fire Rules amendment, GH/V/9 of 2021, rules 24 and 26(5), Fourth Schedule
- Buildings of 15 m and above, and business buildings with more than 500 sq m on a floor, need a certificate. Fire Rules second amendment, GH/V/68 of 2021, Third Schedule
- A renewal by the Fire Safety Officer is valid two years. Gujarat fire Regulations, 2023, GH/V/233 of 2023, regulations 5 to 7 and 27
- The portal lists a Chief Fire Officer for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Gujarat fire safety portal, updated 28 July 2026
- Permanent internal walls are not permissible, and solvent, paints and thinner are limited to 40 litres. GIFTCL, Building Interior Guidelines, revision V6, December 2023
- GIFT City was “Established as India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) under the SEZ Act”. PIB, “Smart Finance, Smart Future: GIFT City”, 28 November 2025
- GIFT Power Company Limited was licensed on 6 March 2013 for GIFT City’s SEZ and Domestic Tariff Area. GERC, tariff order for GIFT Power Company Limited, 25 March 2026
- Goods vehicles above 7,500 kg gross weight are prohibited in the city from 08.00 to 23.00. Gujarati scan, our translation. Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad City, traffic order 7/2022, 2 March 2022
- For 22 September to 2 October 2025 the ban ran from 08.00 to 24.00 and 00.00 to 02.00. Our translation. Police Commissioner, Ahmedabad City, traffic order 33/2025, 18 September 2025
- Torrent Power Limited distributes electricity “in the cities of Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Surat”. GERC, tariff order for Torrent Power Limited, Ahmedabad, 25 March 2026
- Supply at 400 V runs up to 100 kVA/kW of contracted demand, or 150 if the consumer opts for it. GERC Supply Code, Notification No. 4 of 2015, consolidated to September 2024, clauses 3.2 and 4.80 to 4.87
- After full payment and the test report, load from the existing network is energised within 7 days in urban areas. GERC Standard of Performance Regulations, Notification No. 02 of 2023, clauses 4.1 and 4.2
- “No Development Permission shall be required” for “Internal partitions within the Building”, on three conditions, one of them about road lines. Gujarat’s general development control regulations of 2017 (GH/V/269 of 2017), regulation 3.2, as modified to October 2019
- A name board “shall be preferably in Gujarati language”. Gujarat Shops and Establishments Rules, 2020, rule 34
- Ahmedabad’s normal monsoon onset is 26 June and its normal withdrawal 28 September. IMD, CRS Research Report 3/2020, Table 2
- The press release prints 21 June and 30 September. IMD, press release on new normal monsoon dates, 2020, archived copy
- The note carries an IMD forecast peaking at 44 °C. Its advice to citizens is given in our translation. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, Health Department press note, 21 May 2026
- Grade A vacancy is 31.33% across the city and 26.52% in GIFT City. Cushman & Wakefield, MarketBeat, Ahmedabad Office Q3 2026
- Office stock of all grades was 37.1% vacant in the first half of 2026. Knight Frank, India Real Estate, January to June 2026
- The guide prints “04/ Ahmedabad 5,847 INR/sq ft”. Cushman & Wakefield, India Office Fit Out Costs and Market Insights 2026
Questions Buyers Ask
Frequently asked questions
Who are the best office interior designers in Ahmedabad?
We found no neutral ranking, so test each firm on points you can verify. Do its own staff both draw and build the office? How large was its biggest order? Does it ask who the building’s Fire Safety Officer is before it moves a sprinkler? IBS designs in-house, builds with its own engineers and workmen, and has executed a single order of ₹25 Crore.
Does IBS have a team in Ahmedabad?
Yes. IBS has a local presence in Ahmedabad, and its local teams deliver the projects it takes in the city. It is a national contractor with local teams in India’s major cities, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities included. The engineers and workmen on site are its own, for civil work, MEP, HVAC and fire fighting.
Do turnkey interior contractors in Ahmedabad design the office as well as build it?
IBS does both. With no architect, its in-house team designs the interior and the MEP services and IBS builds them under one contract, with design as its own line in the quotation. Where an architect leads, IBS builds from the architect’s GFC drawings (good for construction) and does not compete for the design.
What do office interior designers typically charge in Ahmedabad?
We found no published fee scale for the city. The checkable number covers the whole fit-out. Cushman & Wakefield’s guide of March 2026 puts Ahmedabad at ₹5,847 per sq ft for a collaborative hybrid workplace. IBS quotes no rate per square foot. It prices a line-item BOQ (bill of quantities) after a site survey, with design as a separate line.
What budget should we set for office interior design in Ahmedabad?
Start from the market figure. At Cushman & Wakefield’s ₹5,847 per sq ft (March 2026), 8,000 sq ft comes to about ₹4.68 Crore. Your MEP and HVAC scope moves that. Add rent for the months of work. The same firm’s Grade A rents for the third quarter of 2026 are ₹49.1 per sq ft per month in its SBD submarket around SG Highway and ₹65.0 in GIFT City.
Who renews a fire safety certificate in Gujarat, and how often?
A private Fire Safety Officer, every two years. The first certificate comes from the Chief Fire Officer and lasts three years. The owner and occupier then appoint an officer from the Director’s enrolled list, at least two months before expiry. That officer must not have been involved in installing fire protection measures, sprinklers included, in the same building.
Is the landlord or the tenant responsible for fire safety in a leased Ahmedabad office?
Gujarat’s Act puts the duty on the owner first, and on the occupier where the owner is not traceable. In a building with more than one occupier, their association or society maintains the measures. Whether a single-floor tenant carries the duty when the owner is traceable, we could not establish. Have the lease name who maintains your sprinklers and smoke detectors.
Do we need a fire NOC for an office in Ahmedabad?
Gujarat’s law calls the fire NOC a fire safety certificate. Buildings of 15 metres and above need one, and so do business buildings with more than 500 square metres on any floor. It belongs to the building, so ask the landlord for a copy and its expiry date.
Do commercial interior designers in Ahmedabad need development permission for internal partitions?
Not under the copy we read. Gujarat’s general development control regulations of 2017, as modified up to October 2019, list “Internal partitions within the Building”, gypsum drywall and glass in an office, among works needing no development permission, provided the work follows the regulations and safety is not compromised. Two later variations were not confirmed. GIFT City has its own guidelines.
What is different about an office fit-out in GIFT City?
Four things, in the documents we read. Power comes from GIFT Power Company Limited. Cooling is from a district system, so fan coil units and AHUs are chosen to match it. GIFTCL issues an intimation before interior work starts, and its guidelines do not permit permanent internal walls. Before you occupy, a fire audit report goes to GIFTCL.
What hours can trucks deliver fit-out material in Ahmedabad?
On our reading of a Gujarati police order of 2 March 2022, goods vehicles above 7,500 kg gross weight are prohibited in the city from 08.00 to 23.00, so gypsum board or HVAC equipment on such a vehicle arrives at night. A Navratri order cut the window to 02.00 to 08.00 in 2025. None for 2026 was on the police website on 9 October 2026, so check before booking.
Who supplies electricity to an Ahmedabad office, and how long does extra load take?
Torrent Power Limited in the city, and GIFT Power Company Limited in GIFT City. Under a 2023 regulation the demand note comes within 7 days of the Supply Code’s process being followed. After full payment and the test report, load from the existing network follows within 7 days in urban areas. A new distribution transformer takes up to 30 days.
Does our office name board in Ahmedabad have to be in Gujarati?
The rule states a preference. Gujarat’s shops and establishments Rules of 2020 say the name board “shall be preferably in Gujarati language” and allow any other language in addition. An inspection checklist in those Rules asks about it. We found no municipal order on the point.
Can IBS take our offices in Ahmedabad and in other cities?
Yes. IBS is a national contractor that executes projects across India, with local teams in the major cities, Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities included. Each floor gets its own site survey and line-item BOQ, because the rules differ by place. An Ahmedabad floor answers to Gujarat’s fire law and Torrent Power.
Is IBS an approved vendor with large companies?
Yes. IBS is an approved vendor at Adani Airports, HDFC ERGO, Reliance Retail, Godrej Finance, EPSON, Duravit, HSBC, Tata CLiQ, Canon, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail and HDFC Life. Procurement can check two more facts. Its largest single order was worth ₹25 Crore, and it holds BCAS clearance to work across the entire airport premises, airside included.
How do we get a quote for an office interior in Ahmedabad?
Send the building and floor, the carpet area, your headcount and your move-in date by the enquiry form, WhatsApp or email. Say whether the floor is in GIFT City, and add the expiry date of the building’s fire NOC if the landlord will share it. IBS carries out a site survey, then prices a line-item BOQ.