Boundary wall cost per metre in the UAE and Saudi Arabia

Published linear rates, checked 31 October 2026

The linear rows and the per-square-metre rows are different products. Abdulla Carpentry EST, Ras Al Khor, Dubai, checked 31 October 2026, prints a boundary wall, built and finished, at AED 550–1,400 per linear metre, and a block wall, built and plastered on both faces, at AED 110–220 per square metre. External render on the same table is AED 55–120 per square metre. A reinforced concrete slab or base is AED 250–550 per square metre. The page calls the table its own rate range and does not print a height, a block thickness, or a price date. The paragraph under the table says the ranges assume reasonable access, a sound substrate and normal working hours, and that they cover the civil works listed rather than the finishes on top. Paint is a finish on top on that page, so it is not treated as inside AED 550–1,400. The same page’s external-works section says a boundary wall has a foundation. It does not print a dirham per metre of footing, so the foundation is not given a second number.

Saudi pages opened the same day do not agree with each other, and they are not converted from dirhams. Mqawla, published 28 September 2026 and updated 30 September 2026, uses a calculator reference of about SAR 245 per linear metre for an external wall, including materials and labour, for September 2026. A 100 m perimeter on that page is about SAR 24,500, which is 100 × 245. The page says the price changes with height, footing depth, block type and external finish, plaster and paint or stone, and that the figure does not necessarily include gates or special finishes. It does not print a height. Onlinetoolkit’s article dated 2 March 2026 prices a 3 m wall in Riyadh, including materials and labour: economic concrete block SAR 180–250 per linear metre, medium concrete block for villas SAR 250–380, a finished concrete-block wall SAR 350–500, and precast SAR 350–550. A galvanised iron screen at 2 m is SAR 200–380 per linear metre including labour. Etimadco’s 2026 title page prints indicative bands of SAR 213–263 for economic or structure, SAR 250–720 for the common middle band, and SAR 720–1,035 for a high or luxury band, per linear metre of wall. No calendar day is printed. The page is about walls and gates together, and its own question says the indicative range runs from SAR 250 to SAR 900. Those bands are shown beside SAR 245 and SAR 250–380. They are not averaged.

One-line formula, then a 2.4 m build-up

Cost per running metre = wall height in metres × one printed rate per square metre + a footing or column cost per metre, when a page prints that second rate. If the source already prints a linear-metre rate, cost = length × that rate, and the height is not multiplied again. No opened page printed a footing or column cost per metre. Abdulla’s reinforced concrete slab or base stays at AED 250–550 per square metre. Turner & Townsend’s UAE Market Intelligence 2025 prints excavate footings at AED 25 per cubic metre in Dubai and AED 22 per cubic metre in Abu Dhabi. iBuild’s September 2026 kingdom averages, last successful check printed as 30 October 2026, are SAR 193.34 per cubic metre for ordinary 250 K concrete and SAR 221.93 per cubic metre for resistant 350 K concrete. Those units are not a running metre. The concrete footing calculator takes a measured width and depth. This page does not invent either dimension.

The 2.4 m height below is this page’s stated height for a per-square-metre rate. It is not printed on Abdulla’s linear row or on Mqawla’s SAR 245. SIBRIS, checked 31 October 2026, prints medians for supply and build: 100 mm hollow AED 57.5 per square metre, 150 mm hollow AED 73, 200 mm hollow AED 91, 200 mm solid AED 107. Build only for 200 mm hollow is AED 37.5 per square metre, and that labour line is not added to AED 91. The methodology says the figure is a median of about the last 6 months, or 12 months when recent data is thin. It does not say whether VAT is included, and the family pages do not print a calendar day. At 2.4 m, using one SIBRIS row at a time, 2.4 × 57.5 = AED 138, 2.4 × 73 = AED 175.2, 2.4 × 91 = AED 218.4 and 2.4 × 107 = AED 256.8 per metre of wall face. Abdulla’s plastered block wall at the same stated height is 2.4 × 110 = AED 264 and 2.4 × 220 = AED 528 per metre. Turner & Townsend’s sample blockwork, 200 mm solid, on a 10,000-block job, is AED 180 per square metre in Dubai and AED 145 per square metre in Abu Dhabi, so 2.4 × 180 = AED 432 and 2.4 × 145 = AED 348. That job size is not this wall. QS Mind’s works page prints blockwork at AED 91 per square metre, checked 29 October 2026, and labels it estimate, not yet confirmed. That row is omitted. The SIBRIS median of AED 91 is a different page and is the one used.

Worked example: a 30 m frontage

The frontage is 30 m. The stated wall height for the per-square-metre rates is 2.4 m, so the face is 30 × 2.4 = 72 m². No price page printed an opening or a waste percentage, so none is deducted and none is added. The blocks-per-square-metre guide uses a nominal 400 × 200 mm face at 12.5 blocks/m² and, separately, an illustrative 5% allowance. At 12.5, 72 × 12.5 = 900 blocks before that allowance. This price page does not apply the 5%, because the price pages did not print it. Ducon’s 8 inch hollow block, checked 31 October 2026, is AED 4.50 each, 1,080 per truck. The 6 inch hollow block is AED 4.30 each. VAT, delivery and a price date are not printed. Using only AED 4.50, 900 × 4.50 = AED 4,050, which is 2.4 × 12.5 × 4.50 = AED 135 per metre of blocks. Using only AED 4.30, 900 × 4.30 = AED 3,870, or AED 129 per metre. Ducon does not say whether 400 × 200 mm is nominal or actual, so the 11.61 blocks/m² count is not used. Mortar, plaster, paint, columns and the footing are not in AED 135.

Installed dirhams use one rate at a time and are not added to the block supply. Abdulla’s linear row: 30 × 550 = AED 16,500 and 30 × 1,400 = AED 42,000. Height is not in that row. Abdulla’s plastered block wall on 72 m²: 72 × 110 = AED 7,920 and 72 × 220 = AED 15,840. SIBRIS 200 mm hollow supply and build: 72 × 91 = AED 6,552. SIBRIS 200 mm solid supply and build: 72 × 107 = AED 7,704. SIBRIS 150 mm hollow: 72 × 73 = AED 5,256. Turner & Townsend Dubai blockwork: 72 × 180 = AED 12,960, and Abu Dhabi 72 × 145 = AED 10,440, each for a 10,000-block sample, not for 900 blocks. The precast sample row prints AED 300 per square metre in Dubai and AED 400 per square metre in Abu Dhabi, and the label reads “200m thick”. Because that thickness label is not a usable wall height, the row is not multiplied by 2.4. Precast UAE, a manufacturer page with no price date, says there is no honest per-metre price and prints self-standing T-walls at roughly AED 700–5,000 per unit, including a 2.4 m height among typical heights. No unit length is printed, so the unit price is not divided into metres.

Saudi riyals on the same 30 m are also one source at a time. Mqawla: 30 × 245 = SAR 7,350. Onlinetoolkit’s 3 m villa row, which is not a 2.4 m wall: 30 × 250 = SAR 7,500 and 30 × 380 = SAR 11,400. The economic 3 m row is 30 × 180 = SAR 5,400 and 30 × 250 = SAR 7,500. The two SAR 7,500 results are the top of one band and the bottom of another. They are not added. iBuild’s September 2026 black block is SAR 1,677.78 per 1,000 for 15 cm and SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000 for 20 cm. For 900 blocks, 900 × 1,677.78 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 1,510.002 and 900 × 1,736.82 ÷ 1,000 = SAR 1,563.138, which is SAR 50.3334 and SAR 52.1046 per metre of blocks only. Mqawla also prints August 2026 averages from the statistics bulletin, as carried by Al Yaum on 16 September 2026: SAR 1,674.8 and SAR 1,732.7 per 1,000. Those months are not averaged with September. The cement detail on iBuild says the displayed cement price includes VAT. The block rows do not repeat that sentence, so VAT is not copied onto SAR 1,563.138. Labour, mortar, plaster, paint and the footing are not in the block line.

Hollow block, solid block, precast, and a metal screen

A hollow block wall and a solid block wall are separate SIBRIS rows. Supply and build for 200 mm hollow is AED 91 per square metre. Supply and build for 200 mm solid is AED 107 per square metre. Build only for 200 mm hollow is AED 37.5 per square metre and is not added to AED 91. Abdulla’s AED 110–220 per square metre is a block wall built and plastered on both faces. The page does not say hollow or solid, so that band is not renamed as either. Turner & Townsend’s AED 180 and AED 145 are sample blockwork in a 200 mm solid wall on a 10,000-block job. They are not added to SIBRIS and not added to the block price. Plaster on the cement and sand plaster calculator is a quantity for one face at 15 mm. Abdulla’s plastered rate already says both faces, so the calculator is not added to AED 110–220. External render at AED 55–120 per square metre is the separate render row. It is not stacked on the plastered block row.

Precast is priced in three ways that stay apart. Onlinetoolkit prints SAR 350–550 per linear metre for a 3 m precast wall in Riyadh, including labour, in the article dated 2 March 2026. Precast UAE prints AED 700–5,000 per self-standing T-wall unit, with typical heights of 2.4 m, 3 m, 3.6 m and 6 m, and says there is no reliable per-metre figure. Temporary hoarding blocks on that page are about AED 165–280 each, and reusable fence bases are AED 32–55. No panel length is printed, so none of those units becomes a per-metre rate. Turner & Townsend prints a precast concrete wall at AED 300 per square metre in Dubai and AED 400 per square metre in Abu Dhabi, with the label “200m thick”, so this page does not turn it into a villa metre. A grill or railing fixed on top of a block wall was not on any opened page, so that add-on row is omitted. The galvanised iron screen at SAR 200–380 per linear metre is a 2 m wall of its own, not a top rail added to SAR 245 or to AED 550.

What a boundary-wall price must still include

Ask the quote to separate blocks, mortar, columns, the footing, plaster, paint, gates, delivery and tax. Abdulla’s linear row does not itemise those lines, and the page puts finishes on top outside the ranges. Mqawla tells the reader to ask whether gates are included and to separate the external finish. Etimadco’s bill-of-quantities list names excavation, bases and columns, a grade beam, blockwork to a stated height, plaster and paint on both faces, stone or decorative iron, pedestrian and vehicle gates, and lighting. It prices the package as a band, not as those lines. No opened page printed a dirham or a riyal for a gate on this comparison, so a gate is not given a number here. Onlinetoolkit says gates are extra and prints a range of SAR 3,000–18,000 per gate. That is a piece price, not a per-metre add-on, and it is not added to the 30 m products.

A Dubai linear rate is not a price for Abu Dhabi, Sharjah or another emirate. The only Abu Dhabi boundary figures opened are the Turner & Townsend sample rates, which are a large-job blockwork rate and a precast rate per square metre. Mqawla’s SAR 245 is one kingdom reference, and the page says the calculator does not change it by city. Onlinetoolkit’s bands are labelled for Riyadh. iBuild’s block and concrete figures are kingdom monthly averages, not a city quote. VAT at 5% in the UAE and 15% in Saudi Arabia is not added to a row that is silent, and it is not removed from a row that does not say the tax is inside. The exterior paint calculator counts gallons from the coverage entered. No opened paint price in dirhams or riyals is used. QS Mind’s external paint row of AED 23 per square metre, checked 27 October 2026, is labelled estimate, not yet confirmed, and is omitted.

• Scope: a linear rate, a per-square-metre wall rate, and a block price are three different lines.
• Height: 2.4 m is this page’s height for per-square-metre arithmetic. Onlinetoolkit’s villa row is 3 m.
• Footing: no opened page printed a cost per metre of footing. Keep the measured section in the footing calculator.
• Gates and a grill: a gate stays a separate piece. A grill on top of blockwork was not priced, so it is not given a row.

Related quantity and price pages

The concrete block calculator repeats the 30 × 2.4 m count at a nominal 400 × 200 mm face and zero waste. The module, and the illustrative 5% that this price page does not apply, is in blocks per square metre. Joint mortar for hollow and solid units is in mortar for a block wall per square metre. Plaster cement and sand for a measured face are in plaster per square metre. None of those quantity pages is a dirham or a riyal.

Dated block prices in dirhams are in concrete block price in the UAE. Dated block prices in riyals are in concrete block price in Saudi Arabia. Ready-mix in dirhams is in concrete price per m³ in the UAE. Ready-mix in riyals is in concrete price per m³ in Saudi Arabia. Villa budgets that leave the boundary wall as its own line are in villa construction cost in the UAE and villa construction cost in Saudi Arabia. The other GCC construction guides stay on quantities unless they name a price.

Questions people ask

Sources and calculation basis

Source links support the points named beside them. Worked quantities are Construclytic calculations using the assumptions shown above. A price in a table is the figure that source printed on the date it was read. It is not a quotation for your site, and it does not replace the project specification.

1. Abdulla Carpentry EST: civil works in DubaiOpened 31 October 2026. Boundary wall, built and finished, AED 550–1,400 per linear metre. Block wall, built and plastered both faces, AED 110–220 per square metre. External render AED 55–120 per square metre. Reinforced concrete slab or base AED 250–550 per square metre. The table is the contractor’s own rate range. No height and no price date are printed. The ranges assume reasonable access, a sound substrate and normal hours, and they cover the listed civil works rather than the finishes on top. Address on the page: Ras Al Khor Industrial Area 2, Dubai.
2. SIBRIS Rates: hollow blockwork, supply and buildOpened 31 October 2026. Supply and build medians: 100 mm hollow AED 57.5 per square metre, 150 mm AED 73, 200 mm AED 91, 250 mm AED 106, 300 mm AED 122. The 150 mm and 200 mm rows are the ones used for the boundary build-up. VAT is not stated. No calendar day is printed.
3. SIBRIS Rates: solid blockwork, supply and buildOpened 31 October 2026. Supply and build medians include 100 mm solid AED 69 per square metre, 150 mm AED 88.5, and 200 mm AED 107. The 200 mm row is the solid row used. Not added to the hollow AED 91. VAT is not stated. No calendar day is printed.
4. SIBRIS Rates: hollow blockwork, build onlyOpened 31 October 2026. Build only: 200 mm hollow AED 37.5 per square metre. Also 100 mm AED 24.5, 150 mm AED 31, 250 mm AED 44.5 and 300 mm AED 51. The 200 mm labour line is shown and is not added to AED 91.
5. SIBRIS Rates: methodologyOpened 31 October 2026. The published figure is a median, not a simple average. The market window is about the last 6 months, or 12 months when recent data is insufficient. The page does not say whether VAT is included.
6. Turner & Townsend: UAE Market Intelligence 2025, construction cost performanceOpened 31 October 2026. Sample construction costs: blockwork in wall, per square metre, 10,000-block job, 200 mm thick solid concrete blocks, Dubai AED 180, Abu Dhabi AED 145. Excavate footings, per cubic metre, Dubai AED 25, Abu Dhabi AED 22. Pre-cast concrete wall, per square metre, Dubai AED 300, Abu Dhabi AED 400, and the row label prints “200m thick”. That precast row is not multiplied by 2.4. The blockwork row is a large-job sample, not a 900-block villa wall.
7. Precast UAE: precast boundary wallsOpened 31 October 2026. The manufacturer says there is no honest per-metre price. Self-standing T-walls are roughly AED 700–5,000 per unit depending on height and finish. Typical heights printed: 2.4 m, 3 m, 3.6 m and 6 m. Temporary hoarding blocks about AED 165–280 each. Reusable fence bases AED 32–55. No unit length is printed, so the unit prices are not divided into metres. No price date is printed.
8. Ducon Industries: 800blocks.ae block listOpened 31 October 2026. 6 inch hollow AED 4.30 each, 1,296 per truck, truck total AED 5,572.80. 8 inch hollow AED 4.50 each, 1,080 per truck, truck total AED 4,860.00. The 8 inch size printed is 400 × 200 × 200 mm. VAT, delivery and a price date are not printed. Address on the page: National Industries Park, Dubai. The 6 inch and 8 inch solid rows print a truck total and no unit price, so no unit price is stated for them here.
9. iBuild: Saudi building-material price averagesOpened 31 October 2026. Latest published month September 2026. Last successful check printed on the page: 30 October 2026, 11:53 UTC. Source named: General Authority for Statistics. Black block 15 cm SAR 1,677.78 per 1,000. Black block 20 cm SAR 1,736.82 per 1,000. Ordinary concrete 250 K SAR 193.34 per cubic metre. Resistant concrete 350 K SAR 221.93 per cubic metre. The cement detail says the displayed cement price includes VAT. That sentence is not repeated on the block rows, so it is not applied to the block arithmetic. Kingdom averages, not a supplier quote.
10. Mqawla: external wall cost per linear metre in Saudi ArabiaOpened 31 October 2026. Published 28 September 2026. Updated 30 September 2026. Calculator reference about SAR 245 per linear metre for an external wall, materials and labour, September 2026. A 100 m perimeter is about SAR 24,500. Height is not printed. Gates and special finishes are not necessarily included. August 2026 material averages, cited from Al Yaum on 16 September 2026: black block 20 cm SAR 1,732.7 per 1,000, 15 cm SAR 1,674.8 per 1,000, ready-mix from ordinary 250 K to resistant 350 K SAR 194.5–223.7 per cubic metre. The August block figures are not averaged with September.
11. Onlinetoolkit: external wall cost per linear metreOpened 31 October 2026. Article date 2 March 2026. Bands are for a 3 m wall in Riyadh, materials and labour, except the metal row: economic concrete block SAR 180–250, medium for villas SAR 250–380, finished concrete block SAR 350–500, reinforced concrete SAR 300–450, precast SAR 350–550, galvanised iron or screens at 2 m SAR 200–380. Gates are described as extra, SAR 3,000–18,000 per gate. The page does not name a contractor survey. The gate range is not added to the 30 m wall.
12. Etimadco: boundary walls and gates in Saudi ArabiaOpened 31 October 2026. Title says 2026. No calendar day is printed. Indicative bands per linear metre of wall: economic or structure SAR 213–263, middle SAR 250–720, high or luxury SAR 720–1,035. The page’s own question says SAR 250–900. The scope list includes excavation, bases, columns, a grade beam, blockwork, plaster and paint on both faces, stone or decorative iron, and gates. The bands are not split into those lines and are not averaged with SAR 245.
13. QS Mind: installed works rates in the UAEOpened 31 October 2026. Blockwork 200 mm, supply and build, AED 91 per square metre, checked 29 October 2026, labelled estimate, not yet confirmed. External paint AED 23 per square metre, checked 27 October 2026, the same label. Internal cement plaster AED 41 per square metre, checked 29 October 2026, the same label. All three are omitted. The SIBRIS median of AED 91 is a different page and is not this estimate.