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Quick answerPublished paver rates, opened 8 November 2026Pieces, bedding, edge and wasteWorked example: a 6 × 10 m drivewayWhat a dirham per m² still has to sayRelated quantity and price pagesQuick answer
Grey interlock in Dubai is AED 35 per m² at 60 mm and AED 55 per m² at 80 mm, factory price, delivery excluded, on QS Mind. Coloured 60 mm on the same page is AED 32 per m². The page’s market day is 7 November 2026, and these three factory rows were collected on 31 August 2026. Grey 60 mm supplied and laid on a 50 mm sand bed, sub-base excluded, is AED 75 per m², collected 24 August 2026. No 80 mm supply-and-lay dirham was on that page. Pieces per m² = 1 ÷ (module length in metres × module width in metres). A 200 × 100 mm module is 50 pieces/m². A 6 × 10 m driveway is 60 m²: 3,000 pieces net, or 3,150 with an illustrative 5% allowance. At the factory rows that driveway is AED 2,100, AED 3,300 or AED 1,920, one row at a time. The laid 60 mm row is AED 4,500, and it is not added to AED 2,100. GCCPricing’s UAE rows are a different basis: AED 135, AED 108 and AED 118 per m², reference parity, supply only, last updated 26 October 2026. They are not averaged with the factory prices.
Published paver rates, opened 8 November 2026
QS Mind’s Dubai roads page, opened 8 November 2026, prints market day 7 November 2026. Grey 60 mm interlocking blocks, rectangular or I-shape, to BS EN 1338, for footpaths, are AED 35 per m². That row is a Dubai factory price, delivery excluded, collected from the market on 31 August 2026. Grey 80 mm, for parking and vehicle areas, to the same standard, is AED 55 per m², the same factory basis and the same collection day. Coloured 60 mm, in red, yellow or charcoal, to BS EN 1338, is AED 32 per m², factory price, delivery excluded, collected 31 August 2026. The coloured row is lower than the grey 60 mm row on this page. The two figures are shown as printed and are not swapped. VAT is not stated on any of the three. The page says that if the price excludes VAT, add 5%. That instruction is not a second listed price. Applied only to the grey 60 mm factory row, 35 × 1.05 = AED 36.75. No 80 mm coloured factory price, and no 80 mm supply-and-lay price, was on this page.
The same page lists grey 60 mm interlocking pavers laid on a 50 mm sand bed, compacted and joint-filled, sub-base excluded, as a Dubai supply-and-install rate of AED 75 per m², collected 24 August 2026. VAT is not stated, with the same 5% instruction. AED 75 already names the pavers, the sand bed, compaction and joint filling. It is not added to AED 35. Native Nest, Ras Al Khaimah, lists a two-colour 12 cm square paver at AED 130 per square metre. The specification table says 12 cm × 12 cm and 60 mm thick. The product title’s 12 cm is the plan size, not a 120 mm thickness. The minimum quantity is 100 m². The included scope is land preparation, compacting a 5 cm road base, a 3 cm black-sand bedding layer, geotextile and fixing with jointing sand. Delivery and installation are printed as 15 days after payment, which is a lead time, not a statement that haulage is inside the 130. VAT is not in the price schema. No price-list day is printed. A 60 m² driveway is under the 100 m² minimum, so 60 × 130 is not an order this page offers. The minimum order at the printed rate is 100 × 130 = AED 13,000.
GCCPricing is a third basis, not a factory list. The 200 × 100 × 60 mm UAE row is AED 135 per m², reference parity, supply only, last updated 26 October 2026. The 200 × 100 × 80 mm natural UAE row is AED 108 per m², and the 200 × 100 × 80 mm coloured UAE row is AED 118 per m², both reference parity, supply only, last updated 26 October 2026. The governance note says the UAE row is a calibrated parity pegged to exchange rates and regional logistics baselines, not a verified merchant survey. AED 135 is not averaged with AED 35, and AED 118 is not a colour adder on top of the QS Mind AED 55. No Dubai kerb price in dirhams per metre was on the QS Mind roads page, so an edge-restraint dirham is left out.
| Item as printed | AED | Source, basis and date |
|---|---|---|
| Grey 60 mm, per m² | 35 | QS Mind. Dubai factory. Delivery excluded. Collected 31 Aug 2026. |
| Grey 80 mm, per m² | 55 | QS Mind. Dubai factory. Delivery excluded. Collected 31 Aug 2026. |
| Coloured 60 mm, per m² | 32 | QS Mind. Red, yellow or charcoal. Factory. Collected 31 Aug 2026. |
| Grey 60 mm laid, per m² | 75 | QS Mind. Supply and install. 50 mm sand. Sub-base excluded. Collected 24 Aug 2026. |
| 80 mm laid, per m² | Not printed | No supply-and-lay dirham for 80 mm was on the page. |
| 12 cm square, 60 mm, per m² | 130 | Native Nest. Minimum 100 m². Laying scope included. No price date. |
| 200 × 100 × 60 mm, per m² | 135 | GCCPricing parity. Supply only. Updated 26 Oct 2026. |
| 200 × 100 × 80 mm natural, per m² | 108 | GCCPricing parity. Supply only. Updated 26 Oct 2026. |
| 200 × 100 × 80 mm coloured, per m² | 118 | GCCPricing parity. Supply only. Updated 26 Oct 2026. |
| Edge restraint, per metre | Not printed | No dirham kerb price was on the Dubai roads page. |
Pieces, bedding, edge and waste
The count does not depend on the country or the currency. For a rectangular installed module, pieces per m² = 1 ÷ (module length in metres × module width in metres). A 200 × 100 mm module is 0.20 × 0.10 = 0.02 m², so 1 ÷ 0.02 = 50 pieces/m². A 200 × 200 mm module is 25. A 300 × 300 mm module is 11.111…. A 120 × 120 mm module, the Native Nest plan size, is 0.12 × 0.12 = 0.0144 m², so 1 ÷ 0.0144 = 69.444… pieces/m². Order pieces = pieces per m² × area × (1 + waste). The 5% used below is an illustrative allowance, not a manufacturer rule and not a percentage printed on the price pages. Bedding volume in m³ = area in m² × thickness in metres. Edge length for a rectangle = 2 × (length + width). If a kerb module length is known, piece count = edge length ÷ module length. That piece count is not multiplied by a per-metre price.
A 6 × 10 m plan is 60 m². At 50 pieces/m² the net count is 3,000. With the illustrative 5%, the order is 3,150 pieces. The perimeter is 2 × (6 + 10) = 32 m. If a 6 m vehicle entrance is a separate flush detail, the remaining edge is 26 m, and it is not deducted automatically when that entrance still needs a restraint. At a 0.5 m kerb module, 32 ÷ 0.5 = 64 pieces and 26 ÷ 0.5 = 52 pieces, before cuts and corners. No dirham per piece or per metre was opened for that kerb, so the length stays a length. The 50 mm sand bed named inside the AED 75 rate is 60 × 0.050 = 3.00 m³, and that sand is already inside AED 75, not a second purchase. The 3 cm bedding and 5 cm road base named inside the Native Nest scope, on the 100 m² minimum, are 100 × 0.03 = 3.00 m³ and 100 × 0.05 = 5.00 m³, already inside AED 13,000. An illustrative 25 mm bedding that none of these price pages specified is 60 × 0.025 = 1.50 m³. It is the same geometry example used for a quantity, not a section this guide recommends, and it is not added to a rate that already names its own bed.
| Line | Formula | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 200 × 100 mm module | 1 ÷ (0.20 × 0.10) | 50 pieces/m² |
| 120 × 120 mm module | 1 ÷ (0.12 × 0.12) | 69.444… pieces/m² |
| Net pieces, 200 × 100 mm | 50 × 60 | 3,000 |
| Illustrative 5% allowance | 3,000 × 1.05 | 3,150 pieces |
| Rectangle edge | 2 × (6 + 10) | 32 m |
| 50 mm bed inside AED 75 | 60 × 0.050 | 3.00 m³, not added |
| Illustrative 25 mm bed | 60 × 0.025 | 1.50 m³, not a sourced spec |
| Jointing sand bags | No kg/m² opened | Not converted |
Worked example: a 6 × 10 m driveway
The plan is 6 × 10 = 60 m². One price is used at a time. QS Mind grey 60 mm factory: 60 × 35 = AED 2,100. Grey 80 mm factory: 60 × 55 = AED 3,300. Coloured 60 mm factory: 60 × 32 = AED 1,920. Laid grey 60 mm: 60 × 75 = AED 4,500, which already includes the 50 mm sand bed, compaction and joint filling, and excludes the sub-base. AED 2,100 is not added to AED 4,500. The parity rows, still one at a time, are 60 × 135 = AED 8,100, 60 × 108 = AED 6,480 and 60 × 118 = AED 7,080. None of those is added to a factory row. Native Nest does not price 60 m². At its 100 m² minimum, 100 × 130 = AED 13,000, for the 12 cm square and the laying scope printed on that page.
The paver calculator counts whole pieces from the module and the waste field. It does not choose herringbone, a border or a fall. The paver base calculator turns thickness into a cubic-yard order and rounds up to 0.1 yd³. The 3.00 m³ and 1.50 m³ on this page are area × thickness in metres. They are not that yard figure. No opened page printed a dirham for jointing sand by the bag, so bags are not calculated. Excavation, disposal and the sub-base under the AED 75 rate stay separate. A concrete slab at a garage threshold is a different material, in concrete for a two-car garage.
| Line | Calculation | AED |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 6 × 10 | 60 m² |
| Grey 60 mm factory only | 60 × 35 | 2,100 |
| Grey 80 mm factory only | 60 × 55 | 3,300 |
| Coloured 60 mm factory only | 60 × 32 | 1,920 |
| Grey 60 mm laid only | 60 × 75 | 4,500 |
| GCCPricing 60 mm parity only | 60 × 135 | 8,100 |
| GCCPricing 80 mm natural parity only | 60 × 108 | 6,480 |
| GCCPricing 80 mm coloured parity only | 60 × 118 | 7,080 |
| Native Nest minimum, not 60 m² | 100 × 130 | 13,000 |
| Delivery, sub-base, kerbs | Not in the factory rows | Not included |
What a dirham per m² still has to say
A factory price is not a laid driveway. AED 35, AED 55 and AED 32 exclude delivery. AED 75 includes laying on a 50 mm sand bed and excludes the sub-base. AED 130 is a different paver, a 12 cm square, with a stated laying scope and a 100 m² minimum, from a Ras Al Khaimah seller, not a Dubai factory row. The parity rows are supply only and are labeled reference parity. Ask the quote to separate pavers, delivery, excavation, disposal, sub-base, bedding, jointing sand, edge restraint, labour and VAT. Do not add 5% to a row that does not say the tax is excluded, and do not treat the page’s “add 5% if excluded” sentence as a price the table printed.
A Dubai factory row is not a price for Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah or Fujairah. Native Nest’s address on the page is Al Hamra Industrial Zone, Ras Al Khaimah, and its AED 130 is not relabeled as a Dubai rate. No opened page split the same 200 × 100 mm paver by emirate. Thickness is not a recommendation: the QS Mind page says 60 mm for footpaths and 80 mm for parking and vehicle areas, which is that page’s description, not a design rule for every villa drive.
- Scope: supply of pavers is not supply and install, and a parity is not a merchant invoice.
- VAT: QS Mind does not state it and tells the reader to add 5% only if the price excludes it.
- Colour: coloured 60 mm is AED 32 on QS Mind, which is the figure printed beside grey at AED 35.
- Edge: the length is 32 m for this rectangle. No dirham per metre was opened.
Related quantity and price pages
The paver calculator repeats the 6 × 10 m count at 200 × 100 mm and 5%. The paver base calculator is the base and bedding tool, in cubic yards. Qatari riyal supply-only prices, where those pages were opened, are in interlock paving for a villa driveway. The same driveway question in Saudi riyals is in interlock paving cost per m² in Saudi Arabia.
Villa construction in dirhams is in villa construction cost in the UAE. Dated block prices in dirhams are in concrete block price in the UAE. The other GCC construction guides stay on quantities unless they name a price. The Arabic page is تكلفة الانترلوك للمتر في الإمارات.
Questions people ask
What is the interlock paving cost per m² in the UAE in 2026?
Pages opened on 8 November 2026 list Dubai factory interlock at AED 35 per m² for grey 60 mm, AED 55 per m² for grey 80 mm and AED 32 per m² for coloured 60 mm, delivery excluded. QS Mind’s market day is 7 November 2026, and those factory rows were collected on 31 August 2026. Grey 60 mm supplied and laid is AED 75 per m², collected 24 August 2026. GCCPricing’s parity rows, last updated 26 October 2026, are AED 135, AED 108 and AED 118 per m² and are not averaged with the factory prices.
How much is 60 mm and 80 mm interlock in Dubai, plain and coloured?
On QS Mind, plain grey is AED 35 per m² at 60 mm and AED 55 per m² at 80 mm. Coloured 60 mm, red, yellow or charcoal, is AED 32 per m². No coloured 80 mm factory price was on that page. GCCPricing’s coloured 80 mm row is a reference parity of AED 118 per m², supply only, not a colour adder on AED 55. Native Nest’s two-colour 12 cm square, 60 mm, is AED 130 per m² with a 100 m² minimum and a different laying scope.
Does the Dubai interlock price include supply and laying?
Only the row that says so. AED 35, AED 55 and AED 32 are factory prices and exclude delivery. AED 75 is supply and install of grey 60 mm on a 50 mm sand bed, with the sub-base excluded. No 80 mm supply-and-lay dirham was printed. AED 130 at Native Nest includes the laying scope printed on that product, not the QS Mind factory paver.
How many pavers, how much bedding sand and how much edge restraint does a 6 by 10 metre driveway need?
The plan is 60 m². Pieces per m² = 1 ÷ (module length × module width). A 200 × 100 mm module is 50, so the net count is 3,000 and an illustrative 5% is 3,150. Bedding volume = area × thickness. The 50 mm bed inside the AED 75 rate is 3.00 m³ and is not ordered again. The rectangle edge is 32 m. No dirham kerb price was opened.
Why is the GCCPricing dirham different from the Dubai factory price?
They are different bases. QS Mind prints a Dubai factory price, delivery excluded. GCCPricing labels the UAE row a reference parity, supply only, and its governance note says that row is a calibrated parity, not a verified merchant survey. AED 35 and AED 135 are both shown. They are not averaged.
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.
- QS Mind: roads and asphalt prices in the UAEOpened 8 November 2026. Market day printed on the page: 7 November 2026. Dubai. Grey 60 mm factory AED 35 per m², delivery excluded, BS EN 1338, collected 31 August 2026. Grey 80 mm factory AED 55 per m², collected 31 August 2026. Coloured 60 mm factory AED 32 per m², red, yellow or charcoal, collected 31 August 2026. Grey 60 mm laid on a 50 mm sand bed, compacted and joint-filled, sub-base excluded, AED 75 per m², collected 24 August 2026. VAT not stated. The page says that if the price excludes VAT, add 5%. Dollar rate printed as 3.67 AED. No 80 mm laid rate and no kerb price were on this page.
- Native Nest: 12 cm square interlock paversOpened 8 November 2026. AED 130.00 per square metre. Schema price 130.00 AED. SKU INT-BG-12CM. Plan size 12 cm × 12 cm. Thickness 60 mm. Minimum 100 m². Included scope: land preparation, 5 cm compacted road base, 3 cm black-sand bedding, geotextile and fixing with jointing sand. Delivery and installation printed as 15 days after payment. Address on the page: Al Hamra Industrial Zone, Ras Al Khaimah. VAT not stated. No price-list date. validThrough in the schema is 2027-12-31 and is not used as a survey date.
- GCCPricing: interlock pavers 60 mm price in the UAEOpened 8 November 2026. UAE AED 135.00 per m² for 200 × 100 × 60 mm. Reference parity. Supply only. Last updated 26 October 2026. The governance note says UAE figures are calibrated reference parities, not verified merchant surveys. Not averaged with AED 35.
- GCCPricing: interlock pavers 80 mm natural price in the UAEOpened 8 November 2026. UAE AED 108.00 per m² for 200 × 100 × 80 mm natural. Reference parity. Supply only. Last updated 26 October 2026. Not averaged with AED 55.
- GCCPricing: interlock pavers 80 mm coloured price in the UAEOpened 8 November 2026. UAE AED 118.00 per m² for 200 × 100 × 80 mm coloured. Reference parity. Supply only. Last updated 26 October 2026. Not used as a colour adder on the QS Mind factory rows.