Cashier's Office, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), National Archive (white building next door to National Center for Documentation and Research, behind Carrefour – Airport Road), P.O. Box 2380, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Al Ain:
Finance Department, Historic Environment Department, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), Al Ain National Museum, P.O. Box 15715, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
Please ensure that you have provided all necessary accompanying items:
1. an official letter from your company soliciting the PCR application,
2. the fully completed PCR application form,
3. an accompanying map of the area occupied by project, along with corner co-ordinates for its boundary (in decimal degrees with WGS84 as the mapping datum), and
4. 500 DHS application fee.
We normally then review your application within a 14 day period and will inform you if a PCR survey is required. It is required then we will email you informing you of the necessary costs of such a survey. We have a fixed daily charge rate for our staff and calculate the appropriate costs according to the size of the survey and the amount of time involved to complete both survey as well as administration and report writing. A typical survey may involve anything between 2-4 personnel and is currently charged at 2500DH per person per day. Surveys generally are of 1-5 days in duration. Subsequent administration and report writing normally involves 1-2 personnel for 1-2 days.
If it is judged that a PCR survey is not required then you will be contacted by email informing you that a no objection letter will be issued from our side in due course. Should a PCR survey be required then we will invoice you for the necessary amount once the survey and report have been completed. Payment of this invoice should then be made by cheque made payable to the “Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage”. This should be delivered to either:
Abu Dhabi:
Cashier's Office, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), National Archive (white building next door to National Center for Documentation and Research, behind Carrefour – Airport Road), P.O. Box 2380, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates., or
Al Ain:
Finance Department, Historic Environment Department, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH), Al Ain National Museum, P.O. Box 15715, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates
If the person paying the cheque then brings a copy of the payment receipt to either:
Anjana Reddy,
Tel: 02-6576212
Archaeology Research Assistant,
Cultural Landscapes Division,
Historic Environment Department, ADACH,
National Archive, Abu Dhabi
or
Mustafa Sayed,
Tel: 03-7641065
Historic Environment Department, ADACH,
Al Ain National Museum, Al Ain
Then they can directly receive hard and soft copies of the report. Please note that you cannot receive hard and soft copies of this report until we receive full payment of the invoiced amount.
The PCR report itself may either function as a no objection document, or may provide a list of mitigation procedures which have to be undertaken before your project may proceed.