200 articles in Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Orientation affects cooling load, privacy and layout more than most owners think, and price per square metre less than they hope. Six beliefs tested.
Read MoreThe owner brief is the document your whole project is measured against. Six gaps that recur in briefs written from abroad, and how to close each one.
Read MoreValue engineering changes how a function is delivered; cost cutting removes the function. Six beliefs that let one be presented as the other.
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Appoint one contractor for the whole works, or manage trade packages directly with a construction manager: how the two models allocate price risk.
Read MoreSix beliefs about construction contracts that leave owners exposed, from what a signature covers to who owns the drawings and what a certificate means.
Read MoreDelay analysis sounds like something for lawyers and experts. The first four steps are ordinary project work, and doing them early usually settles the question.
Read MoreAn owner who suspects the numbers have drifted can commission a review of the project accounts. Here is what such a review examines and what it costs to run.
Read MoreOwners collect evidence that feels convincing and ignore the records that would actually settle an argument. Six beliefs worth correcting.
Read MoreA project two hours from the nearest concrete plant is a different commercial proposition. The supply cost lines that only appear on remote sites.
Read MoreAs built drawings, warranties, test certificates and manuals feel like paperwork at handover. Each missing item has a price that arrives years later.
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What goes wrong between practical completion and the sale of a newly built Saudi villa, what each error costs in price or delay, and how to prove the unit is genuinely ready.
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An illustrative calculation for a small Saudi boutique hotel, taking room rate and occupancy through departmental costs and fees to earnings against the capital it consumed.
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