200 articles in Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Materials sitting at a port because of documentation nobody checked is a familiar and avoidable form of delay. Six beliefs worth testing early.
Read MoreReplacing a contractor mid project feels decisive and costs more than owners expect. A worked example of the two routes with the numbers side by side.
Read MoreAdding ground-floor retail to a residential building changes the structure, services, licensing and management. A comparison of what each option demands before you commit.
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Hotel conversion looks cheaper and faster than building new. What the existing structure, services, fire strategy and floor-to-ceiling heights will actually demand of you.
Read MoreAn illustrative calculation for a small sports facility in Saudi Arabia, showing how court hours, membership and a fixed cost base combine into a return on capital.
Read MoreSome buildings need a contractor who has built that exact type before; others only need a capable builder well managed. How to tell which situation you are in.
Read MoreLeaving room to expand sounds free and rarely is. Six assumptions about future-proofing a building, and the provisions that genuinely have to be made at the start.
Read MoreA step-by-step illustrative comparison of three bids for a residential building, showing how scope adjustment and scoring change which offer is actually the cheapest.
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Assumptions foreign investors make about which entity holds the land, which holds the licences and which signs the contracts, and why getting this wrong is expensive.
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An illustrative SAR calculation that turns development cost into a price per saleable square metre, spreads a price ladder across floors and tests it against selling costs.
Read MoreThe cost of planned maintenance and replacement reserves on a Saudi building, what drives each item, and how underfunding shows up years later as capital expenditure.
Read MoreThe recurring cost of owning several Saudi assets as an overseas investor, from entity and audit through management and oversight, and how it changes as you add buildings.
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