200 articles in Building and Developing in Saudi Arabia with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Seven evaluation failures that make an owner award to the wrong contractor, what each one costs during construction, and the evidence that prevents it.
Read MoreA contractor asking for more time is asking for one thing. A contractor asking to be paid for that time is asking for another. Treat them separately.
Read MoreConstruction spending is not spread evenly across the programme. Knowing the shape of the curve decides how much cash you need and when.
Read MoreTwo very different appointments are often described in the same words. Knowing which one you are buying decides what is actually being protected.
Read MoreEvery building has clashes between structure and services. Paying to find them on a screen or letting the site find them is a real choice with real numbers.
Read MoreThe snag list is the last moment an owner has real leverage. Here is how to produce a serious one when you are not the person walking the rooms.
Read MoreThe recurring errors in gated compound projects in Saudi Arabia, what each one costs in rent or capital, and the evidence that proves it has been closed out.
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Furnishing apartments for monthly lets promises a rent premium and delivers a replacement bill. The errors that turn the premium into cost, and how to prove each one is closed.
Read MoreHanding over a bare shell or a finished space changes your capital, your letting speed and who carries the risk of a tenant changing their mind. A comparison for commercial landlords.
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An open yard looks like the simplest thing to build and fails in the most expensive way. The errors in pavement, drainage, access and facilities, with the proof each is closed.
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School projects fail on enrolment ramp, traffic, operator alignment and phasing rather than on construction. The recurring errors and the evidence that each has been closed.
Read MoreThe signals inside a construction proposal that predict claims, delay and abandonment, and the specific question that turns each one into a priced answer before you sign.
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