40 articles in Construction and Contracting with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Two pricing models, two very different ways of carrying risk. Here is how each behaves when drawings change, prices move or the programme slips.
Read MoreSupervision is the first line owners try to delete from the budget. Six beliefs about it, tested against what actually happens on site.
Read MoreMulti-unit construction rewards repetition and punishes variety. Where the money concentrates when you build to rent or sell.
Read MoreTwo common approaches to insulating walls in a hot climate, and what each one demands from detailing and site workmanship.
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Most disputes on residential and commercial projects trace back to a decision made during tendering, long before the first concrete pour.
Read MoreReinforced concrete fails for predictable reasons. A sequence of checks from mix approval to curing, with what each stage must produce.
Read MoreThe clauses that matter most are rarely the ones negotiated hardest. Six omissions that become disputes on ordinary projects.
Read MoreElectrical work is cheap while walls are open and expensive afterwards. The decisions that owners regret once the house is finished.
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A step-by-step calculation showing how built-up area, finishing level, external works and contingency combine into a realistic construction budget.
Read MoreWaterproofing is cheap to install and expensive to repair. The failures below are the ones that surface months after handover.
Read MoreExtensions look simpler than new builds and often are not. The stages, from checking what the plot allows to connecting the new work to the old.
Read MoreConstruction spending is not evenly distributed. A month-by-month example showing where the peak sits and why it matters.
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