180 articles in Construction and Contracting with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Many defects only appear after a building has been through heat, humidity and its first real use. This example costs them against the retention still being held.
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The final weeks decide whether defects get fixed or inherited. A structured handover sequence, with the documents that should change hands.
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Speech privacy and noise complaints in an occupied building are solved in a sequence: measure, find the path, close the leak, then treat the room.
Read MoreCompany size is not a proxy for quality. What actually changes between a small team and a large firm, and which project types suit each.
Read MoreA BMS is installed, commissioned and then quietly reduced to a screen nobody reads. The reasons are consistent and largely avoidable.
Read MoreA programme is a claim about the future. This example shows how to test one before you accept it, using arithmetic rather than instinct.
Read MoreCondensation, rising moisture, a leaking pipe and penetrating rain look similar on a wall and need completely different treatment.
Read MoreContractor insolvency rarely arrives without notice. The signals that appear on site weeks before anyone admits there is a problem.
Read MoreOwners assume a warranty means someone will come and fix it. The conditions, exclusions and notification requirements usually decide otherwise.
Read MoreHealthcare fit out is governed by requirements that residential buildings were never designed to meet, and the licence depends on them being satisfied before opening.
Read MoreBringing a contractor in before the design is finished can save money and time, or it can remove your competitive position. Six assumptions worth testing before you choose it.
Read MoreThe monthly comparison of what a contract has earned against what it has cost, worked through in illustrative riyals to show how a profitable job turns into a loss unnoticed.
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