180 articles in Construction and Contracting with practical commercial and delivery insight.
Curing is the cheapest quality step on site and the first one dropped when the programme tightens. These are the failures it causes and how each one is prevented.
Read MoreA notice clause can turn a sound claim into nothing. The failures that recur on every project, what each costs, and the administrative habits that prevent them.
Read MoreA specification describes quality in words. A benchmark panel shows it. Agreeing the standard physically is the cheapest way to prevent an argument over a finished floor.
Read MoreWhere a construction dispute is decided is settled by a clause signed years earlier. What each route asks of the parties, and what to think about before choosing one.
Read MoreCables, routes and spare capacity are cheap while the walls are open and expensive afterwards. Here is what each element costs you and which ones are worth it.
Read MorePaint fails because of what was underneath it or what was skipped before it. This is the sequence from substrate testing to the final coat, with the checks at each step.
Read MoreSome defects cost a little more than the original work to repair. These five cost many times more, because fixing them means removing finished construction.
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Subterranean termites reach a building through the ground. Comparing pre construction chemical treatment with physical barriers and monitored baiting for a Saudi property.
Read MoreFine dust reaches interiors through infiltration as much as through air handling units. Comparing a filtration led approach with an envelope led one.
Read MoreMost cracks in a building are not structural. Knowing which features separate a cosmetic crack from a warning sign saves money and prevents panic.
Read MoreSettlement is diagnosed too quickly and treated too expensively. The errors that lead owners into unnecessary underpinning, and the ones that lead to real damage.
Read MoreAn illustrative calculation of subdividing a large villa into separate units, covering access, services separation, metering, permissions and the cost per unit.
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