750 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.
What a gated residential compound demands of its owner, from the tenant covenant and amenity decisions to infrastructure, phasing and the operating model at handover.
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Public-private partnerships under the National Center for Privatization compared with conventional government contracts, for foreign investors and contractors.
Read MoreAn illustrative quarterly VAT return for a Saudi company, covering standard-rated sales, zero-rated exports, blocked input VAT, import VAT and reverse charge.
Read MoreOffer documents are long, and the sections that matter are predictable. What to read, in what order.
Read MoreAn illustrative calculation for a 24-key serviced apartment building: room revenue, channel commission, operating cost and gross operating profit against the capital it took to build.
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An illustrative calculation showing how a developer targeting Housing Program buyers starts from household affordability and ends with a maximum unit size and cost.
Read MoreWinning a subcontract on a giga-project is only the start. Seven mistakes that turn it into a loss, from pricing remote logistics to signing flow-down terms unread.
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More glass is not more light, and more light is not automatically better. Six ideas about daylight worth examining.
Read MoreThe sequence for building a small office asset in Saudi Arabia, from floor plate efficiency and parking to the handover specification that decides how quickly it lets.
Read MoreAn illustrative calculation of a transport fleet serving a mountain destination, showing how the off-season, not the peak, decides whether the business makes money.
Read MoreFacade decisions are made on appearance and paid for in maintenance. How the common options behave over time.
Read MoreExpo 2030 brings construction, hospitality and services demand to Riyadh. A backwards-planned sequence for positioning a business, with the gate at each stage.
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