750 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.
The same square metre costs several times more to fit out as a clinic than as a warehouse office. The lines that create the difference and what an owner can do about each.
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Bidding for giga-project work costs money whether you win or not. The cost lines of a serious bid, what pushes them up, and how firms keep bid spending proportionate.
Read MoreSpecifications describe what should arrive. The ones that work are specific enough to enforce.
Read MoreWhat component suppliers and foreign manufacturers should verify before following carmakers into Saudi Arabia, tested claim by claim.
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Cooling dominates energy use in Saudi buildings. The retrofit measures worth paying for, the order to take them in, and the costs that appear once work starts.
Read MoreA comparison of operating inside the Cloud Computing Special Economic Zone versus a mainland Saudi setup for cloud and data centre businesses.
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Small businesses adopt software that suits large ones and abandon it. A sequence for choosing what fits.
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The beliefs foreign owners bring to a Saudi construction appointment, tested against how a build is actually controlled, priced and supervised in the Kingdom.
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Enclosed malls and open-air community centres compared for Saudi retail investors: demand, tenants, costs, risks and when each format wins.
Read MoreThe cost lines of a co-living or student housing project in Saudi Arabia, from design and furnishing to operations, and how to keep them under control.
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Moving a wall after first fix looks like a small change. Here is how the cost assembles once rework, sequence and delay are counted.
Read MoreTwo ways out of a joint venture disagreement explained in plain terms, with the cash, valuation and timing consequences each one creates for a foreign investor.
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