1150 articles on construction, property, finance and technology.
The stages from first contact to a signed joint venture or operating agreement with a PIF company, with the documents and approvals each step requires.
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Some buildings need a contractor who has built that exact type before; others only need a capable builder well managed. How to tell which situation you are in.
Read MoreFacade panels fail at their fixings. Brackets with no adjustment, no allowance for expansion and the wrong metals in contact are the faults that recur.
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Ordering tiles on net floor area is the most common way to run out mid-job. This illustrative calculation shows how to get from measured area to boxes ordered.
Read MoreSome Saudi demand comes from the state, PIF and giga-projects; some from private companies and households. How the two differ in stability, pricing and risk.
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Property businesses hold sensitive documents and protect them casually. The gaps that cause real harm.
Read MoreThe recurring errors foreign mining companies make when entering Saudi Arabia, what each one costs and how to prevent it at each stage.
Read MoreLeaving room to expand sounds free and rarely is. Six assumptions about future-proofing a building, and the provisions that genuinely have to be made at the start.
Read MoreMany 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.
Read MoreThe received wisdom about making rooms feel larger is mostly about contrast, sightlines and light, not about paint colour. Here is what actually changes a room.
Read MoreThe path for a foreign fintech entering Saudi Arabia, from choosing the regulator and sandbox to licensing, open banking integration and launch.
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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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