238 Construction & Development articles with practical guidance for projects and investments in Saudi Arabia.
The first ninety days of an FM contract decide the next three years. The sequence for transferring a building without losing control of it.
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A short pre-contract review costs a fraction of a project and routinely changes what gets signed. What to ask for, in what order.
Read MoreVertical extension is attractive because the land is already yours. The structure, the permissions and the services decide whether it is actually available.
Read MoreSplitting work between specialists saves money on paper. The failures that consume the saving are predictable and preventable.
Read MorePreliminaries are what it costs to run a site rather than to build the building. What sits inside them, what drives them and why they scale with time.
Read MoreThe security an owner takes on a construction contract, what each instrument protects against, and why every one of them is paid for in the contract sum.
Read MoreMost construction disputes are lost in the correspondence months before anyone mentions a dispute. The notice habits that quietly decide the outcome.
Read MoreThe final account is the last chance to settle a build correctly, and the point where owners give away positions they spent two years protecting.
Read MoreThree different measures of progress on the same building can differ by fifteen points. A worked example of how to reconcile them and which one to trust.
Read MoreA step by step assessment of whether a contracting company has the financial and resource capacity for a specific contract, worked through in illustrative figures.
Read MoreA finished building without power is not a building you can use. A worked example of how connection processes decide a completion date nobody controls.
Read MoreDeducting money from a construction payment is governed by the contract. These are the deductions that cannot be supported, and what they cost when they are challenged.
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