238 Construction & Development articles with practical guidance for projects and investments in Saudi Arabia.
A programme is a claim about the future. This example shows how to test one before you accept it, using arithmetic rather than instinct.
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Condensation, rising moisture, a leaking pipe and penetrating rain look similar on a wall and need completely different treatment.
Read MoreContractor insolvency rarely arrives without notice. The signals that appear on site weeks before anyone admits there is a problem.
Read MoreOwners assume a warranty means someone will come and fix it. The conditions, exclusions and notification requirements usually decide otherwise.
Read MoreSix beliefs about how contracting works that cost overseas owners money, from fixed prices that are not fixed to turnkey deals that are not complete.
Read MoreA contractor offers to recover six weeks for a price. Here is the arithmetic that tells an owner whether the offer is worth taking.
Read MorePaying for measured work each month and paying for completed stages are two different relationships with a contractor. Each protects a different thing.
Read MoreDistance is not the real problem on a remote build. Beliefs about responsiveness, presence and trust cause far more damage than the hours between you.
Read MoreA building that looks finished is not a building that works. What commissioning actually proves, and the beliefs that let owners skip it.
Read MoreBringing a contractor in before the design is finished can save money and time, or it can remove your competitive position. Six assumptions worth testing before you choose it.
Read MoreOwners budget to build and assume operating cost starts small. The first year of a new building has costs that never appear again, and some that never stop.
Read MoreThe monthly comparison of what a contract has earned against what it has cost, worked through in illustrative riyals to show how a profitable job turns into a loss unnoticed.
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