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Most QA/QC failures in construction aren't technical. They're managerial. After 20 years in Saudi Arabia managing SAR 1.77B across hospitals, grain silos, and military facilities — here are 5 QA/QC lessons no interview guide will teach you: 1️⃣ The ITP is only as good as the engineer reading it I've seen perfect I…

Most contractors in the GCC are still operating on FIDIC 1999 logic — while signing FIDIC 2017 contracts. That gap is exactly where claims get lost. FIDIC 2017 is not a cosmetic revision. It fundamentally rebalanced risk between parties in ways that change how you manage, document, and claim on a project: → Claim…

Most contractors are still signing fixed-price contracts in 2026. With steel tariffs at 50% and copper derivatives at 25%, that's not confidence — that's a gamble. The contractors winning right now understand one thing: a well-drafted price escalation clause IS risk management. Here's what every construction prof…

Most contractors in the GCC are still operating on FIDIC 1999 logic — while signing FIDIC 2017 contracts. That gap is exactly where claims get lost. FIDIC 2017 is not a cosmetic revision. It fundamentally rebalanced risk between parties in ways that change how you manage, document, and claim on a project: → Claim…

Most QA/QC failures in construction aren't technical. They're managerial. After 20 years in Saudi Arabia managing SAR 1.77B across hospitals, grain silos, and military facilities — here are 5 QA/QC lessons no interview guide will teach you: 1️⃣ The ITP is only as good as the engineer reading it I've seen perfect I…

Every contractor says float is theirs. Every employer says it belongs to the project. Both are right — and that's exactly the problem. "Who owns the float?" is the single most argued question in CPM scheduling, and it almost never gets answered in the contract before work starts. Here's where each party stands:…