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Notes from site, the estimating desk, and the boardroom.
Practical perspectives on safety, contracts, engineering, and sustainability from the people delivering Buildora's projects across the Middle East and Africa.
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FIDIC 2017 in the Gulf: five clauses employers amend most — and why it matters at tender
How amendments to notice periods, design liability, and payment terms change contractor risk pricing.
Five-day floor cycles on post-tensioned residential towers: lessons from Marina Heights
Formwork systems, stressing sequences, and the logistics that made a 24-storey frame run on time.
Achieving GSAS 4-star in construction: what the site team actually has to do
Waste diversion, material declarations, and the documentation discipline behind a first-time certification.
Buildora awarded USD 210m West Bay Gateway main contract in Doha
B3+G+38 mixed-use tower with office floors, serviced apartments, and a level-20 sky lobby.
Leading indicators that actually predict incidents on site
Why we moved from counting observations to tracking close-out time and repeat findings.
Building interchanges under live traffic: phasing the Eastgate Link Road
Traffic management, utility diversions, and stakeholder engagement on a DFI-funded highway in Nairobi.
Early contractor involvement: how two-stage tendering de-risks complex projects
When ECI makes sense, what employers should ask for in stage one, and how to keep competitive tension.
FY2025 results: USD 412m turnover and our safest year on record
Group LTIFR fell to 0.04 as turnover grew 14% and the order book passed USD 1.1bn.
Measuring embodied carbon on site: our first year of reporting
What we measured, where the data was weak, and how concrete mix design moved the numbers most.
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