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• Jun 2, 2025.

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The construction scene in the Middle East is evolving at speed. Fuelled by visionary urban planning ...

• Feb 26, 2025.

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The RLB Global Annual Report 2025 demonstrates how our 4,500 people worldwide are improving project ...

• Oct 31, 2024.

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Facilities management (FM) plays a crucial role in ensuring the maintenance, repair, and ongoing ...

• Oct 1, 2024.

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A quick search for ‘UAE construction projects’ will reveal the immense scale and ambition behind...

• Jul 4, 2024.

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Sustainability encompasses a wide array of concepts, definitions, and acronyms. This glossary is ...

• Jun 27, 2024.

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We’ll need a staggering 25 million new project managers by 2030. This isn’t just a bold ...

• Jun 26, 2024.

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Flooding poses significant challenges and risks for property owners and tenants alike, with profound...

• Jun 6, 2024.

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Our industry is evolving rapidly to meet the modern needs of the built environment: to be digitally ...

• Apr 29, 2024.

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Despite the most meticulous planning and commitment to linear schedules, construction projects are ...

• Dec 14, 2023.

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Each year it feels like the world is getting faster – and we have the data to prove it.  It ...

• Dec 11, 2023.

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Around the world, building defects are frequently and severely underestimated, and the potential ...

• Sep 19, 2023.

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According to Harvard Business Review, approximately US$48 trillion is invested annually in projects....

• Jun 28, 2023.

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According to Rider Levett Bucknall’s Q2 2023 International Report, concerns about material costs, ...

• May 30, 2023.

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When I began my career in the built environment, over 30 years ago, I never imagined that our ...

• Apr 14, 2023.

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Facilities management (FM) is a critical aspect of the built environment that deals with the ...

• Mar 28, 2023.

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We cannot build our way to net zero. The only way to win the decarbonisation race is to optimise our...

• Dec 22, 2022.

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Although the global construction industry was impacted by government-imposed lockdowns during the ...

• Oct 24, 2022.

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Mega events can continue to deliver for a city long after the turnstiles have shut, and the last ...

• Oct 18, 2022.

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Since stepping into the role of RLB Global Chairman in June, I have reflected on how RLB operates ...

• Oct 6, 2022.

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The future of 5D BIM has been a long time coming. Way back in 1962, engineer and internet pioneer, ...

• Oct 6, 2022.

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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s ambitious Vision 2030 is building entire cities in a bid to ...

• Sep 21, 2022.

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RLB recently carried-out a global survey in which our Directors and Partners provided their views of...

• Sep 20, 2022.

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The recent uptrend in the Middle East in BIM usage is a step in the right direction for 5D ...

• Jul 27, 2022.

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Rider Levett Bucknall’s 2nd Quarter 2022 International Report shows pressures in regional ...

• Apr 21, 2022.

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The year is 1783. The treaty between the United States and Great Britain is signed in Paris, ...

• Apr 12, 2022.

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Qatar is a relatively small peninsula in the Persian Gulf, rich in natural gas, measuring ...

• Apr 5, 2022.

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The fear of being replaced by the robot is a modern-day perturbation for any cynical professional. ...

• Dec 15, 2021.

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According to Rider Levett Bucknall’s (RLB) 4th Quarter 2021 International Report, global ...

• Nov 30, 2021.

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The 11th edition of the RLB COVID-19 Survey continues the focus change made in the 10th edition, to ...

• Aug 25, 2021.

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This 10th edition of the RLB COVID-19 Survey changes focus slightly, to include reference to not ...

• Aug 16, 2021.

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According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) 2nd Quarter 2021 International Report, global border ...

• Jul 8, 2021.

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Edition 9 of the RLB Covid-19 Survey completes the year since our first Covid-19 Survey. Our ...

• May 14, 2021.

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Perspective magazine brings you the latest in innovation, technology and research from RLB’s ...

• Mar 18, 2021.

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According to the Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB) 4th Quarter 2020 International Report, the six-month ...

• Mar 8, 2021.

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To celebrate International Women’s Day, with the theme of Choose To Challenge, we’re excited...

• Feb 18, 2021.

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Issue 8 of our Global Report provides a comparative analysis of the views of our colleagues across ...