Dear Subscriber First Name,

If you’re new here, we send a monthly newsletter to our community from the MENA region and around the world to update you on the latest developments at Construction Management Associates (CMA).

Previous Issue Recap

In last month’s newsletter, we announced a few things including celebrating 25 years of CMA, our new website, our new Forensics services, and more.

Read the previous issue of the Newsletter.

Saudi Arabia Partnerships

Saudi Arabia has always been one of our strongest markets. To this day, we partner with some of the largest clients on iconic projects in Saudi Arabia, and we want to continue building on our strong position in the market.

We’re excited to announce our Saudi Arabia Partnerships program with owners, contractors, consultants and legal firms, to create new synergies that deliver innovation to giga projects through a trilogy of best-in-class management, contracts and technical know-how.

Contact us about partnership opportunities.

Case Study: Design Review and Management

Incomplete designs and over-engineered designs are just some of the design problems that plague every construction project and cause massive delays and cost overruns.

It’s why design review and management is becoming a highly demanded service by owners and contractors in Saudi Arabia who want to eliminate design risks before construction starts.

An iconic project we provided design review and management services is the King Abdullah II House of Culture & Arts opera house in Jordan, designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

Learn more about the Zaha Hadid project.

AI Software Products

Soon we’ll announce our first AI software product and start accepting a limited number of signups from users interested in testing early versions of the product.

We have an incredibly exciting AI software strategy and roadmap to bring you the best products that will solve some of the biggest problems in construction in Jordan, Saudi Arabia, MENA and around the world.

Sign up for software updates.

Blog: Top 8 Ways Contractors Lose Money on Construction Projects

The CMA blog is live with our first post about the top 8 ways contractors lose money on construction projects.

In our experience with contractors, we’ve learned a few things about the top ways contractors lose money on projects. They include:

1. Incomplete design

2. Sufficiency of tender

3. Biased specifications

4. Indecisiveness and delayed decisions by the employer

5. Unrealistic construction durations

6. Unreasonable site inspections

7. Absolute completion versus substantial completion

8. Adversarial working relationship

Read the full blog post.

Contact

If there’s anything you’d like to learn more about CMA, or if you have any feedback to help us improve, we’re listening.

Contact us by phone, email, or book a virtual meeting.

Sincerely,

The CMA Team