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Saudi Arabia is becoming a global centre of construction and real estate

The political rehabilitation of the country in recent months has been startling. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has just accepted an invite from Rishi Sunak to visit the UK in…

Crane diva Katie Kelleher finds the funny side of the bizarre way the industry welcomes new people

It’s hard not to laugh at the sheer, switched-off obtuseness

Damage in Kharkiv after Russian shelling on 9 September 2022 (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/CC BY 4.0)

‘A new heritage’: Seven Ukrainian designers on rebuilding their country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaking in 2021 (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)

As US states mull banning foreign ownership, here’s what investors need to know

“A Roman bricklayer observing his counterpart on a modern UK building site would see many similarities to the way they worked on Hadrian’s mega project in the 120s AD (Hadrian’s Wall by Toa Heftiba/Unsplash)

Why construction needn’t fear AI

Nine million people are expected to live in The Line, more than in any other city in Saudi Arabia (Render courtesy of Neom)

Why Saudi Arabia’s “The Line” is not a revolution in urban living

The city’s abundance of expertise and the abiding popularity of English law in governing international agreements are among the reasons Singapore won’t knock London off its perch (Benjamin Davies/Unsplash)

Will London lose its place as the top global arbitration hub? No.

Red Sea Global has so far installed 680,000 photovoltaic panels at two big solar farms to power resorts and a new airport (Courtesy of Red Sea Global)

How tourism is going off-grid in Saudi Arabia

A Nubian vault house. First used in ancient Egypt, the technique involves stacking sun-dried mud blocks on a rock foundation to build a vaulted internal roof that supports itself, providing cool, elegantly domed interior spaces (Courtesy of the Nubia Vault Association)

We already know how to build sustainably in Africa. Let’s just do it

Construction in Costa Rica. Although most acute in Europe, a skills shortage is an underlying cause of distress on one in five projects worldwide (Josue Isai Ramos Figueroa/Unsplash)

Colossal loss of time and money

Honduras switches to China in search of aid and infrastructure

‘I was absolutely stunned’: Palmina Whelan on joining the National Academy of Construction

Denmark is moving ahead with its planned €28bn “energy island” in the North Sea to facilitate a massive expansion in offshore wind power. Around the world, capital spending on energy and land-use systems will reach $275 trillion, according to McKinsey (Image courtesy of the Danish Energy Agency)

‘Permacrisis’ may be the word of the year, but I see bright spots

Destroyed apartment building in Irpin, Ukraine. Our report on the EU’s threats to seize $300bn in Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine was the most read in 2022 (Rasal Hague/CC BY-SA 4.0)

What you cared about most: See the most-read GCR stories of 2022

The study investigated 1,600 projects in 100 countries to chart the underlying causes of claims and disputes (©GCR, illustration by Denis Carrier)

35% of global project spend is burned up in disputes. This tragic waste is unnecessary

Ikea put 3,268 solar panels on a new Seattle-area store that opened in Renton, Washington State in 2017. It expected the system to produce more than a million kWh of electricity a year for the store (Photograph courtesy of Ikea via Businesswire)

Solar panels on superstore roofs would power 8 million US homes, so why don’t they do it?

The planned railway station in Ibadan (FrankvEck/CC BY-SA 4.0)

China’s reluctance to fund Nigerian rail schemes signals shift to ‘small is beautiful’ policy

One estimate says 95% of all data captured in construction goes unused (©GCR, illustration by Denis Carrier)

How AI can help construction improve on gut instinct

Moving 8 million people a day: CIOB Fellow wins prestigious New York award

Debt mounts as China ramps up infrastructure spending

Construction may be in the doldrums, but the energy revolution could make our 20s roar yet

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