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    Sustainability Glossary

    Sustainability encompasses a wide array of concepts, definitions, and acronyms. This glossary is designed to assist clients, colleagues, industry professionals or enthusiasts, in enhancing their understanding of sustainability and ensuring the use of...

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    Future of project management: empowering Millennials and Gen Z

    We’ll need a staggering 25 million new project managers by 2030. This isn’t just a bold prediction – it’s a call to action for businesses and industries worldwide. Research published by the Project Management Institute highlights that ...

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    Beyond the floodgates: Uncovering the impact of flooding on built assets

    Flooding poses significant challenges and risks for property owners and tenants alike, with profound impacts on infrastructure and communities. Nick Constantine, Director – Built Asset Consultancy at Rider Levett Bucknall, sheds light on the ...

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    Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Each year it feels like the world is getting faster – and we have the data to prove it.  It took 75 years before the telephone had 100 million users, but just 16 years for the mobile phone to reach the same milestone. The internet raced past ...

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    Modular Construction – building faster, greener, and smarter in the UAE

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

  • Capability

    Sustainability Glossary

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

  • Future Thinking

    Future of project management: empowering Millennials and Gen Z

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

  • Capability

    Beyond the floodgates: Uncovering the impact of flooding on built assets

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

  • Capability

    Global Annual Report 2024

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

  • Future Thinking

    Questioning convention: exploring an agile approach in construction Project Management

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

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Perspective 2023 vol 2

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

  • Perspective 2023 vol 2

    Building defects: The problem can be larger than it seems

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

  • Digital Transformation

    How can AI enhance construction project management and what are its limitations?

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

  • International Report

    International Report Q2 2023

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

  • Perspective

    Perspective 2023 vol 1

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

  • Perspective 2023 vol 1

    A pressing need for FM strategy in the UAE’s existing buildings

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

  • Future Thinking

    Why asset optimisation will win the race to decarbonise buildings

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

  • International Report

    Challenges and opportunities in the post Covid-19 world

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

  • Future Thinking

    Planning a positive legacy from mega-event projects

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

  • Perspective

    Perspective 2022 vol 2

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

  • Digital Transformation

    Why the future is in five dimensions

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

  • Perspective 2022 vol 2

    Managing construction inflation in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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

  • Market Research

    Global State of the Market Report

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

  • Digital Transformation

    That 5D Feeling: An insight into the recent Middle East BIM uptrend

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

  • International Report

    Strong post Covid-19 demand tempered by short term disruption

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

  • Perspective

    Perspective 2022 vol 1

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

  • Perspective 2022 vol 1

    Moving Away from Traditional Routes: The Dramatic Rise of Design Build Procurement in Qatar

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

  • Perspective 2022 vol 1

    When virtual becomes the reality: Insights into the ever-evolving ‘virtual quantity surveyor’

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

  • Market Research

    Global Construction Market Activity Positive according to Q4 International Report

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

  • Market Research

    COVID-19: Global Survey Report, Issue 11

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

  • Market Research

    COVID-19: Global Survey Report, Issue 10

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

  • Market Research

    Global border closures continue to impact construction markets

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

  • Market Research

    Covid-19: Global Survey Report, Issue 9

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

  • Capability

    Perspective 2021 edition, a global magazine by Rider Levett Bucknall

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

  • International Report

    How COVID-19 has impacted global construction markets

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

  • Future Thinking

    International Women’s Day 2021

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

  • Market Research

    COVID-19: Global Survey Report, Issue 8

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

  • Capability

    BIM brings imagination to life

    The role of a quantity surveyor is to model complete costs, but budgets must be set long before an ...

  • Capability

    Digital Services

    Our digital services enable our people to be the best they can be and deliver service excellence ...

  • Capability

    Asset Optimisation Asset Survey Services

    Having an accurate picture of the health of your asset portfolio is vital, as the condition and ...