16/07/2025 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering, Cost Control, Leadership, Planning, Planning & Control, Primavera P6, Project Cost Controls, Scheduling, Training

دليل شامل للمهندسين – كيف تخطط و تتحكم بالمشروع بنجاح خطوة بخطوة

دليل شامل للمهندسين – كيف تخطط و تتحكم بالمشروع بنجاح خطوة بخطوة – ZALBASIREPPM دليل شامل للمهندسين – كيف تخطط و تتحكم بالمشروع بنجاح خطوة بخطوة من المستندات الأساسية إلى المراقبة والتقارير: كل ما تحتاجه لإدارة مشروعك بفعالية. متطلبات إعداد مشروع على برنامج بريمافيرا لإعداد مشروع بنجاح على برنامج بريمافيرا (Primavera)، يتطلب الأمر توفر مجموعة من المستندات الأساسية، بالإضافة إلى فهم عميق لعمليات التخطيط والمراقبة. هذه المستندات والمعلومات هي حجر الزاوية لإنشاء جدول زمني دقيق وفعال، يضمن سير العمل بسلاسة […]

10/06/2024 Ziad Al-basir Annual Budget, Bidding & Tendering, Budget, PPMO, Project Cost Controls, Project Portfolio Management Office

Project Reporting: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Survivorship Bias

Project Reporting: Avoiding Survivorship Bias Project Reporting: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Survivorship Bias As the mid-year report review for your project’s approaches, consider the type of project reports you are reviewing. Do they include any Survivorship Bias understanding and reporting? 🤔 What is Survivorship Bias? Survivorship bias or survival bias is the logical error of concentrating on entities that passed a selection process while overlooking those that did not. This can lead to incorrect conclusions because of incomplete data. These […]

13/04/2023 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering, Budget, Business Development, Business Transformation, Cost Control, Project Cost Controls

Change Orders: Where It Can Be a Gateway to Construction Fraud and Misconduct

Change Orders: A Gateway to Construction Fraud and Misconduct Change Orders: A Gateway to Construction Fraud and Misconduct Fraud and misconduct in construction have become a pervasive problem globally, with up to $5 trillion expected to be lost to corruption by 2030. 🚧 Introduction One of the areas where these illicit activities often occur is during the change order process, where individuals on the client side collude with contractors to engage in fraudulent practices. The aim of this article is […]

03/04/2018 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

The Overhead Trap: Why Your Bidding Strategy is Failing

The Overhead Trap: Why Your Bidding Strategy is Failing and How to Fix It The Overhead Trap: Why Your Bidding Strategy is Failing In a slow market, Project-Based Organizations (PBOs) feel the pressure. It’s not just about winning bids; it’s about surviving the overhead cash burn. The Markup Price Dilemma When a PBO loses several bids, the pressure mounts to lower the markup price. This price is a critical formula, typically combining Hard Costs (HC), Overhead (OH), and Profit (Pr). […]

12/03/2018 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

Project Cash Flow Forecast, How Much Details You Need During Bidding?

How Much Funding Do Contractors Really Need to Deliver a Project? How Much Funding Do Contractors Really Need to Deliver a Project? How can a profitable, 100-million-dollar project bankrupt a successful contractor? What is the single biggest financial risk that is consistently overlooked in construction bids? The answer lies in the immense, hidden funding requirement needed just to start. This analysis will break down the shocking numbers. The Bidding Blind Spot During the high-pressure bidding stage, forecasting cash flow is […]

17/10/2016 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

The Earthwork Bid: From High-Risk Guesswork to Strategic Advantage

The Earthwork Bid: From High-Risk Guesswork to Strategic Advantage The Earthwork Bid: From High-Risk Guesswork to Strategic Advantage The planning and scheduling of earthwork are of major importance in obtaining an efficient bidding price for multibillion-dollar construction projects. But how much detail is truly required to succeed? The Foundational Challenge For any major development, be it highways, dams, pipelines, mines, or big land development and leveling, the calculation of earthwork is crucial for an accurate bid. Earthwork computation involves calculating […]

04/10/2016 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

Bidding Portfolio Process Map Framework – Decision Making Analysis

Abstract: There are difficulties to collect actual bidding cost from the different contractors records. Many contractors consider it part of the overhead and not important to calculate. Part of this difficulties is the unidentified or different bidding process methods and where the process starts and where it end? Therefore, identification of the bidding process, will help to identify its actual cost. We will discuss here only the contractors bidding process. Although, there are similarities for consultants and suppliers process with less cost expected. […]

31/08/2016 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

How To Turn Challenges Into Opportunity?

The Decision to Bid: Turning High-Stakes Challenges into Opportunities The Decision to Bid: Turning High-Stakes Challenges into Opportunities In a constantly changing market, decision quality is based on three factors: your data, your analysis system, and the minds who operate them. The High-Stakes World of the “Decision to Bid” In the construction industry, the challenge of a changing market is amplified by the huge investments contractors make. This risk is smaller for engineering firms, but for both, having a sustainable […]

31/08/2016 Ziad Al-basir Bidding & Tendering

The Low-Bid Dilemma: A Strategic Guide to Competitive Tendering

The Low-Bid Dilemma: A Strategic Guide to Competitive Tendering The Low-Bid Dilemma: A Strategic Guide to Competitive Tendering When a client repeatedly tenders similar projects, the pressure to reduce prices can be immense. How do you encounter this strategy without sacrificing your business? The Bidding Pressure Cooker In bidding and tendering, pricing is a complex mix of actual cost, risk-averse cost, and markup. This article isn’t about markup; it’s about the intense pressure to reduce the total bid price to […]