04Insights

Worthknowing.

Writing for people planning a build. Published when we have something useful to say, which is not often. This is not a content farm.

Drawings, a scale rule and a calculator on a site office desk, seen from above

Construction

14 July 2026

1 min read

What a Bill of Quantities actually tells you

A BOQ is not paperwork for the contractor's benefit. It is the document that lets you check a quote line by line, and the one most clients never ask for.

A site manager and a client working through a drawing on a trestle table on site

Construction

30 June 2026

1 min read

Planning construction costs in Zimbabwe

Budgets fail for predictable reasons. Most of them are decided before the first block is laid.

A site with three houses at slab, wall-plate and plastering stage in one view

Construction

9 June 2026

1 min read

The stages of a residential build, in order

What actually happens between an approved plan and a set of keys, and roughly how long each part takes.