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Cost estimates and contingency

KB-202 · Guidelines · 6 min read

Contingency rates by project type, and what must never hide inside them.

Owner: Haifa S. Al-Ruwaili·Updated 2026-05-203 Dhuʻl-Hijjah 1447 AH·Review by ⁦2026-11-20⁩

Reference rates

  1. 1Digital: ⁦10–15%⁩
  2. 2Construction: ⁦12–20%⁩
  3. 3Rehabilitating court buildings still in use: ⁦20%⁩

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Data cleansing and migration, utility diversion and land allocation and handover are separate lines, never contingency.

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