Public owners' satisfaction with consultancy practices in Saudi Arabia: A fairly moderate satisfaction was indicated in the study on local architectural and engineering firms providing services to the public sector. Areas for improvement are defined, including the need for research into why there are so many changes during the construction process

Between 1970 and 1985 the public expenditure on three development plans in Saudi Arabia amounted to 1940 billion Saudi Riyals. This paper addresses the professional relationship between the public owners and the local architectural and engineering practices which has been measured in the form of overall satisfaction under a five-point scale ranging from excellent to poor, a second aspect identified satisfaction related to the design service and finally, a measure of satisfaction was gained from owners' response to their professional relationship with the practices.