As managing director of homegrown Emirati engineering consultancy AESG and chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council, Saaed Al Abbar’s schedule is far from sparse.

In this episode of Construction Week Viewpoint, Al Abbar sits down with Construction Week’s senior reporter, Jack Ball, to discuss the shifting roles of consultancies like AESG over the past few years, industry-wide moves towards net zero developments, and why AESG decided to set up a full-time Saudi presence less than a year ago.