FIDIC 2017 Contract Management & Administration

Introduction

Course Objectives of FIDIC Contracts Management

• Implement FIDIC’s principles, mechanisms, and best practices for contract and project management
• Demonstrate the responsibilities, obligations, and entitlements of the employer and the contractor
• List the engineer’s different roles, duties, and responsibilities in relation to FIDIC contracts in accordance to the red book 2017
• Apply the correct payments, claims, and dispute resolution mechanisms as envisaged by the FIDIC contracts

Course Outlines of FIDIC Contracts Management

Day 1

FIDIC contract documents

• Introduction and principles
• Introduction to FIDIC
• Background to FIDIC contracts
• Harmonization based on the type of project
• Features of the 1999 editions with highlights regarding the Second Edition

• Forms
• User-friendliness
• Preparation of conditions of contract
• The legal character of FIDIC conditions of contract
• Relationship between FIDIC conditions of contract and legal systems 
• Risk analysis
• Which form to use
• Overview of the 1999 contracts
• Construction contract
• Main differences between the construction contracts

• Clause 1: General provisions and general issues
• Clause 2: The employer
• Clause 3: The engineer
• Clause 4: The contractor
• Clause 5: Construction contract - nominated subcontractors Clause 5: Plant and design-build contract - design

• Clause 6: Staff and labor
• Clause 7: Plant material and workmanship
• Clause 8: Commencement delays and suspension

Tests on completion

• Clause 9: Tests on completion
• Clause 10: Employer’s taking over; defects liability
• Clause 11: Plant contract - tests after completion

• Clause 12: Construction contract - measurement and evaluation
• Clause 13: Variations and adjustments
• Clause 14: Contract price and payment

• Clause 15: Termination by employer
• Clause 16: Suspension and termination by contractor

• Clause 17: Risk and responsibility
• Clause 18: Liability and insurance
• Clause 19: Force majeure

• Clause 20: Claims, disputes, and arbitration
• Inherent project risk
• Contractor’s claims and employer’s claims; claims procedures
• Disputes
• Amicable settlement
• Dispute adjudication board
• Arbitration