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.