FIDIC Conditions of Contract
- FIDIC Training course focuses on understanding FIDIC contracts and clauses.
- The course covers detailed analysis of contract conditions.
- Participants learn about risk allocation and dispute provisions.
- The course emphasizes design responsibility and making credible claims.
Overview
The FIDIC Training course is a 2-day program aimed at providing a detailed understanding of FIDIC contracts. The course covers topics such as contract analysis, payment and valuation, risk allocation, claims, and dispute provisions. Participants will compare Red, Yellow, Silver, and Gold Books, learn about design responsibilities, and explore making credible claims. Workshops are included for practical problem-solving. The course aims to equip attendees with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and effectively manage FIDIC contracts.
Who should attend
Engineers, Contractors, Employers, Representatives
Course Content
FIDIC Training
Programme
DAY ONE
0900 – 0930 Introduction
• Course style & aims
• WHY WHO AND WHAT
• Personal questions and aims
• Topics
0930 – 1000 Overview of FIDIC & the contracts
• The FIDIC organisation
• The contracts
• Common themes
• Basic layout
• Red Book the traditional starting point
• Large “political” project
• Managed from the Site
1000 – 1100 Detailed analysis of conditions
• The 20 Red Book clauses
• Plus the Appendix
• Plus the Specification/BQs etc.
• What they say
• The consequences
1100 – 1115 Coffee
1115 – 1200 Red Yellow and Silver Books comparison
• The principal differences
• The changes to the clauses
• The changes to the Contractor’s obligations
• Price v Measurement
• Design responsibilities
• Support by the Employer
1200 – 1300 Workshop 1
Some problems to solve
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1445 Payment and Valuation
• The basis of evaluation
• Red – measurement
• Others – price
• Value engineering
• Procedures
1445 – 1530 Risk allocation
• The principles
• Insurance
• The varying consequences
1530 – 1545 Tea
1545 – 1645 Workshop 2
Some more questions
1645 – 1700 Close down session
DAY TWO
0900 – 0945 The Gold Book
• The new boy
• Based upon Yellow/Silver
• With additional provisions
• What they are
• Usage and problems
0945 – 1030 Design Responsibility
• The differences between the books
• “Fitness for purpose”
• The legal meaning
• The practice
• The consequences for the Contractor
1030 – 1045 Coffee
1045 – 1130 Claims
• By the Contractor
• By the Engineer/Employer
• Site conditions
• Other
• The procedures
• The consequences
1130 – 1215 Making a Credible Claim
• The questions
• Cost v Charge
• Change content
• Being realistic
• Making a profit v protecting a margin
• Credibility
• Evidence
• Consequences
1215 1300 The Engineer’s/Representative’s duties
• Approvals
• Decisions
• Measurement
• Variations
• Claims
• Certificates
1300 – 1400 Lunch
1400 – 1500 Dispute Provisions
• DAB/DRB
• Members
• Arbitration provisions
• ICC rules
• UNCITRAL rules
• Ad hoc
1500 – 1515 Tea
1515 – 1600 Workshop 3
Some final questions
1600 Course ends
