FIDIC Training
Course duration: 2 Days
Cost: £650 + VAT
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