At the end of the programme you will have a good understanding of the FIDIC Standard Conditions of Contract and how to Benchmark your own Contract Conditions against these Industry Standards.

By the end of the FIDIC Contracts Management Training course, participants will be able to:

• Apply the correct FIDIC form of contract that is best suited for each project
• 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
• Apply the correct payments, claims, and dispute resolution mechanisms as envisaged by the FIDIC contracts

FIDIC Contracts Management Training Course is ideal for:

• Civil, structural and building engineers, project managers, quantity surveyors and construction professionals in the early stages of their professional development needing a broad introduction to the contractual approaches of the construction industry
• Those seeking an understanding of how to operate construction contracts internationally
• Graduate engineers undertaking their Initial Professional Development for the chartered Professional Review
• Those seeking knowledge and understanding of construction contracts, how they are formed and how to work with them
• Those seeking to understand NEC, FIDIC, ICC, ACE AND JCT contracts

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
• Structure of the documents
• Forms
• Main differences between the 1999 construction contract and the 1987 Red Book
• 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

o Construction contract

o Main differences between the construction contracts

Day 2

Responsibilities of the main parties

• 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
• Management of projects

o Clause 6: Staff and labor

o Clause 7: Plant material and workmanship

o Clause 8: Commencement delays and suspension

Day 3

Tests on completion

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

Financial clauses and procedures

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

Day 4

Suspension and termination

• Clause 15: Termination by employer
• Clause 16: Suspension and termination by contractor
• Risk, liability and force majeure

o Clause 17: Risk and responsibility

o Clause 18: Liability and insurance

o Clause 19: Force majeure

Day 5

Claims, disputes and arbitration

• • 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

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.