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Enables readers to easily understand the contract to enable better compliance and efficiency
Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 helps the reader overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international construction project using the FIDIC Construction Contract 2nd Edition (the 2017 Red Book), by summarizing the activities and duties of those involved, and crystallizing the requirements of the contract. To aid in reader comprehension, the text explains clauses in the sequence they appear in the contract, but also in the order they happen in real time on site. It further provides practical guidance in a concise manner, and in straightforward, jargon-free language.
It is a highly practical resource for use during the project, rather than a legal review of the contractual requirements, ensuring readers are fully conversant with the revised requirements and procedures mandated by the 2017 edition of the contract.
Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 includes:
* A review of the duties and responsibilities of the three parties, the Employer, the Engineer and the Contractor, engaged on a FIDIC-based Contract
* A review of the flow of documentation and instructions which is to be provided by one party to another party throughout the contract period
* Practical guidelines are provided for the avoidance of disputes and delays in order that contracts are completed as planned
Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 is a practical and highly useful resource for engineers, consultants, project managers, and others who are engaged in the site management of international projects using the FIDIC Construction Contract, along with those involved in contractual administration on behalf of the client.
List of contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Clause 1 General Provisions
Clause 2 The Employer
Clause 3 The Engineer
Clause 4 The Contractor
Clause 5 Subcontracting
Clause 6 Staff and Labour
Clause 7 Plant, Materials and Workmanship
Clause 8 Commencement, Delays and Suspension
Clause 9 Test on Completion
Clause 10 Employer's Taking Over
Clause 11 Defects after Taking Over
Clause 12 Measurement and Valuation
Clause 13 Variations and Adjustments
Clause 14 Price and Payment
Clause 15 Termination by the Employer
Clause 16 Suspension and Termination by the Contractor
Clause 17 Care of the Works and Indemnities
Clause 18 Exceptional Events
Clause 19 Insurance
Clause 20 Employer's and Contractor's Claims
Clause 21 Disputes and Arbitration
Appendices
Appendix A Guidance for the Preparation of Particular Conditions
Appendix B Employer's Claims
Appendix C Contractor's Claims
Appendix D Notices and Site Organisation
Appendix E Daywork and Contemporary Record Sheets
Appendix F Contractor's Costs
Appendix G Joint Ventures
Index
About the author
Michael D. Robinson is an Independent Consulting Engineer with 50 years of experience with contract management and contractual issues for major civil engineering projects worldwide. He has extensive experience of dispute resolution, engineers' decisions, and dispute resolution boards under the FIDIC Contracts, and has lectured on the FIDIC Conditions of Contract. He is the author of two earlier books on the subject of FIDIC Conditions of Contract, First Edition:
A Contractor's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, published in 2011, and
An Employer's and Engineer's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, published in 2013. Much valuable information contained in these books remains relevant.
