This is a special two day practical training course, provided by professional engineers with extensive international experience of The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) contracts, to explain and illustrate the use of FIDIC Conditions of Contract. The course is designed to help with participants’ confidence in working with these documents whether representing employers, consultants or contractors.

FIDIC has published a number of standard contract documents for construction projects, commonly referred to as ‘the FIDIC Rainbow Suite’. In drafting this suite, FIDIC started with the Conditions of Contract for Construction (1999 Red Book) for Employer-designed projects, and then added provisions for Contractor-design resulting in the Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build (1999 Yellow Book). FIDIC amended the risk allocation provisions of the 1999 Yellow Book resulting in the Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects (1999 Silver Book). More recently, FIDIC added provisions to the 1999 Yellow Book for Contractor-operation, as well as amending some of the risk, insurance, force majeure and claim/dispute provisions, resulting in the Conditions of Contract for Design, Build and Operate Projects (2008 Gold Book).

The training course will similarly follow this logical step-by-step process by focussing on the fundamentals of FIDIC contracts as set out in the 1999 Red Book and then explaining the additional and amended provisions which resulted in the 1999 Yellow Book, the 1999 Silver Book and the 2008 Gold Book. Case studies and exercises will form part of the course and the topics to be covered include:
• The Major Forms of Contract by FIDIC
• Differences between the FIDIC forms of Contract and where they should be used
• The Role of the Parties, the Engineer and the Employer’s Representative
• Financial Aspects and Procedures
• Suspension and Termination of the Contract Works
• Risks and Insurance
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and Arbitration