FIDIC Cornerstone Contracts course, Vienna, Austria, 16-17 October 2017

16 October, 2017 - 08:30 to 17 October, 2017 - 17:30

Type:

Course/Workshop

Language:

English

Location:

Vienna

Austria

Price:

1 110.00 €

Organiser/partner:

Cornerstone Seminars

Registration

Past event

Registration date:

21 July, 2017 - 17:30 to 2 October, 2017 - 11:30

This special two-day seminar has been designed to offer a complete up-to-date review of the effective understanding and use of the FIDIC Contracts currently in use. The programme has been designed to be highly practical and includes active participation in ‘hands-on’ workshops and discussion sessions. The two seminar leaders are highly qualified in their experience of the FIDIC Contracts and are both authors of publications on the Contract Conditions.

Contact for information:

Cornerstone Seminars Ltd, 2 Claremont Road, Teddington, TW11 8DG, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8614 6214
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8614 6222
[email protected]
Web sites: www.fidic.org/events/ - www.cornerstone-seminars.com

Group Extras

More information

Programme

Day One Day two

08.30 Registration & coffee 09.00 Start of Day Two

09.00 Start of Seminar

1. Overview of the FIDIC Contracts 1. Ending the project

- Conditions of Contract for Construction - Taking over and Commissioning

- Conditions of contract for Plant and Design-Build - Defect notification period

- Conditions of Contract for EPC Turnkey Projects - Suspension and termination

- The Short Form of Contract and the Dredging Contract

2. Which form to use 2. Procedure for payment variations

- Allocation of functions, particularly design - Payment and non payment

- Allocation of risks - Value engineering

- Methods of payment - Variation procedure

- Measurement -Evaluation

3. Workshop 1 3. Design-Build Contracting

- Choosing the right procurement method - Design responsibility

- Fitness for purpose

- The Employer’s requirements

4. The roles of the Employer and the Engineer 4. Workshop 3

- Employer’s financial arrangements - FIDIC 1999 Yellow Book

- Duties and Authority of the Employer and the Engineer Networking lunch

- The changed role of the Engineer

- Determinations

Networking lunch

5. The risk of delay 5. Disputes and their resolution (1)

- The contractor’s obligation - The Disputes Adjudication Board

- Extensions of time for completion “DAB”

- Acceleration - The Terms of Appointment

- Penalties for delay - The Procedural Rules

6. Risk, responsibility, liability, insurance 6. EPC Turnkey Contracting

- Principles of risk and risk allocation - Features of the Silver Book

- Responsibility - Risk of the unforeseen

- Liability: scope, extent and period - Instructions and variations in the EPC

- Indemnity and insurance contract

Refreshments Refreshments

7. Claims for money 7. Disputes and their resolution (2)

- Contractor’s claims: clause 20 procedure - Amicable settlement

- Employer’s claims - Arbitration under the ICC Rules

- Unforeseeable physical conditions - Key points to successful arbitration

- Prolongation and disruption

8. Workshop 2 8. Workshop 4

- The FIDIC 1999 Red Book - The 1999 Silver Book

17.30 End of the Day One 17.30 End of the Day Two

Who should attend:

This event will be of great interest to all those actively involved in International projects, including representatives from Consulting Engineers, Contractors, Funding Agencies, Employers, Insureres, Manufacturing Organisations as well as representatives from the Legal and other Construction Professions.

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