FIDIC Claims Workshop Programme

Managing, Defending and Making Claims under FIDIC Contracts

Day one

0830 Registration & coffee

0900 Start of Seminar

1 Introduction to the FIDIC Contracts

• Risk allocation and philosophy

• Role of Engineer

• Distinctive features

2 Notices and Claims Procedure

• Employer’s claims – clause 2.5

• Contractor’s claims – clause 20.1

• Failure to notify

Refreshments

3 Claims for delay

• Extension of time - clauses 8.4, 8.5

• Force majeure delays – clause 19

• Delay damages

4 Workshop 1

Claims notices and Extension

of Time claim

Networking Lunch

5 Critical Path Analysis

• Alternative means of demonstrating or disproving entitlement

• Forensic delay analysis in action

6 Delay problem areas

• Concurrency

• Acceleration

• Time at large

Refreshments

7 Payment and Claims for additional payment I

• Payment Certification and procedure

• Ground conditions – clause 4.12

• Late possession – clause 2.1

• Breaches of contract

8 Workshop 2

Critical path analysis and ground conditions

17.30 End of Day One

Day two

0900 Start of Day Two

1 Claims for additional payment II

• Variations and design errors

• Prolongation

• Disruption and global claims

2 Quantifying and analysing claims for payment

• “Cost” or “Value”

• Profit

• Disruption

• Global claims

Refreshments

3 Employer’s financial claims

• Delay damages

• Defects in work and design

• Retention and Bonds

4 Workshop 3

Contractor’s delay and disruption claim

and Employer’s defects claim

Networking Lunch

5 Termination and suspension

• Employer’s default

• Contractor’s default

• Force majeure

• Financial consequences

6 DAB Procedure & Arbitration

• Standing and ad hoc

• Dispute prevention

• ICC Arbitration

Refreshments

7 What's New in FIDIC 2017 Contracts?

• Key Features of the New 2017 FIDIC red, Yellow and Silver Book Contracts

• Understanding The Dispute Avoidance / Adjudication Board in FIDIC 2017 / Contracts

8 Workshop 4

DAB hearing on Termination

1730 End Day Two