FIDIC meeting presentations
Directors and Secretaries Meeting (agenda PDF)
- Lars Goldschmidt, Danish networks PPT
- Claude-Paul Bovin, QBS PPT 3.1 MB
- Sri Lergernes, Building Cost Programme, Norway PPT
- Freek Hasselaar, MA MD PPT
Presidents Meeting (agenda PDF)
- Annual Report PPT
- Skill shortages PPT
- Young professionals PPT
- President's Report PPT 13.2 MB
- Training activities PPT
Plenary presentations
- Ma Kai, China NDRC: Sustainable Development RTF
- Zhang Shengman, World Bank: Role of Consultants RTF
- Linqun Jin, ADB: Developing Asia RTF
- Richard Burrett, ABN-AMRO: Sustainability and finance PPT
- John Boyd, FIDIC: Implications for our industry RTF
- Marcus Lee, MEA: Ecosystem services PPT 1 MB; MEA findings PPT
- R.A. Kell, FIDIC President: Accepting the Challenge RTF 0.5 MB
Workshop reports
Young Professionals' Reports (PDF)
1. Capacity building - How can FIDIC best contribute?
Chair: John Ritchie, Acres Intl, Canada
Speakers:
- John Ritchie PPT 0.5 MB PDF (0.9 MB)
- Hu Jinke, China
- Peter Boswell, FIDIC
- Gian Casartelli, World Bank PDF (0.4 MB)
- Chun Kew Yuan, Singapore
FIDIC is committed to the principle that a consulting engineering industry must be sustainable in order to achieve sustainability in projects within the country. This workshop will consider the status of the engineering industry using FIDIC’s survey, and will brainstorm capacity building both current and needed to achieve sustainability.
The efforts of the FIDIC Capacity Building Task Force will be showcased and results to date highlighted. Participants will brainstorm capacity building as a prerequisite for achieving sustainability. Views will be provided from the perspective of a developing country; from a young professional; from FIDIC; from the World Bank (with its interests in both the capacity of the consulting industry, as well as the skills of its borrowing agencies); and from the chair of FIDIC’s committee on capacity building.
2. What clients want
Chair: Denys Reades, Golder Associates, Canada
Report: RTF 2.0 MB
Speakers:
- Nick Wood, Shell China PDF 0.9 MB
- Hing Mung, Alcan Asia, China Hong Kong PDF 2.2 MB
- Clement Yuen, Cheung Kong, China Hong Kong PDF 2.2 MB
There is clear evidence that clients from a diverse range of sectors are now engaging consultants to specifically deliver sustainable solutions. But what services are clients seeking? How do these services relate to their corporate goals? What are the characteristics of a sustainability project? Join leading speakers from several industries in discussing business opportunities in the burgeoning sustainability markets. Participants will come away with a concept of the sustainability market as seen from the perspective of these different industries.
3. Delivering a sustainable project
Chair: Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures, USA
Speakers:
- Bill Wallace PDF 3.3 MB
- Bill Wallace: PSM roadmap PDF 0.1 MB
- Bill Wallace: PSM roadmap text PDF 0.1 MB
- Bill Wallace: PSM case studies: school PDF 0.1 MB; water PDF 0.1 MB
- Jim Beechinor, AMEC, Canada PDF 0.2 MB
- Cai Zhiguo, China PDF 0.1 MB
The workshop is aimed at de-mystifying sustainability for clients and consultants alike. Practitioners will provide case studies of how they implemented sustainable technologies, processes and systems in both the developed and developing countries. They will describe what issues arose and how they were addressed.
Learn also first hand from FIDIC’s Sustainability Taskforce chair on latest developments with FIDIC’s Project Sustainability guidelines. How will the new indicators and guidelines work in practice? In fact, most of the workshops have been encouraged to apply the guidelines with specific examples, to demonstrate how, in fact, they can be applied.
4. How to deliver sustainability in an increasingly global market
Chair: Bayo Adeola, CPMS, Nigeria
Speakers:
- Bayo Adeola PDF 0.1 MB
- Suleiman Adamu, Integrated Engineering Assoc., Nigeria PDF 0.3 MB
- Harry Noy, Arcadis, Netherlands PDF 0.5 MB
- Jawahar Kaul, India PDF 0.1 MB
Globalisation is one of the main concerns of consulting engineering firms. It is creating a borderless business climate for trade in services. What are the barriers to success? What are some of the lessons learnt? How do perspectives differ between developed and developing economies? What are the different expectations and how can these be met to ensure all parties benefit?
Participants in this workshop will develop a punch list of requirements for delivering services on an international basis from a local organization. They will also explore how partnerships can be used to take advantage of the opportunities for delivering sustainable engineering services to the international standards which clients are demanding.
5. Sustainable financing and procurement of projects
Chair: Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark
Speakers:
- Glen Daigger, CH2M Hill, USA PPT 0.3 MB
- Lin Jishang, Novozymes, China PPT 4.8 MB
It is accepted that recognition of the social, environmental and economic dimensions of a project is the key to successful project implementation. The workshop explores a) what changes to the procurement processes are needed to encourage sustainable projects; b) how government policies can be translated into real projects; c) how sustainability can be “operationalised” and sold to clients through justification for obtaining funds for the application of sustainable development principles to projects.
6. Disaster mitigation and sustainable remediation
Chair: Iksan van der Putte, RPS, Netherlands
Speakers:
- Ike van der Putte Summary RTF PPT 2.0 MB
- Jan Coppes, Witteveen+Bos, Netherlands Summary PPT 2.0 MB
- Subhash Mehrotra, Mehro Consultants, India PPT 1.9 MB
- Koichiro Haru, Nihon Suido, Japan PPT 2.0 MB
- Bill Wallace, Wallace Futures, USA Summary PPT 1.2 MB
- Wang Zenyao PPT 5.2 MB
Practitioners highlight their experiences on what changes to project design are needed to mitigate disaster impacts and, in particular, will illustrate how PSM principles can be applied directly to the mitigation of disasters arising from horrific events such as the recent tsunamis across southern Asia.
7. Sustainable municipal infrastructure
Chair: Bill Howard, Camp, Dresser & McKee, USA
Speakers:
- Yi Yan, Shenzhen Association of Consulting Engineers RTF
- Althea Povey, Kwezi V3 Engineers, South Africa PPT 24.0 MB
- Bill Howard, Camp, Dresser & McKee, USA PPT 4.5 MB
Sustainability principles, when applied to municipal infrastructure projects - buildings, urban renewal, waste management, transportation systems - provide immense opportunities for consulting firms. The key components of several sustainable municipal infrastructure projects are illustrated, together with challenges faced by urban communities so that participants developed an idea of what sustainable infrastructure looks like, whether in a developed or developing economy. Critical are the formation of high performance teams. Participants developed a list of critical success factors for a sustainable infrastructure project.
8. Sustainable water supplies
Chair: Yumio Ishii, CTI, Japan
Speakers:
- Abstract and CVs WORD
- Yoshihiko Yamashita, CTI, Japan: PSM case study WORD
- Stan Kawaguchi, USA: text RTF; presentation PPT
Presentations described applications of sustainable technologies, processes and systems to water supply to illustrate FIDIC’s recommendations to the 2003 Third World Water Forum that will be taken up at the Fourth World Water Forum, Mexico, March 2006.
9. BST Workshop: Connecting people, process and technology
Chair: Peter Boswell, FIDIC
Speakers:
- Javier Baldor, BST
- Eduardo Niebles, BST PPT 2.2 MB
Discussed how a company can: a) grow its top line by increasing sales pipeline visibility, streamlining the proposal development process and being able to focus on winning more projects; b) Improve cash flow by proactively managing Work in Progress and Accounts Receivable, shortening invoice processing cycles and reducing day sales outstanding; c) Increase profitability by reducing project overruns, proactively managing projects and simplifying the project initiation process.
10. Quality in procurement
Chair: Gregs Thomopulos, Stanley Consultants, USA
Speakers:
- Gian Casartelli, WB PPT 0.1 MB
- Dilek Macit, EBRD PPT 0.2 MB
- Robert Robertson, ADB PPT 0.5 MB
- Gregs Thomopulos, FIDIC PPT 4.7 MB
- Yann Leblais, EFCA PPT 0.1 MB
Speakers from the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development hare the latest thinking amongst MDBs on streamlining and expediting procedures for procurement whilst ensuring high quality outcomes. FIDIC and EFCA reinforce the consulting industry’s case for those non-price attributes that will lead to the realisation of the objectives of both lenders and borrowers (and other clients), as well as ensuring the sustainability of consulting engineering sector.
11. Integrity Management
Chair: Felipe Ochoa, Mexico
Speakers:
- Felipe Ochoa, México
Update on FIDIC’s business integrity management efforts
- Renko Campen, DHV, The Netherlands
First hand experience of a major consulting firm with BIMS
- Peter Dent, Deloitte & Touche, Canada
Best Practices - The importance of FIDIC’s Business Integrity Management System
- Michael Stevens, Asian Development Bank: text RTF
Anticorruption policy of the ADB
- Tiemann Dippel, USA
BIMS a Private Sector Initiative to prevent corruption
- Wang Wei Guang, Central Party School, China
Central Party School: Efforts on anticorruption
12. Design-Build-Operate: a new project delivery method
Chair: Axel Jaeger, NEK, Germany
Panelists:
- Axel Jaeger, NEK, Germany
FIDIC DBO Contract PPT 0.3 MB
- Robin Crouch, Germany
- Flemming Pedersen, Ramboll, Denmark
In a business climate where clients, both public and private, are tending to shift risk, the Design Build Operate (DBO) method of project delivery is increasingly popular. In response to the need for an internationally recognised form of contract, FIDIC is developing a model DBO contract to add to its current suite of works contracts. The draft outline was presented for review and discussion at the workshop.
13. Design-Build: role of the consulting engineer
Chair: Tony Barry, Connell Wagner, Australia
Speakers
- Tony Barry, Connell Wagner, Australia PPT 0.8 MB Terms PPT 0.5 MB
Update on experience in Australia - advantages and pitfalls
- Renko Campen, DHV, Netherlands
Latest developments in the Netherlands, including results of study
- Tse Yau Shing, Singapore PPT 0.3 MB
Best Practices - The CE engagement in D-B
- Gregs Thomopulos, Stanley Consultants, USA PPT 4.2 MB
FIDIC’s Best Practice Committee comments, Task Force objectives and forward programme
- Rasit Unuvar, ATCEA, Turkey
Recent experiences from Turkey PPT 0.2 MB
The explosion in the use of D-B in the implementation of projects is creating new risks as well as opportunities for consulting engineers. This workshop reviewed current international trends and challenges and opportunities for the consulting engineer in Design Build; and the development a FIDIC Best Practice Guide for the CE in the Design-Build process.
14. Risk Management Forum
Chair: Steve Bamforth, G&A, UK
Speakers
- Steve Bamforth, G&A, UK PPT 0.1 MB
- Tonny Barry, Connell Wagner, Australia, Australian perspective PPT 0.8 MB
- Nora Fung, ACE, UK PPT 0.6 MB
- Keith Lonsdale, BLM, UK PPT 0.1 MB
15. Young Professionals Management Training Programme
Chair: Steen Frederiksen, Denmark
Speakers
- Summary report PPT 1.7 MB
- Feedback on 2005 Programme WORD 1.7 MB
