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The FIDIC Contracts

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An outstanding two-day FIDIC Contracts Workshop

A Practical Guide to Understanding and Using the FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1999

To register - Tel: +44 (0) 20 8614 6214 or Fax: +44 (0) 20 8614 6222Email: [email protected] Online: www.cornerstone-seminars.com

The two workshop leadersEdward Corbett and Nael Bunni are

excellent speakers, highly qualified andexperienced in the use of the FIDIC Contracts.

Both are authors of publications on the

FIDIC Contract Conditions

In Partnership with

Cornerstone Seminars is a FIDIC Accredited Training Supplier



About the speakers

About this workshopThis special two-day event has been

designed to offer a complete up-to-datereview of the effective understanding

and use of the FIDIC Contractscurrently in use. The FIDIC

Contracts Module 1 Workshopprogramme has beendesigned to be highly practical

and includes activeparticipation in ‘hands-on’

workshops and discussion sessions.The two workshop leaders are highly

qualified in their experience of the FIDICContracts and are both authors of

publications on the Contract Conditions.The International Federation of Consulting Engineers

(FIDIC) has, over the years, issued a number of standarddocuments for use on construction projects. Thecontracts which are currently in most common usearound the world are: The Conditions of Contract forConstruction (The 1999 Red Book); The Conditions ofContract for Plant and Design-Build (The 1999 YellowBook); The Conditions of Contract for EPC TurnkeyProjects (The 1999 Silver Book).For more information about FIDIC, go to

www.fidic.org

Edward Corbett is themanaging director of Corbett &Co International ConstructionLawyers Ltd, a practice

specialising in internationalconstruction law. Hisexperience includes ICCarbitration, litigation and disputeadjudication as well as contractdrafting and procurementstrategy. He has worked forcontractors as well as foremployers, funders andconsultants. He regularlyadvises some of Europe’s majorconstruction players and hisusual caseload involves projectsin Europe, Africa, South-EastAsia, the Indian Sub-continentand the Middle East. He is aFellow of the Chartered Instituteof Arbitrators, an accreditedadjudicator and mediator and a

Panellist of the AmericanArbitration Association. He is the author of ‘FIDIC 4th –A Practical Legal Guide’.

He has lectured extensively onconstruction law and inparticular on FIDIC’s standardforms of contract.

He is previous co-chair of theInternational ConstructionProjects committee of theInternational Bar Associationand is a member of the WorkingGroup of FIDIC which drafted theShort Form of Contract and theDredging Contract. Corbett & Cois an affiliate member of FIDIC.

Nael G. Bunni is a CharteredEngineer, Registered CharteredArbitrator and Conciliator. He iscurrently Visiting Professor atTrinity College, Dublin University.He is Past President of the

Association of ConsultingEngineers of Ireland, PastChairman of the Irish Branch of the Chartered Institute of

Arbitration and Past Presidentof the Chartered Institute ofArbitrators. At present, he is amember of the Board ofDirectors of the London Courtof International Arbitration;and a member of variousgroups of the Commission onInternational Arbitration of theInternational Chamber ofCommerce, Paris and its foraincluding the Forum on ADR; the Construction ArbitrationSection of the Forum on‘Arbitration and New Fields’;and the Working Party onTurnkey Transactions of theCommission on InternationalCommercial Practice.

In 1999, Dr Bunni was elected aFellow of the Irish Academy ofEngineering and in March 2000he was elected a member of the

International Council forCommercial Arbitration, ‘ICCA’.He is past Chairman of FIDIC’sStanding Committee onProfessional Liability and FIDIC’sTask Committee on Construction,Insurance and Law. At presenthe is a member or chairman of anumber of technical committeesin Ireland and internationally.

He has acted as arbitrator,conciliator/mediator or DAB inforty seven jurisdictions, havingbeen appointed arbitrator inover ninety-five cases of disputewith values up to £450 million,either as sole arbitrator or as amember of a tribunal or as achairman of an arbitral tribunal.

Who should attend?This event will be of great interest to all those activelyinvolved in international projects, including representativesfrom Consulting Engineers, Contractors, FundingAgencies, Employers, Insurers, ManufacturingOrganisations as well as representatives from theLegal and other Construction Professions.

Certificates and documentationParticipants will receive a FIDIC course completioncertificate, copies of the FIDIC contracts books referred toduring the event, plus full written documentation.

Venues and datesPlease check our website www.cornerstone-seminars.com

for our current schedule. Cornerstone venue details areconfirmed to delegates following registration. Workshopsare held at outstanding venues.

also provide in-houseFIDIC seminars which can betailored to your company’s needs.Email: [email protected]

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workshops areorganized wherever

possible in cooperation witheither a national FIDIC Member

Association or a local association, toallow members of the association to enjoy

certain benefits such as a reducedregistration fee.

If a reduced fee is availablethis will be indicated

when a participantregisters.

Participants areissued with aFIDIC coursecompletioncertificate.



Day one Day two0830 Registration & coffee

0900 Start of seminar

1 Overview of the FIDIC Contracts• Conditions of Contract for Construction• Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build• Conditions of Contract for EPC Turnkey Projects• The Short Form of Contract and The Dredging Contract

2 Which form to use?• Allocation of functions, particularly design• Allocation of risks• Methods of payment• Measurement

Refreshments

3 Workshop 1• Choosing the right procurement method

4 The roles of the Employerand the Engineer

• Employer’s financial arrangements• Duties and authority of the Employer and the Engineer• The changed role of the Engineer• Determinations

Networking lunch

5 The risk of delay• The contractor’s obligation• Extensions of time for completion• Acceleration• Penalties for delay

6 Risk, responsibility, liability, insurance• Principles of risk and risk allocation• Responsibility• Liability: scope, extent and period• Indemnity and insurance

Refreshments7 Claims for money

• Contractor’s claims: clause 20 procedure• Employer’s claims• Unforeseeable physical conditions• Prolongation and disruption

8 Workshop 2• The FIDIC 1999 Red Book

1730 End of Day One

0900 Start of Day Two

1 Ending the project• Taking over and commissioning

• Defect notification period• Suspension and termination

2 Procedure for payment,Variations

• Payment and non payment• Value engineering• Variation procedure• Evaluation

Refreshments

3 Design-Build Contracting• Design responsibility• Fitness for purpose• The Employer’s requirements

4 Workshop 3• The FIDIC 1999 Yellow Book

Networking lunch

5 Disputes and their resolution (1)• The Disputes Adjudication Board “DAB”• The Terms of Appointment: A Tri-Partite Contract

• The Procedural Rules

6 EPC Turnkey Contracting• Features of the Silver Book• Risk of the unforeseen• Instructions and variations in the EPC contract

Refreshments

7 Disputes and their resolution (2)• Amicable settlement• Arbitration under the ICC Rules• Key points to successful arbitration

8 Workshop 4• The 1999 Silver Book

1730 End of Day Two

Construction Law International comesout 4 times a year and is full of updatesand articles that anyone involved ininternational construction should knowabout. Edited by Edward Corbett and others.Nael Bunni is on the editorial board.www.constructionlawinternational.com.

FIDIC contracts for your PC. Red, Yellowand Silver Books, plus Green and the Red 4th editionincluding FIDIC 4th A Practical Legal Guide by EdwardCorbett See www.powerdoc.co.uk

FIDIC Contracts Workshop Programme



Please register using one of the following methods:

By Fax: Please complete this Booking Form, insertingevent date & location and fax it to: + 44(0) 20 8614 6222

Online: Visit our website www.cornerstone-seminars.comand follow instructions to register online

By Email:Please email full registration information orbooking form to: [email protected]

By Phone: Just phone Registrations on + 44(0) 20 8614 6214

£950 per delegate. For multiple delegates, the fee for the2nd and subsequent delegates is £850.The full fee is payable in advance and includes the cost ofall lunches, refreshments, tuition, course certificate anddocumentation, including a copy of the FIDIC contracts tobe discussed during the workshop.

Payment of the fee is due in advance as follows::By Credit Card(in GB Pounds)

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Refunds (less 10% charge to cover administration costs)will be made for cancellations received in writing no later than 14 days before the event. After this date it isregretted that refunds of fees will not be made.Substitutions and Transfers can be made at any time.It may be necessary for reasons beyond the control ofCornerstone Seminars to change the contents or timing of the programme, the speakers, the date or the venue. In the unlikely event of the programme being cancelled byCornerstone, we will automatically make a full refund.

Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel, visas and overnight hotel accommodation and these are not included in the fee. Venue details will besent following confirmation of registration.

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