FIDIC forms of contract outline an engineer’s role in making determinations but how can you be sure that their decision is fair and impartial? A client called me. She was frustrated that the words ...

The International Federation of Consulting Engineering contract popularly called FIDIC contract, defines the authority of the engineer on any project. This contract method is currently being used by ...

Contractors already working in or thinking of working in the UAE capital may be aware that the Abu Dhabi government has recently issued new contracts for construction projects being undertaken in the ...

A recently reported case held that the employer was not entitled to take advantage of its own wrongdoing in enforcing a condition precedent under the FIDIC Red Book Rather like the proverbial buses, ...

The third and comprehensively revised edition of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Users’ Guide was launched in Midrand, Gauteng, earlier this month. The FIDIC Users’ Guide ...

The UAE construction industry is witnessing a transition to Fidic ’99 forms from the earlier Fidic ’87, according to international legal firms here. For many years the most common form of contract has ...

This article looks at whether the provisions which obligate a party to issue a notice upon certain delaying events occurring under FIDIC 1st edn., 1999 Conditions of Contract, Construction for ...

April 2007 There is an expression which goes "the road to success is always under construction". This expression appropriately captures the current and foreseeable surge in the construction industries ...