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FIDIC-Cornerstone Claims Management Workshops 2007-2008
Conditions of Contract The FIDIC Contract Conditions: making, defending and resolving claims under the FIDIC 1999 contracts
Two-day workshop based on interactive sessions
Budapest, 26-27 June 2008 Offline registration form
On-line registration    
Abu Dhabi, 29-30 October 2008 Offline registration form
On-line registration    
 
For further information, contact Cornerstone Seminars:
FIDIC has, over the years, issued a number of standard documents for use on construction projects. The contracts which are currently in most common use around the world are: the Conditions of Contract for Construction; the Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build; the Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects.
 
This two-day workshop and seminar has been designed to offer a complete up-to-date review of the effective understanding on making, defending and resolving claims under the FIDIC 1999 contracts.
 
Workshop tutors: The two workshop leaders are highly qualified in their experience of the FIDIC contracts and are both authors of publications on the contract conditions.
  • Edward Corbett is the Principal of Corbett & Co, a practice specialising in international construction law.
  • Nael Bunni is a Chartered Engineer, Registered Chartered Arbitrator and Conciliator.
Workshop documentation: All workshop participants will receive full written documentation for the seminar together with copies of the relevant FIDIC contracts that will be referred to during the workshop.
 
Who should attend? 
This workshop will be of great interest to those actively involved in using FIDIC contracts for international projects, notably representatives of funding agencies, insurers and legal advisers.
 
 Programme
Day 1: 09.00 - 17.00
 
Introduction to the FIDIC 1999 Contracts
  • Risk allocation and philosophy
  • Role of Engineer

Notices and Claims Procedure 

  • Engineer’s claims - 2.5
  • Contractor’s claims - 20.1

Claims for delay

  • Extension of Time 8.4, 8.5
  • Force Majeure 19.4 
  • Delay Damages ECC

Workshop1: Notices and EOT claim

Critical path methods

  • Alternative means of demonstrating entitlement
  • Alternative means of disproving entitlement 

Delay problem areas

  • Concurrency
  • Acceleration
  • Time at large

Claims for additional payment I

  • Ground conditions -  4.12
  • Late possession - 2.1
  • Breaches of contract

Workshop 2: CP exercise + 4.12 claim
 

Day 2: 9.00 - 17.00
 
Quantifying and analysing claims for payment
  • “Cost” 
  • Profit

Employers financial claims

  • Delay damages
  • Defects in work and design
  • Retention and Bonds

Workshop 3: Global claim + Engineer’s defects claim

Termination and suspension

  • Engineer’s default
  • Contractor’s default
  • Force majeure
  • Financial consequences

DAB procedure

  • Standing and ad hoc
  • Dispute prevention
  • Selection
  • Procedure

Arbitrating claims

  • ICC Rules
  • Selecting arbitrators
  • Use of experts

Workshop 4: DAB hearing on Termination

 
Attendance fees: Delegate fee - GBP 950 (includes refreshments, lunches, tuition, and written documentation including copies of the FIDIC contracts to be discussed during the workshop)
 
Registration: Please complete the registration form (when available)
 
Budapest June 2008 Offline registration form
Abu Dhabi October 2008
 
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