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FIDIC-ECV Dispute resolution training course
Dispute resolution The management of contract claims and the resolution of disputes under the 1999 FIDIC Contracts
Two-day international training course organized by ECV in collaboration with FIDIC
Silken Berlaymont Hotel, Brussels, Belgium
 
Date Early-bird registration ends (10% discount) Offline registration form Add to online shopping basket
6 - 7 March 2006  1 February 2006 Web
 
Brochure (PDF)		 First participant
Second and additional participant from same organization(10% reduction)
 

For further information, contact ECV:

The management of contract claims and the resolution of disputes under the 1999 FIDIC Contracts
 

Within all FIDIC contracts there will be claims. This training course is designed to provide practical assistance to those working with the new FIDIC Contract Conditions (1999 editions) in the management of claims and achieving resolution to claims.

It is applicable to all the parties involved within a new FIDIC contract - the Employer, the Contractor, the Engineer, and the DAB Members. By having a professional understanding of the responsibilities and rights of the parties under a new FIDIC contract and the procedures to manage claims, the resolution of claims will be achieved more successfully.

The tutors of the course are very experienced British engineers, who have extensive involvement with FIDIC claims, disputes, adjudications, and arbitration procedures throughout the world.

Seminar tutors: the tutors are provided by European Construction Ventures, ECV, which specialises in training and management consultancy to the international construction and infrastructure industries.

  • David Heslett BSc (Hons) C.Eng, FICE, Managing Director, ECV

  • Brian W Totterdill BSc (Hons) C.Eng, FICE, FIStruct E, FCI Arb., Senior Consultant, ECV

  • Gwyn Owen, MSc, BSc, CEnf, FIC, FconsE, FCIArb

Course materials: all delegates will be provided the following materials, in English:

  • New FIDIC Conditions of Contract (Construction Contract)

  • Course notes, especially written for using the new Construction Contract

  • Schedule of overheads used during the seminar - to be used as the work book

Who should attend?
The seminar provides the necessary knowledge for professionals from government ministries and agencies, private sector employers, consulting engineers, contractors, quantity surveyors, architects, legal advisers and all involved with the next generation of international projects. It is particularly important to those involved in preparing or managing infrastructure projects financed under the European Union's ISPA Programme, as all contracts that are funded by the European Union will be under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract.

 
Schedule
Day 1: 09.30 - 17.00
 
The Management of Claims 
Claims: causes and risks
  • Inherent project risks
  • Allocation of risks under FIDIC contracts
  • Analysis of contractual risks
Claims procedures
  • Clauses required notice by the Contractor
  • Clause 2.5 Employer's Claims
  • Clause 3.2 Delegation by the Engineer
  • Clause 3.5 Engineer's determination
Clause 20.1 Contractor's claims
  • Notification of claims
  • Contemporary records
  • Preparation of Claims
  • Engineer's assessment and principles of claim
  • Engineers valuation
  • Engineer's determination clause - 3.5
Case study on claims procedures
  • Actions by the Contractor
  • Actions by the Employer
  • Actions by the Engineer
 

Day 2: 9.30 - 17.00

 
The Resolution of Disputes

Principles governing the DAB

  • Referral to the DAB

  • Presentation of evidence to the DAB

  • The DAB's decision

Working of the DAB
  • The FIDIC alternative procedure
  • Arguments for and against the alternative procedure
Post DAB/Engineer's decision
  • Implementation and Enforcement
  • Amicable Settlement
  • Arbitration
Case study of dispute resolution by DAB
  • Presentation by Contractor
  • Employer's response
  • DAB adjudication and decision
 
  
  • One participant from a firm: EUR 950.- per participant for registration after the early-bird deadline - see above (Euro 855.- per participant for registration before the early-bird deadline)
  • More than one participant from a firm: EUR 850.- per participant for registration after the early-bird deadline - see above (Euro 765.- per participant for registration before the early-bird deadline)
Attendance fees (includes lunch and refreshments & course materials). There is a  reduction for early-bird registrations, and a reduction for more than one participant from the same organization (see above).

Venue: Silken Berlaymont Hotel (formerly Dorint Hotel), Boulevard Charlemagne 11 – 19, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium (Tel: + 32 22 31 09 09;  Fax: + 32 22 30 33 71)
 
Registration: Please complete the registration form or add to shopping basket (see "Add to shopping basket" links above).

 
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