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FIDIC News	Issues archive
An electronic newsletter of consolidated news items sent each month to members.
May 2008 - print friendly PDF November 2007 - print friendly PDF June 2007 - print friendly PDF March 2007 - print friendly PDF December 2006 - print friendly PDF	October 2006 - print friendly PDF July 2006 - print friendly PDF May 2006 - print friendly PDF March 2006 - print friendly PDF December 2005 - print friendly PDF

Latest news

Recent issues of FIDIC News are based on short versions of the latest news items.

Activities	Archive

FIDIC 2007 Item 99Ac All of FIDIC's committees were able to meet during the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference. [Friday, April 04, 2008]

FIDIC 2008 Item 100Ac A strong industry serving society is the theme for the FIDIC 2008 conference in Quebec, Canada. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

GAMA 2008 Item 101Ac Consulting Engineers Africa 2008 includes the FIDIC-GAMA 2008 conference, ADB workshops, ANBEIC-Tunis workshops and a contracts seminar. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

EC Item 102Ac The FIDIC Executive Committee meeting in Madrid and Seoul reviewed overall strategies, regional groupings, committee activities, training, and publications. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Events	Archive

ASPAC Item 58Ev The FIDIC-ASPAC Asia-Pacific 2008 Regional Conference allowed an excellent overview the role of engineering in the globalisation era. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Policy Item 59Ev FIDIC has developed a training policy to cover the organization of training events in nearly 40 countries. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Contracts	Archive

DAB Item 70Co Regional forums, training workshops and more training courses based on Module 3 of the FIDIC Contracts Manual are planned. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Licences Item 71Co FIDIC has developed policies to cover the licencing of FIDIC publications. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Representation	Archive

Syria Item 59Re FIDIC organized a seminar in Damascus, Syria, to promote the use of FIDIC contracts, agreements and best practice in a booming construction market. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Business practice	Archive

PSM Item 75Pr The UK and France have started to set up the Sustainable Building Alliance to develop core building assessment system. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

UNEP Item 76Pr Dr Ike van der Putte will chair UNEP's Sustainable Buildings and Construction Initiative that is focussing on three key topics. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

ISO Item 77Pr FIDIC plans to continue ISO TC176 Quality Management liaison status by boosting quality management activities following a member survey. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Business development	Archive

ISO Item 56De ISO has agreed to establish a SC 59 Building Construction sub-committee to draft construction procurement standards, including a Part 3: Standard conditions of tender [Tuesday, January 01, 2008]

World Bank Item 57De FIDIC is helping to organize seminars to evaluate ways for incorporating sustainability and integrity management in procurement processes. [Tuesday, January 01, 2008]

Ethics	Archive

WFEO Item 38Et FIDIC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the World Federation of Engineering Organisations that represents engineers' professional interests. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Image	Archive

WB Item 41Im The World Bank country procurement systems pilot programme will report back to the bank's Board in two years. [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Japan Item 42Im A FIDIC delegation's visit to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation confimed the bank's plan to licence the Harmonised Construction Contract.  [Monday, May 05, 2008]

Notices to Member Associations	Archive

Announcements	Archive

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