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font-style: normal; color: #003399"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; color: #003399"><b>November 2007</b></font><br <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">Online&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.fidic.org/news/"><u>FIDIC.org/news</u></a></font><br> <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/issues/fidic_news_nov07.pdf"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"><u>Print friendly PDF</u></font></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="40">&nbsp;</td> <td width="5">&nbsp;</td> <td colspan="2" width="545"><hr size="1" noshade color="#003399"></td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="590" align="center"> <tr><td colspan="2" style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 2px; font-style: normal"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 2px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr> <tr><td width="510" valign="top"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Activities"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Activities</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Activities"><u>Singapore success</u></a><br>Participants from a record number of countries learnt about the key factors for successful business relationships. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Activities"><u>Executive proposed three new national members</u></a><br>The Executive Committee meeting just before the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference agreed to propose three new associations. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Activities"><u>Meetings made a vital contribution to the annual conference</u></a><br>All of FIDIC's committees were able to meet during the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Activities"><u>FIDIC's 79th association voted at 2007 General Assembly</u></a><br>With new members from Jordan, Kazakhstan, Malawi, and Russia voted in, FIDIC now has 79 Member Associations. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Events"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Events</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Events"><u>Forthcoming meetings and events</u></a><br>Late-2007 events include FIDIC contracts courses, training workshops and conferences. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Events"><u>Young professionals: the future is today</u></a><br>The FIDIC 2007 Young Professionals Management Training Programme ended with a resounding success at the FIDIC 2007 Singapore conference. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Contracts"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Contracts</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Contracts"><u>DBO contract launched</u></a><br>A series of events are providing vital feedback on the new FIDIC contract for Design, Build and Operate projects. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Practice"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Business practice</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Practice"><u>Guide to Practice Training Manual update</u></a><br>FIDIC Capacity Building Committee seeks help to update FIDIC training manual modules <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Development"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Business development</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Development"><u>World Bank to pursue country systems mandate</u></a><br>While there is little direct impact on consulting engineering, the use of country procurement systems for bank funded projects raises many concerns. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Ethics"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Ethics</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Ethics"><u>UN corporate citizenship summit makes history</u></a><br>Business leaders and their representatives, including FIDIC, called for greater cooperation. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Ethics"><u>FIDIC collaborates on anticorruption programmes</u></a><br>FIDIC is partnering with organizations representing contractors to seek greater support for private sector initiatives. <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Ethics"><u>Industry anticorruption initiatives extended</u></a><br>FIDIC is extending initiatives with other organizations to help address the needs of funding agencies <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Image"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Image</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Image"><u>African Development Bank procurement proposals</u></a><br>FIDIC has thanked the African Development Bank for its decision to harmonise guidelines for consultants. <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><a href="#Notices"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; TEXT-DECORATION: none; font-style: normal"><b>Notices to Member Associations</b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a href="#Notices"><u>MA Notices: November 2007</u></a><br> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> </font><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> </font></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </div></center><div align="center" class="break"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="590" align="center"> <tr><td width="510" valign="top"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td width="100%"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a name="Activities"><b><font color="#003399">Activities</font></b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Singapore success</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?96Ac"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;96Ac</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/boyd_150_78.jpg" alt=Boyd width=150 height=78><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">Participants from a record breaking 69 countries who participated in the FIDIC 2007 Singapore conference on 9-13 September were able to hear keynote speakers from the Asian Development Bank, bilateral funding agencies (Japan International Cooperation Agency; Japan Bank for International Cooperation) and leading contractors (Leighton Asia) and consultants (Maunsell-AECOM) explore their changing relationships, especially within the construction sector which dominates investment decisions for infrastructure. The conference was opened by Mah Bow Tan, Singapore's Minister of National Development, following a magnificent welcome reception the evening before at the impressive Asian Civilisations Museum, which was hosted by the Association of Consulting Engineers Singapore. The Minister is seen in the photo being welcomed to the conference by Jorge Diaz Padilla, then FIDIC President, with John Boyd, the new FIDIC President on the left. The Minister, after being introduced by Lim Pheng Hong, the conference chair (photo below), reflected on globalisation and the relationships between countries in the development of modern economies. He stressed the major role played by consulting engineers, who are often leaders in bringing the benefits of best practice. New models for collaboration are being implemented as projects become larger and more complex. Roles within the project team are also changing, and new opportunities are being created through partnering to find innovative ideas to meet the challenging requirements for high quality projects.<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font><img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/lim_100_102.jpg" alt=Lim height=102 width=100><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">On the second day, some 37 speakers from 15 countries shared a wealth of views and experience in nine interactive workshops that addressed carefully selected topics. Presentations are available on the conference website, <a href="http://www.fidic2007.org"><u>www.fidic2007.org</u></a>. A highlight of the third day was an inspired presentation by the participants in the 2007 FIDIC Young Professionals Management Training Programme, see <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?57Ev"><u>News item</u></a>. Other highlights were seminars that demonstrated the practical application of sustainability, as captured in FIDIC's Project Sustainability Management guidelines (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/psm/"><u>FIDIC.org/PSM</u></a>), and FIDIC's commitment to fight corruption through Business Integrity Management (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/bims/"><u>FIDIC.org/BIMS</u></a>). Case studies demonstrated the commercial application of the FIDIC tools, both in raising the quality of services and in addressing stakeholder concerns. Numerous social activities entertained participants and their partners in between the busy schedule of meetings and workshops which helped chart a course for the industry, and introduced the topics that will be taken up at the FIDIC 2008 Quebec Conference (9 -11 September; <a href="http://www.fidic2008.org"><u>www.fidic2008.org</u></a>).<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Executive proposed three new national members</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?97Ac"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;97Ac</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/jordan_100_110.jpg" alt=Jordan height=110 width=100><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">The Executive Committee tackled once again a broad range of strategic and management issues. It approved publication of the Pre-Press Seminar Edition of the <i>FIDIC Design, Build and Operate Contract</i> (see <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?69Co"><u>News item</u></a>), noting that other committees would be asked to give feedback before the First Edition is published in 2008. Other efforts to increase collaboration between committees would focus on the <i>Guide to Practice Training Manual</i>, with various committees being asked to update training modules (see <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?74Pr"><u>News item</u></a>). The Capacity Building Committee which is responsible for the manual would continue to address the dissemination of international best practice rather than, for example, the development of the consulting industry in countries with poorly developed consulting sectors. It was agreed that the FIDIC List of Mediators should be reinstated to support appointments of mediators under the <i>FIDIC Client/Consultant Model Services Agreement</i>, and that while lists of dispute board adjudicators established by Member Associations would continue to be supported indirectly, FIDIC's main focus would continue to be the President's List of adjudicators (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/dab/"><u>FIDIC.org/dab</u></a>). Regarding sustainable development, a strategy group will be asked to report on how FIDIC can best help enhance the role of consulting engineers in taking the lead on project sustainability where there is a tendency for other industry sectors to assume a greater role, and risk.<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">Decisions affecting governance issues such as statutes revisions, membership fees, finances and representation were reported to the Member Association Presidents and Directors Meeting and the General Assembly Meeting (GAM) that were held during the conference (see <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?98Ac"><u>News item</u></a>). The photo shows, on the right, Jorge Diaz Padilla, the retiring FIDIC President, receiving a plaque from Wael Saqqa, President, Jordan Engineers Association, on behalf of the Jordan Architects and Consulting Engineers Council, that was admitted to membership at the GAM.<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> </td><td width="80" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/ecv_72_34.jpg" height="34" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="ECV Dubai" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> Contracts<br>Dubai<br><a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ecv/ecv_contracts_dubai_jan08.asp"><font color="#003399">21-22 Jan08</font></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FF0000"> <tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="middle"><font color=#ffffff; 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style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/bookshop/check_add.asp?productcode=FZ-FI-C-E7-2A&fullcart=false&route=fromnewsletter"><font color="#ffffff">ORDER NOW</font></a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/bst_72_27.jpg" height="27" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="BST Global" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> <a href="http://www.bstglobal.com/"><font color="#003399">Course sponsor</font></a> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> </font></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </div></center><div align="center" class="break"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="590" align="center"> <tr><td width="510" valign="top"> <table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Meetings made a vital contribution to the annual conference</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?99Ac"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;99Ac</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">An important stream of activities that ran in parallel to the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference programme included meetings of all of FIDIC's nine committees, as well as meetings of committees working on future FIDIC conferences. Meetings were also held with representatives of the Japan Bank of International Collaboration, which seeks closer collaboration, particularly in the area of training and standardised contracts, and of the major multilateral development banks, primarily to review the outcomes of the BIMILACI meeting in Washington in May 2007. It has been noted that given the number of critical issues affecting both the consulting engineering industry and funding agencies, there is value in meeting annually instead of every two years.<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>FIDIC's 79th association voted at 2007 General Assembly</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?98Ac"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;98Ac</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/ec07_150_88.jpg" alt=EC height=88 width=150><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">The FIDIC 2007 General Assembly Meeting (GAM) during the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference saw the election of Dr John Boyd as the FIDIC President for 2007-9; Gregs Thompoulos, USA, was elected Vice-President. In his acceptance address (available on <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/conference/2007/talks/wed/gam/boyd_gam07.doc"><u>www.fidic2007.org</u></a>), John stressed that consulting engineers need to be not only trusted advisors to clients but also trusted advisors to society - a theme on the industry's role in society that will be taken up by the FIDIC 2008 Quebec Conference in his own country, Canada. Dr Boyd is a senior Principal, Golder Associates Corp., Canada, based at the company's headquarters near Toronto. John has been focussing recently on business and management training both within Golder and externally, especially on sustainable development. His most recent position in the company was Vice-President, Operations.<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">The new members elected to the Executive Committee to succeed Bayo Adeola, Nigeria, Jorge Diaz Padilla, Mexico, and Maxime Mazloum, France, were Patrick Batumbya, Uganda (on the left in the upper photo, Pablo Bueno Tomas, Spain, and Adam Thornton, New Zealand (on the right in the photo; CVs available on <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/about/comm/ec/"><u>FIDIC.org</u></a>). The GAM acknowledged Knowles, UK, as a new Affiliate Member, approved Tunis as the venue for the FIDIC 2011 conference, and unanimously approved the Association of Consulting Engineers Malawi (ACEM), the Jordan Architects and Consulting Engineers Council (JACEC), the Kazakhstan Association of Consulting Engineers (KACE), and the Russian Association of Engineering Consultants (RACE) as members, bringing the number of FIDIC Member Associations to 79.<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;<br></font><img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/prangey_100_118.jpg" alt=Prangey width=100 height=118><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">With Maxime Mazloum, the retiring Treasurer, reporting record Bookshop sales, significant new income from events and licences, an excellent recovery of membership fees, and a surplus for the FIDIC 2006 Budapest Conference, the GAM accepted the Executive Committee's recommendation not to increase the unit fee for subscriptions, and noted that Flemming Bligaard Pedersen, Denmark, had taken over as FIDIC Treasurer. The GAM also approved revisions to the FIDIC Statutes and By-laws that simplify membership by merging Sustaining Members with Affiliate Members, and by replacing Correspondents with a new Associate Member category. Finally, in appreciation of the remarkable contributions by volunteers to committee work, Axel Jaeger, Germany (on the right in the photo), and Tonny Jensen, Denmark (on the left), received the Prangey Award, FIDIC's only award, for their contributions to the drafting and promotion of FIDIC contracts and quality management documents, respectively (citations are available on www.fidic2007.org in <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/conference/2007/agendas/prangey07_citations.pdf"><u>PDF</u></a>).<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td width="100%"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a name="Events"><b><font color="#003399">Events</font></b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Forthcoming meetings and events</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?56Ev"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;56Ev</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">FIDIC-Cornerstone Contracts <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/cs/cornerstone_contracts_07.asp"><u>Workshop</u></a>, Warsaw, 3-4 Dec 07<br> FIDIC Contracts Users <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ibc/ibc_dec07.asp"><u>Conference</u></a>, London, 6-7 Dec 07<br> FIDIC-Jordan Business Development <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ma/jordan_business_dev_fin_mgmt_dec07.asp"><u>Course</u></a>, Amman, 8-9 Dec 07<br> FIDIC-Jordan Financial Management <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ma/jordan_business_dev_fin_mgmt_dec07.asp"><u>Course</u></a>, Amman, 10-11 Dec 07<br> FIDIC-ECV Contracts (Module 1) <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ecv/ecv_contracts_dubai_jan08.asp"><u>Course</u></a>, Dubai, 21-22 Jan 08<br> FIDIC-ICC Contracts and Dispute Resolution <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/icc/monaco_jan08.asp"><u>Conference</u></a>, Monaco, 24-25 08<br> FIDIC-Spain PSM <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/"><u>Seminar</u></a>, Madrid, 30 Jan 08<br> FIDIC DBO <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/dbo/dbo_seminar.asp"><u>Briefing Seminar</u></a>, Copenhagen, 1 Feb 08<br> FIDIC-Egypt Contracts User <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/"><u>Conference</u></a>, Cairo, mid-Feb 08<br> FIDIC-ECV Contracts (Module 1) <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ecv/ecv_contracts_brussels_mar08.asp"><u>Course</u></a>, Brussels, 3-4 Mar 08<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> </td><td width="80" bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/ecv_72_34.jpg" height="34" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="ECV Dubai" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> Contracts<br>Dubai<br><a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/ecv/ecv_contracts_dubai_jan08.asp"><font color="#003399">21-22 Jan08</font></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FF0000"> <tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="middle"><font color=#ffffff; style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/bookshop/check_add.asp?productcode=FZ-EC-M7-10A&fullcart=false&route=fromnewsletter"><font color="#ffffff">ORDER NOW</font></a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/ypmtp08_72_92_corners.jpg" height="92" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="Management training" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> Young Professionals<br><a href="http://www.fidic.org/ypmtp/"><font color="#003399">2008</font></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FF0000"> <tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="middle"><font color=#ffffff; style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/bookshop/check_add.asp?productcode=FZ-YP-A-04-1S&fullcart=false&route=fromnewsletter"><font color="#ffffff">ORDER NOW</font></a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/dbo_72_52.jpg" height="52" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="DBO Contract" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> DBO<br>Copenhagen<br><a href="http://www1.fidic.org/events/dbo/dbo_seminar.asp"><font color="#003399">Seminar<br>1 Feb07</font></a> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#FF0000"> <tr><td width="100%" align="center" valign="middle"><font color=#ffffff; style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/bookshop/check_add.asp?productcode=FZ-FI-C-E7-2A&fullcart=false&route=fromnewsletter"><font color="#ffffff">ORDER NOW</font></a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC"> <tr><td width="100%" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal"> <img src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/ads/bst_72_27.jpg" height="27" border="1" color="#ebebeb" width="72" alt="BST Global" style="border: 1px solid #EBEBEB"><br> <a href="http://www.bstglobal.com/"><font color="#003399">Course sponsor</font></a> </td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td bgcolor="#EBEBEB" valign="top"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</td></tr></table> </font></td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> </div></center><div align="center" class="break"><center> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" align="center"> <tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="590" align="center"> <tr><td width="510" valign="top"> <table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Young professionals: the future is today</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?57Ev"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;57Ev</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/ypmtp07_350_123.jpg" alt=YPMTP07 width=350 height=123><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">Close to 50 enthusiastic young managers from 20 countries (see photo) ended the FIDIC 2007 Young Professionals Management Training Programme with training sessions and a Young Leaders Workshop at the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference (9-13 September; presentation available on www.fidic2007.org in <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/conference/2007/talks/wed/leaders/leaders.pdf"><u>PDF</u></a>). The passion and interest shown by these future industry leaders to become more involved was clear to all. Senior colleagues in the audience confirmed their commitment to support young professionals, recognising that they would be leading their firms in the near future, for in the words on one participant "the future is today". An increasing number of FIDIC Member Associations and their member firms are encouraging and supporting future leaders, who think globally and act locally. Registration for the 2008 programme starting in early-February 2008 closes on 31 December 2007. Scholarships covering the registration fee and expenses for participating in the FIDIC 2008 Quebec Conference are available for participants coming from less-developed countries (full details at <a href="http://www.fidic.org/ypmtp/"><u>FIDIC.org/ypmtp</u></a>).<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td width="100%"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a name="Contracts"><b><font color="#003399">Contracts</font></b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>DBO contract launched</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?69Co"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;69Co</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/dbo_100_142.jpg" Alt=DBO height=142 width=100><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">A special seminar attended by some 100 participants that was held immediately after the FIDIC 2007 Singapore Conference launched the long awaited FIDIC Design, Build and Operate Contract (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/dbo/"><u>FIDIC.org/DBO</u></a>). Animated discussions with Axel Jaeger and Michael Mortimer-Hawkins, the main drafters and seminar presenters, demonstrated the strong demand for this new, innovative form of contract. Thanks to the tremendous efforts of a dedicated task group, overseen by the FIDIC Contracts Committee, with strong support from the FIDIC Executive Committee and Secretariat, as well as the generous efforts of a team of international reviewers, it had been possible to publish a special Pre-Press Seminar Edition of the contract in time for the annual conference. The edition is available from the FDIC Bookshop in the usual printed and electronic versions (see <a href="http://www1.fidic.org/bookshop/prod_page.asp?productcode=FC-DA-A-AA-09"><u>FIDIC.org/bookshop</u></a>). A second one-day briefing seminar was held in London on 11 October 2007, and a third seminar is planned for Copenhagen on 11 January 2008 (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/dbo"><u>FIDIC.org/DBO</u></a>). In between there is the FIDIC Users Conference (London; 6-7 December 2007) which is one of FIDIC's main platforms for reviewing recent experience with all of the federation's contracts (see <a href="http://www.fidic.org/users/"><u>FIDIC.org/users</u></a>). Input from these events will contribute to the task group's analysis of feedback from the marketplace prior to recommending any modifications which will be needed before publishing the complete First Edition of the DBO Contract in 2008.<br></font> </font> </td></tr></table> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font> <table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" width="100%" bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#003399"> <tr><td width="100%"><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><a name="Practice"><b><font color="#003399">Business practice</font></b></font></a></td></tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal">&nbsp;</font></td></tr></table><table bordercolordark="#FFFFFF" bordercolorlight="#CCCCCC" width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2"> <tr><td width="100%"> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal"><font color="#003399"><b>Guide to Practice Training Manual update</b></font></font> <font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; font-style: normal">[<a href="http://www1.fidic.org/news/n.asp?74Pr"><u>full&nbsp;item:&nbsp;74Pr</u></a>]</font><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 3px; font-style: normal"><br>&nbsp;<br></font> <img align="right" src="http://www1.fidic.org/fidicpix/photos/g2p_100_129.jpg" alt=Guide width=100 height=129><font style="font-family: verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal">At its last meeting, the FIDIC Capacity Building Committee (CBC) decided to update and upgrade the <i>FIDIC Guide to Practice Training Manual - The business of a professional services firm</i>. Presented in modules, with each module covering