William Godwin - The 2017 FIDIC Contracts

1 Cover

2 Foreword

3 Preface

4 About the Author

5 1 Overview of the 2017 Contracts 1.1 Introduction 1.2 The Rainbow Suite: The Main Features of the 1999 Red, Yellow and Silver Books 1.3 Contractor Risk in the Silver Book: Two Examples 1.4 New Potential Risks for Contractor and Employer in the 2017 Books 1.5 FIDIC's Guidance for the Preparation of Particular Conditions 1.6 Forms Notes

6 2 Key General Provisions2.1 Definitions 2.2 Notices and Other Communications 2.3 Law and Language 2.4 Priority of Documents 2.5 Errors in the Employer's Requirements/Delayed Drawings and Instructions 2.6 Use of Documents 2.7 Compliance with Laws 2.8 Limitation of Liability 2.9 Contract Termination: Clause 1.16 Red and Yellow Books/1.15 Silver Book Notes

7 3 The Employer, the Engineer and Contract Administration3.1 The Employer 3.2 The Engineer/Employer's Administration 3.3 Agreement or Determination 3.4 Meetings Notes

8 4 The Contractor and Fitness for Purpose 4.1 Contractor's General Obligations 4.2 Contractor to Provide Performance Security 4.3 Contractor's Representative 4.4 Subcontractors 4.5 Nominated Subcontractors 4.6 Contractor's Documents: The 2017 Red Book 4.7 Cooperation 4.8 Quality Management and Compliance Verification Systems 4.9 Use of Site Data 4.10 Unforeseeable Difficulties/Physical Conditions 4.11 Other Contractor's Obligations Notes

9 5 Design 5.1 Contractor's General Design Obligations 5.2 Contractor's Documents: 2017 Yellow and Silver Books 5.3 Other Design‐related Provisions Notes

10 6 Plant, Materials and Workmanship/Staff and Labour 6.1 Staff and Labour 6.2 Plant, Materials and Workmanship Notes

11 7 Commencement, Delays and Extensions of Time, and Employer's Suspension of the Works7.1 Commencement 7.2 Time for Completion 7.3 The Programme 7.4 Advance Warning 7.5 Extensions of Time 7.6 The Specified Causes of Delay to Completion 7.7 Concurrent Causes 7.8 Delay Damages 7.9 Employer's Suspension of the Works Notes

12 8 Testing on and After Completion and Employer's Taking Over 8.1 Testing on Completion 8.2 Employer's Taking Over 8.3 Tests After Completion Notes

13 9 Defects After Taking Over, Acceptance of the Works and Unfulfilled Obligations 9.1 Contractor's Basic Obligation 9.2 Who Is Responsible for the Cost? 9.3 Extending the DNP 9.4 Other Obligations 9.5 Performance Certificate 9.6 Unfulfilled Obligations Notes

14 10 Measurement, the Price and Payment 10.1 Measurement and Valuation: Clause 12 of the 2017 Red Book 10.2 The Contract Price 10.3 Advance Payment 10.4 Plant and Materials Intended for the Works 10.5 The Payment Process 10.6 Cessation of Employer's Liability Notes

15 11 Variations and Adjustments to the Contract Price 11.1 Variations 11.2 Value Engineering 11.3 Variation Procedure 11.4 Other Adjustments to the Contract Price Notes

16 12 Termination and Suspension 12.1 Employer Termination: For Contractor Default 12.2 Employer's Termination: For Convenience 12.3 Contractor's Right to Suspend 12.4 Contractor's Termination Notes

17 13 Care of the Works, Indemnities and Insurance 13.1 Care of the Works 13.2 Indemnities 13.3 Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights 13.4 Insurance Notes

18 14 Exceptional Events 14.1 Examples of Exceptional Events 14.2 Notice Requirements 14.3 Duty to Minimise Delay 14.4 Consequences of an Exceptional Event 14.5 Optional Termination 14.6 Release from Performance Under the Applicable Law Notes

19 15 Employers' and Contractors' Claims 15.1 The Categories of Claim: Clause 20.1 15.2 Claims for Money and/or Time 15.3 General Requirements: Clause 20.2.7 Notes

20 16 Dispute Resolution 16.1 The Three‐tier Process in the 1999 Contracts 16.2 The 2017 Contracts 16.3 Appointment of the DAAB 16.4 Failure to Appoint DAAB Members 16.5 Avoidance of Disputes 16.6 Amicable Settlement 16.7 Arbitration 16.8 Failure to Comply with the DAAB's Decision Notes

21 Index

22 End User License Agreement

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William Godwin QC

Member of the FIDIC 2017 Updates Task Group

This edition first published 2020

© 2020 William Godwin QC

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