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The 2017 FIDIC contracts / William H. Godwin.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2020.Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 223 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781119514633 (hardback)
Other title:
  • International Federation of Consulting Engineers contracts
  • FIDIC contracts
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • K891 B8G54 2020
Online resources:
Contents:
Overview of the 2017 Contracts -- Key General Provisions -- The Employer, the Engineer and Contract Administration -- The Contractor and Fitness for Purpose -- Design -- Plant, Materials and Workmanship/Staff and Labour -- Commencement, Delays and Extensions of Time, and Employer’s Suspension of the Works -- Testing on and After Completion and Employer’s Taking Over -- Defects After Taking Over, Acceptance of the Works and Unfulfilled Obligations -- Measurement, the Price and Payment -- Variations and Adjustments to the Contract Price -- Termination and Suspension -- Care of the Works, Indemnities and Insurance -- Exceptional Events -- Employers’ and Contractors’ Claims -- Dispute Resolution.
Summary: "FIDIC contracts are the most widely used engineering standard form contracts internationally but until 2017 the three main forms (the Red, Yellow and Silver Books) had not been amended or updated for nearly two decades, since the first editions were published in 1999. Written by a specialist lawyer who was member of the FIDIC Updates Task Group responsible for writing the new contracts, this book examines in detail the many substantial changes they have introduced. After providing an overview the contracts are examined clause by clause with the aim of showing how each compares and contrasts with the others and how the second editions compare and contrast with the first. The first chapter describes how the Red, Yellow and Silver Books evolved from earlier contract forms and the distinctive characteristics of each, before providing an overview of the updates, including new potential risks for both Employer and Contractor, and then examining, in the second chapter, key general provisions such as the new rules on notices and limitation of liability. Chapter 3 examines the enhanced role of the Engineer in the Red and Yellow Books/Employer’s Representative’s function in the Silver including the new procedure for determinations as well as the Employer’s obligations and contract administration. The Contractor’s obligations are considered in chapter 4 while chapter 5 examines his responsibility for design in the Yellow and Silver Books. Chapters 6 to 14 deal respectively with plant, materials and workmanship and staff and labour; time-related provisions in the three contracts including extensions of time, and the Employer’s right to suspend the works; testing on and after completion and the Employer’s taking over of the works; defects after taking over, acceptance of the works and unfulfilled obligations; measurement (in the Red Book), the Contract Price and payment; the new variations regime and adjustments to the Price; termination and suspension; care of the works and indemnities and Exceptional Events (previously, Force Majeure). An important feature of the new contracts is their increased emphasis on clarity in the claims process and on dispute avoidance. These topics are examined in the final two chapters, 15 and 16, which deal respectively with the new claims and dispute resolution provisions of the 2017 forms."--Back cover
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Overview of the 2017 Contracts -- Key General Provisions -- The Employer, the Engineer and Contract Administration -- The Contractor and Fitness for Purpose -- Design -- Plant, Materials and Workmanship/Staff and Labour -- Commencement, Delays and Extensions of Time, and Employer’s Suspension of the Works -- Testing on and After Completion and Employer’s Taking Over -- Defects After Taking Over, Acceptance of the Works and Unfulfilled Obligations -- Measurement, the Price and Payment -- Variations and Adjustments to the Contract Price -- Termination and Suspension -- Care of the Works, Indemnities and Insurance -- Exceptional Events -- Employers’ and Contractors’ Claims -- Dispute Resolution.

"FIDIC contracts are the most widely used engineering standard form contracts internationally but until 2017 the three main forms (the Red, Yellow and Silver Books) had not been amended or updated for nearly two decades, since the first editions were published in 1999. Written by a specialist lawyer who was member of the FIDIC Updates Task Group responsible for writing the new contracts, this book examines in detail the many substantial changes they have introduced. After providing an overview the contracts are examined clause by clause with the aim of showing how each compares and contrasts with the others and how the second editions compare and contrast with the first.
The first chapter describes how the Red, Yellow and Silver Books evolved from earlier contract forms and the distinctive characteristics of each, before providing an overview of the updates, including new potential risks for both Employer and Contractor, and then examining, in the second chapter, key general provisions such as the new rules on notices and limitation of liability. Chapter 3 examines the enhanced role of the Engineer in the Red and Yellow Books/Employer’s Representative’s function in the Silver including the new procedure for determinations as well as the Employer’s obligations and contract administration. The Contractor’s obligations are considered in chapter 4 while chapter 5 examines his responsibility for design in the Yellow and Silver Books. Chapters 6 to 14 deal respectively with plant, materials and workmanship and staff and labour; time-related provisions in the three contracts including extensions of time, and the Employer’s right to suspend the works; testing on and after completion and the Employer’s taking over of the works; defects after taking over, acceptance of the works and unfulfilled obligations; measurement (in the Red Book), the Contract Price and payment; the new variations regime and adjustments to the Price; termination and suspension; care of the works and indemnities and Exceptional Events (previously, Force Majeure). An important feature of the new contracts is their increased emphasis on clarity in the claims process and on dispute avoidance. These topics are examined in the final two chapters, 15 and 16, which deal respectively with the new claims and dispute resolution provisions of the 2017 forms."--Back cover

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