The title of my review of the last online FIDIC conference a year ago, FIDIC contracts – a preview of what is to come, now has a somewhat ominous ring to it as for the second year running the ...

The Fédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) was founded in Belgium in 1913. Since then, it has become the foremost representative body for the world's consulting engineers, with ...

FIDIC forms of contract outline an engineer’s role in making determinations but how can you be sure that their decision is fair and impartial? A client called me. She was frustrated that the words ...

A recently reported case held that the employer was not entitled to take advantage of its own wrongdoing in enforcing a condition precedent under the FIDIC Red Book Rather like the proverbial buses, ...

Contractors already working in or thinking of working in the UAE capital may be aware that the Abu Dhabi government has recently issued new contracts for construction projects being undertaken in the ...

The third and comprehensively revised edition of the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Users’ Guide was launched in Midrand, Gauteng, earlier this month. The FIDIC Users’ Guide ...

The UAE construction industry is witnessing a transition to Fidic ’99 forms from the earlier Fidic ’87, according to international legal firms here. For many years the most common form of contract has ...

The International Federation of Consulting Engineers (Fidic) deems contractual relationships between parties beneficial, as this addresses the risks between contractors and employees. Hence, the ...

A union of international FIDIC consultants have concluded the draft of a memorandum for the establishment of specialised centres to resolve engineering disputes in Saudi Arabia, a union source told Al ...

April 2007 There is an expression which goes "the road to success is always under construction". This expression appropriately captures the current and foreseeable surge in the construction industries ...