FIDIC contract health check
Know what you are signing, and what you have already signed.
Particular Conditions often change the risk balance of the FIDIC General Conditions in ways that are easy to miss: shorter notice periods, deleted clauses, extra obligations hidden in the specification. We read the whole contract, not only the conditions.
The result is a short report: the risks that matter, the conflicts between documents, a table of every time bar and the questions to raise before signature or at the next progress meeting.
What we prepare
- Risk register of changed and onerous clauses
- Conflicts between conditions, specification and drawings
- Time-bar and notice summary table
- Payment, securities and retention review
- Questions for clarification during tender
- Mid-project review of entitlement
How we work on it
Engineer's eye
We have administered these contracts for the Employer too.
Plain language
The report is written for the project manager, not for lawyers.
Not legal advice
We are engineers; where a legal opinion is needed we say so.
When contractors call us
Typical situations where this service saves time, money or entitlement.
- You are about to sign a FIDIC contract with long Particular Conditions.
- The project has started and nobody has listed the time bars.
- The specification adds obligations that the conditions do not mention.
- You want to know your position before a claim or a dispute.
Questions
How long does a review take?
Usually one to two weeks, depending on the size of the contract.
Is this a legal review?
No. It is a technical and contractual review by engineers. We recommend legal advice where it is needed.
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Need this on your project?
Send us the contract and a short note. We reply with a proposal.
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