Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International...

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Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of contract Dr. Mirosław J. Skibniewski, A.J. Clark Chair Professor

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Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of contract

Dr. Mirosław J. Skibniewski,A.J. Clark Chair Professor

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New

ten

den

cy in

con

trac

ts w

orld

wid

e

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OU

TL

INE

1.W

hat

is F

IDIC

? 2.

Ch

arac

teri

stic

s of

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of

Con

trac

t3.

Ap

pli

cati

on P

rosp

ect

of F

IDIC

C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

4.

New

dev

elop

men

t of

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of

con

trac

t

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Wh

at is

FID

IC?

Man

agem

ent

is a

kin

d o

f sc

ien

ce w

hic

h n

eed

s co

nti

nu

ous

sum

mar

izin

g, t

o ex

per

ien

ce d

evel

opm

ent

and

inn

ovat

ion

s th

rou

gh p

ract

ice.

In t

he

con

trac

t fo

r in

tern

atio

nal

en

gin

eeri

ng

pro

ject

s,

the

fun

ctio

n o

f C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

is o

f gr

eate

st

imp

orta

nce

pro

vid

ing

the

righ

ts, o

blig

atio

n a

nd

re

spon

sibi

lity

for

th

e p

arti

es c

once

rned

in t

he

Con

trac

t ex

ecu

tion

.

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Du

rin

g th

e p

ast

hal

f ce

ntu

ry,

the

Inte

rnat

ion

al

Fed

erat

ion

of

Con

sult

ing

En

gin

eers

(F

IDIC

) h

as

dev

oted

its

elf

to t

he

com

pil

atio

n o

f m

anag

emen

t d

ocu

men

ts f

or a

ll k

ind

s of

pro

ject

s, a

mon

g w

hic

h

the

FID

IC

Con

dit

ion

s of

C

ontr

act

are

of

the

hig

hes

t in

flu

ence

an

d

are

the

mos

t p

opu

lar

app

lica

tion

.

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Th

e fi

rst

edit

ion

of

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

for

Wor

ks o

f C

ivil

En

gin

eeri

ng

Con

stru

ctio

n (

use

“R

ed B

ook”

in t

he

foll

owin

g) w

as c

omp

iled

in 1

957

, an

d la

ter

its

seco

nd

, th

ird

, an

d f

ourt

h e

dit

ion

wer

e is

sued

in 1

96

3, 1

977

, an

d 1

98

7 re

spec

tive

ly.

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Bu

t th

ese

edit

ion

s w

ere

mos

tly

com

pil

ed in

th

e re

fere

nce

of

the

rela

ted

doc

um

ents

of

the

Inst

itu

tion

of

Civ

il E

ngi

nee

rs (

ICE

). T

he

FID

IC

and

Eu

rop

ean

In

tern

atio

nal

Con

trac

tors

(E

IC)

entr

ust

ed t

he

Un

iver

sity

of

Rea

din

g in

19

66

to

sum

mar

ize

the

exp

erie

nce

an

d t

o d

raw

less

ons

from

th

e ap

pli

cati

on o

f th

e fo

rmer

doc

um

ents

.

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Wit

h

the

inve

stig

atio

n

of

the

gove

rnm

ents

, em

plo

yers

, co

ntr

acto

rs a

nd

con

sult

ing

engi

nee

rs

all

over

th

e w

orld

abo

ut

thei

r ap

pli

cati

on o

f th

e “R

ed B

ook”

, 20

4 fi

nd

ings

rep

orts

wer

e re

turn

ed.

Acc

ord

ing

to

the

fin

din

gs,

the

FID

IC

Con

trac

t C

omm

itte

e or

gan

ized

a

grou

p

of

exp

erts

to

co

mp

ile

the

new

Con

trac

t C

ond

itio

n m

odel

s to

be

app

lied

in t

he

21st

cen

tury

.

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Th

e te

st e

dit

ion

of

thes

e m

odel

s w

as p

ubl

ish

ed in

19

98

, an

d F

IDIC

sol

icit

ed o

pin

ion

s th

rou

ghou

t th

e w

orld

fo

r ad

dit

ion

al

tim

e to

p

ubl

ish

th

e of

fici

al t

exts

in 1

99

9.

Now

F

IDIC

co

nd

itio

n

of

con

trac

t h

as

been

ap

pli

ed

wor

ldw

ide,

es

pec

iall

y in

th

e p

roje

cts

inve

sted

by

Wor

ld B

ank,

Asi

a D

evel

opm

ent

Ban

k,

Afr

ica

Dev

elop

men

t B

ank

etc.

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Th

e n

ew m

odel

s in

clu

de

:F

IDIC

Con

dit

ion

s of

Con

tra

ct f

or C

onst

ruct

ion

, the

(N

ew R

ed B

ook)

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

for

Pla

nt

an

d D

esig

n/B

uil

d, t

he

(New

Yel

low

Boo

k)

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

for

EP

C T

urn

key

Pro

ject

s, t

he

(Sil

ver

Boo

k)

FID

IC S

hort

For

m o

f C

ontr

act

, the

(G

reen

Boo

k)

FID

IC C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

(new

ed

itio

n)

rais

ed a

h

igh

er r

equ

irem

ent

to t

he

Par

ties

con

cern

ed in

th

e ar

ea

of c

ontr

act

man

agem

ent

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2. C

har

acte

rist

ics

of F

IDIC

C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

Un

ific

atio

n o

f T

erm

s an

d C

lau

se

Th

e n

ew e

dit

ion

was

dra

fted

as

the

“New

Red

Boo

k”, t

he

“New

Y

ello

w B

ook”

and

th

e “S

ilve

r B

ook”

by a

wor

kgro

up

un

der

th

e le

ader

ship

of

the

FID

IC C

ontr

act

Com

mit

tee.

Th

e co

ntr

act

form

w

as n

ot in

flu

ence

d b

y th

e fo

rmer

IC

E f

ram

ewor

k, w

hic

h w

as

incl

ud

ed in

all

20

cla

use

s. S

o if

th

e cl

ause

s co

nte

nt

cou

ld b

e u

nif

ied

, it

wou

ld b

e u

nd

er t

he

sam

e ti

tles

an

d e

xpre

ssio

ns.

In

th

ese

thre

e bo

oks,

mor

e th

an 8

0%

of

the

con

ten

t w

as c

onsi

sten

t,

and

85%

of

the

def

init

ion

s an

d e

xpre

ssio

ns

wer

e th

e sa

me.

It

is

of g

reat

hel

p f

or t

he

use

rs t

o u

nd

erst

and

th

em c

omp

lete

ly, s

avin

g st

ud

y ti

me.

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Wid

er A

pp

lica

tion

Wh

en t

hes

e n

ew C

ond

itio

ns

of C

ontr

act

wer

e d

raft

ed, F

IDIC

tr

ied

its

best

so

the

Con

dit

ion

s co

uld

be

app

lied

un

der

not

on

lyth

e C

ust

omar

y L

aw (

i.e.

An

glo-

Am

eric

an L

aw S

yste

m),

bu

t al

so

Civ

il L

aw. T

o p

urs

ue

this

, th

e co

ntr

act

wor

kin

g gr

oup

had

an

at

torn

ey p

rese

nt

to r

evie

w t

he

clau

ses,

so

that

th

ey c

ould

be

app

lied

un

der

th

e tw

o la

ws

not

ed a

bove

. Th

e n

ew e

dit

ion

als

o sh

ows

mor

e fl

exib

ilit

y an

d a

dap

tabi

lity

. For

exa

mp

le, i

n t

he

old

edit

ion

, th

e co

nd

itio

nal

per

form

ance

gu

aran

tee

was

nec

essa

ry,

wh

ich

th

e W

orld

Ban

k h

ad d

iffe

ren

t op

inio

ns

of. W

hil

e in

th

e n

ew e

dit

ion

, th

e gu

aran

tee

form

s w

ere

set

by P

arti

cula

r C

ond

itio

ns

wh

ich

can

be

app

lied

giv

ing

the

emp

loye

rs b

ette

r fl

exib

ilit

y.

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Ap

pli

cabi

lity

un

der

Var

iou

s P

roje

ct D

eliv

ery

and

C

ontr

acti

ng

Syst

em

1.T

he

“New

Red

Boo

k”ca

n b

e u

sed

in a

ny

kin

d o

f E

ngi

nee

rin

g C

onst

ruct

ion

Con

trac

t.

2.T

he

“New

Yel

low

Boo

k”ap

pli

es t

o th

e lu

mp

su

m c

ontr

act

pro

ject

w

her

e th

e C

ontr

acto

r ta

kes

par

tici

pat

ion

in t

he

des

ign

wor

k.

3.T

he

“Sil

ver

Boo

k”ap

pli

es t

o th

e tu

rnke

y p

roje

cts

of

infr

astr

uct

ure

s or

larg

e-sc

ale

fact

orie

s, w

her

e th

e C

ontr

acto

r ta

kes

on m

ore

wor

k an

d r

isk

wh

ile

the

Em

plo

yer’

s p

arti

cip

atio

n

is s

mal

l (p

riva

te f

inan

cin

g or

gov

ern

men

t fi

nan

cin

g), b

ut

it is

st

rict

ly d

efin

ed u

pon

th

e in

vest

men

t an

d c

onst

ruct

ion

per

iod

. 4

.Th

e “G

reen

Boo

k”ca

n b

e u

sed

in a

ll k

ind

s of

sm

all-

scal

e p

roje

cts.

5.

Alt

oget

her

, th

ese

fou

r C

ontr

act

Con

dit

ion

s ca

n b

e ap

pli

ed t

o n

earl

y ev

ery

kin

d o

f p

roje

ct, e

xpec

t fo

r th

at o

f m

anag

ing

con

trac

tin

g or

sim

ply

con

sult

ing

or d

esig

nin

g

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Hig

h-q

ual

ity

Pro

visi

ons

and

Log

ical

Cla

use

Se

quen

cin

g

Com

par

ed w

ith

th

e or

igin

al “

Red

Boo

k”, t

he

“New

Red

Boo

k”h

as

163

clau

ses,

nea

rly

40

% b

ein

g fr

esh

ly c

omp

iled

. An

ad

dit

ion

al

40

% w

ere

mod

ifie

d a

nd

giv

en s

up

ple

men

ts. O

nly

20

% w

ere

kep

t in

tact

. Th

e ol

d e

dit

ion

ad

opte

d I

CE

’sd

isor

der

ly s

tyle

bit

in t

he

clau

se s

equ

ence

, wh

ile

in t

he

new

ed

itio

n, t

he

rela

ted

su

b-cl

ause

s ar

e p

ut

into

on

e cl

ause

wh

en p

ossi

ble,

an

d c

onve

nie

nt

to t

he

use

rs.

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Mor

e Sp

ecif

ic P

rovi

sion

s co

nce

rnin

g th

e R

igh

ts

and

Obl

igat

ion

s of

th

e C

ontr

act

Par

ties

Tak

ing

the

clau

se o

f E

mp

loye

r’s

def

ault

as

an e

xam

ple

, w

e ca

n

see

that

in

con

tras

t to

th

e “R

ed B

ook”

,”th

ree

poi

nts

are

ad

ded

in

to

the

“New

R

ed

Boo

k”:

two

of

them

ar

e co

nce

rned

w

ith

p

aym

ent.

T

he

abov

e sh

ows

the

stri

ct

requ

irem

ents

fo

r th

e E

mp

loye

r.

How

ever

, th

e C

ontr

acto

r sh

all

inst

itu

te

a qu

alit

y as

sura

nce

sys

tem

an

d s

ubm

it t

o th

e E

ngi

nee

r to

au

dit

an

y as

pec

t of

th

e sy

stem

bef

ore

exec

uti

on. M

onth

ly p

rogr

ess

rep

orts

sh

all b

e p

rep

ared

by

the

Con

trac

tor

to s

ubm

it t

o th

e E

ngi

nee

r ev

ery

mon

th, o

ther

wis

e, t

he

pay

men

t w

on’t

be

give

n. A

ny

kin

d o

f br

ibe

can

res

ult

in

Con

trac

tor’

s d

efau

lt.

All

of

the

abov

e ar

e h

igh

re

quir

emen

ts f

or t

he

Con

trac

tor.

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Ch

ange

s in

th

e P

rep

arin

g St

yle

Gen

eral

Con

dit

ion

s in

th

e fo

rmer

ed

itio

n w

ere

fair

ly c

onci

se;

som

e re

com

men

dab

le c

lau

ses

wer

e gi

ven

Par

ticu

lar

Con

dit

ion

s.

Wh

ile

in t

he

new

ed

itio

n, t

her

e is

a w

ay a

rou

nd

th

e re

gula

tion

s be

ing

that

th

e G

ener

al C

ond

itio

ns

are

rela

tive

ly c

omp

reh

ensi

ve

and

det

aile

d. A

n e

xam

ple

wou

ld b

e ad

van

ced

pay

men

t an

d

adju

stm

ent

form

ula

. Th

e n

ew e

dit

ion

wri

ters

bel

ieve

th

at it

is

mor

e co

nve

nie

nt

for

the

use

rs t

o d

elet

e th

e cl

ause

s th

ey d

o n

ot

nee

d t

han

to

wri

te t

hem

in t

he

“Par

ticu

lar

Con

dit

ion

s”by

th

emse

lves

.

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Con

cise

Lan

guag

e

Th

e la

ngu

age

and

sen

ten

ce s

tru

ctu

res

in t

he

new

ed

itio

n a

re

rath

er e

asy

to u

nd

erst

and

, an

d a

gre

at h

elp

to

the

peo

ple

wh

ose

nat

ive

lan

guag

e is

not

En

glis

h.

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3. A

pp

lica

tion

Pro

spec

t of

FID

IC

Con

dit

ion

s of

Con

trac

t

Th

e tr

adit

ion

al p

roje

ct m

anag

emen

t m

ode,

wh

ich

is

un

iver

sal i

n t

he

wor

ld, h

as b

een

ap

pli

ed in

mos

t of

th

e en

gin

eeri

ng

pro

ject

man

agem

ent

case

s in

th

e w

orld

.

Th

e n

ew

edit

ion

h

as

man

y ad

van

ced

id

eas

and

re

gula

tion

s su

ch

as

stan

dar

diz

ing

of

the

Con

trac

t w

ord

s an

d

exp

ress

ion

s,

clea

rer

and

st

rict

er

clai

m

pro

ced

ure

, an

d

emp

has

is

on

the

pro

tect

ion

of

in

tell

ectu

al p

rop

erty

rig

hts

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To

Solv

e th

e P

robl

em o

f B

ack

Pay

men

t u

sin

g W

orld

Wid

e E

xper

ien

ce f

or R

efer

ence

It i

s re

por

ted

th

at t

he

back

pay

men

t an

d d

ebt

betw

een

th

e en

gin

eeri

ng

un

its

in C

hin

a h

ave

add

ed u

p t

o 28

0 b

illi

on (

RM

B),

w

hic

h i

s m

ostl

y E

mp

loye

r’s

(gov

ern

men

t in

clu

ded

) d

efau

lt t

o th

e C

ontr

acto

r.

Th

e p

robl

em

has

gr

eatl

y in

flu

ence

d

the

con

stru

ctio

n c

orp

orat

ion

s th

at t

hei

r ec

onom

ic s

tren

gth

wer

e w

eake

ned

. T

he

mar

ket

nee

ds

a le

gal

syst

em

to

pro

vid

e a

guar

ante

e fo

r fr

ee a

nd

fai

r co

mp

etit

ion

.

Page 22: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

Sin

ce t

he

pro

blem

s of

th

e E

mp

loye

r’s

fin

anci

al v

acan

cy

or C

ontr

acto

r fi

nan

cin

g ar

e or

igin

atin

g w

orld

wid

e, t

he

rela

tive

cla

use

s an

d r

egu

lati

ons

are

add

ed i

nto

FID

IC

Con

dit

ion

s of

Con

trac

t.

1.E

mp

loye

r’s

fin

anci

al a

rran

gem

ent.

Th

e E

mp

loye

rsh

all

subm

it

wit

hin

28

day

s af

ter

rece

ivin

g an

y re

ques

tfr

om t

he

Con

trac

tor

reas

onab

le e

vid

ence

th

at f

inan

cial

arr

ange

men

t h

as b

een

mad

e. I

fth

e E

mp

loye

r in

ten

ds

tom

ake

any

mat

eria

l ch

ange

to

his

fin

anci

al

arra

nge

men

t, h

esh

all

give

not

ice

to t

he

Con

trac

tor

wit

h d

etai

led

p

arti

cula

rs.

Page 23: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

1.If

th

e E

mp

loye

r fa

ils

to e

xecu

te i

n a

ccor

dan

ce w

ith

th

is c

lau

se,

the

Con

trac

tor

may

, af

ter

givi

ng

a 21

d

ays’

not

ice

to

the

Em

plo

yer,

su

spen

d t

he

wor

k or

red

uce

pro

du

ctio

n o

utp

ut

as a

ki

nd

of

w

arn

ing;

if

th

e C

ontr

acto

r d

oes

not

re

ceiv

e an

y re

ason

able

fin

anci

al a

rran

gem

ent

cert

ific

ate

wit

hin

42

day

s af

ter

givi

ng

the

war

nin

g, h

e sh

all

be e

nti

tled

to

term

inat

e th

e C

ontr

act,

for

it

is t

he

Em

plo

yer’

s d

efau

lt.

Als

o th

e C

ontr

acto

r ca

n

get

all

the

com

pen

sati

on

earn

ed

on

the

con

dit

ion

of

E

mp

loye

r’s

def

ault

.

Page 24: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

2.It

is

def

ined

in

th

e cl

ause

of

pay

men

t h

ow t

o h

and

le t

he

pro

blem

wh

en t

he

Em

plo

yer

has

th

e p

aym

ent

del

ayed

. If

th

e C

ontr

acto

r d

oes

not

rec

eive

pay

men

t (i

n a

ccor

dan

ce

wit

h t

he

Inte

rim

Pay

men

t C

erti

fica

te)

wit

hin

56

day

s af

ter

subm

itti

ng

mon

thly

st

atem

ent

to

the

En

gin

eer

at

the

begi

nn

ing

of t

he

mon

th,

the

Con

trac

tor

shal

l be

en

titl

ed t

o re

ceiv

e in

tere

st

com

pou

nd

ed

mon

thly

on

th

e am

oun

t u

np

aid

du

rin

g th

e p

erio

d o

f d

elay

. Th

ese

fin

anci

ng

chan

ges

shal

l be

calc

ula

ted

at

the

ann

ual

rat

e of

3 p

erce

nta

ge p

oin

ts

abov

e th

e d

isco

un

t ra

te o

f ce

ntr

al b

ank

in t

he

cou

ntr

y of

th

e cu

rren

cy o

f p

aym

ent.

If

the

Con

trac

tor

doe

s n

ot r

ecei

ve

pay

men

t w

ith

in

42

day

s af

ter

the

exp

iry

of t

he

abov

e 56

d

ays,

he

shal

l be

enti

tled

to

term

inat

e th

e C

ontr

act.

Page 25: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

3.C

ontr

acto

r F

inan

ced

Pro

ject

’s e

xecu

tion

. It

is s

pec

iall

y se

t u

p i

n

the

Par

ticu

lar

Con

dit

ion

s an

Exa

mp

le P

rovi

sion

s fo

r C

ontr

acto

r F

inan

ce,

wh

ich

def

ines

th

at i

f it

is

Con

trac

tor

fin

anci

ng

and

he

has

com

mit

ted

to

the

pro

ject

, th

e E

mp

loye

r sh

all

del

iver

a b

ank

pay

men

t gu

aran

tee

to t

he

Con

trac

tor

wit

hin

28

day

s af

ter

both

p

arti

es

hav

e en

tere

d

into

th

e C

ontr

act

Agr

eem

ent.

If

th

e C

ontr

acto

r d

oes

not

rec

eive

th

e gu

aran

tee,

th

e E

ngi

nee

r sh

all

not

iss

ue

the

not

ice

to c

omm

ence

. It

is d

efin

ed i

n t

he

guar

ante

eth

at if

th

e E

mp

loye

r fa

ils

to m

ake

pay

men

t in

fu

ll b

y th

e d

ate

14

day

s af

ter

the

exp

iry

of t

he

per

iod

sp

ecif

ied

in

th

e co

ntr

act

asth

at w

ith

in w

hic

h s

uch

pay

men

t sh

ould

hav

e be

en m

ade,

th

e C

ontr

acto

r sh

all

been

en

titl

ed t

o d

eman

d f

or p

aym

ent

from

th

e ba

nk

wit

h a

cer

tifi

cate

, C

ontr

acto

r’s

sign

atu

res

wh

ich

mu

st b

e au

then

tica

ted

by

his

ban

kers

or

by a

not

ary

pu

blic

.

Page 26: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

To

Car

ry o

ut

the

Gen

eral

Con

trac

tin

g M

ode

of

Des

ign

/Bu

ild

an

d E

PC

Tu

rnke

y E

nth

usi

asti

call

y

FID

IC m

ake

s ou

t th

e “N

ew Y

ello

w B

ook”

an

d

“Sil

ver

Boo

k”in

dep

end

entl

y in

a

dd

itio

n

to

mee

t th

e d

evel

opm

ent

ten

den

cy

of

inte

rna

tion

al p

roje

ct m

an

ag

emen

t m

ode.

Page 27: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

Acc

ord

ing

to t

he

stat

isti

cs a

nd

for

ecas

t of

th

e A

mer

ican

D

esig

n/B

uil

d I

nst

itu

tion

, th

e m

arke

t sh

are’

s ch

ange

te

nd

ency

of A

mer

ican

mai

n e

ngi

nee

rin

g co

nst

ruct

ion

m

ode

du

rin

g 19

85

to 2

015

is s

how

n in

th

e T

ab. 1

.

Page 28: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

To

Mak

e C

lear

th

e P

osit

ion

of

the

Con

stru

ctio

n

Sup

ervi

sin

g E

ngi

nee

r,

Rai

se

Th

eir

Wor

kin

g R

esp

onsi

bili

ty,

and

Op

en u

p N

ew R

egio

ns

of W

ork

In t

he

“New

Red

Boo

k”,

it n

eed

s th

e E

ngi

nee

r to

be

tim

elie

r, a

nd

m

ore

exp

lici

t in

sol

vin

g th

e p

robl

ems

than

bef

ore.

It

pay

s m

ore

resp

ect

to t

he

pos

itio

n a

nd

th

e au

thor

ity

of t

he

En

gin

eer,

su

ch a

s,

wit

hou

t th

e co

nse

nt

of t

he

Con

trac

tor,

th

e E

mp

loye

r sh

all

not

be

enti

tled

to

exch

ange

th

e E

ngi

nee

r or

im

pos

e fu

rth

er r

estr

icti

on o

n

the

En

gin

eer’

s au

thor

ity

wh

ich

has

bee

n s

pec

ifie

d in

th

e co

ntr

act.

Page 29: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

En

gin

eer’

s au

thor

ity

incl

ud

es:

Mak

ing

it

clea

r th

at

the

En

gin

eer

belo

ngs

to

“E

mp

loye

r’s

Per

son

nel

”, w

hil

e th

ere

is n

o st

ress

th

at h

e is

an

in

dep

end

ent

par

ty.

Wh

en t

he

En

gin

eer

mak

es a

dec

isio

n,

ther

e w

ill

be n

o m

ore

stre

ss o

n im

par

tial

ity,

bu

t h

e is

sti

ll r

equ

ired

to

be f

air.

If t

he

Con

trac

tor

and

Em

plo

yer

hav

e a

hea

ted

dis

pu

te,

ther

e w

ill

be n

o n

eed

for

th

e E

ngi

nee

r to

med

iate

bef

ore

eith

er p

arty

ap

pli

es

for

arbi

trat

ion

. So

th

e D

isp

ute

A

dju

dic

atio

n

Boa

rd

(DA

B)

has

bee

n s

et u

p t

o so

lve

the

pro

blem

Page 30: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

Th

e m

ode

of E

ngi

nee

r’s

sup

ervi

sin

g is

als

o ap

pli

ed i

n t

he

“New

Y

ello

w B

ook”

, wh

ile

the

resp

onsi

bili

ties

of

En

gin

eer

are

the

sam

e on

th

e w

hol

e w

ith

wh

at i

s sa

id i

n t

he

“New

Red

Boo

k”,

that

is,

th

e E

ngi

nee

r sh

ould

man

age

not

on

ly t

he

con

stru

ctio

n,

but

in

des

ign

ing,

incl

ud

ing

revi

ewin

g an

d a

pp

rovi

ng

the

qual

ific

atio

n o

f th

e d

esig

ner

an

d s

ub-

des

ign

er,

Con

trac

tor’

s d

esig

n d

ocu

men

ts,

par

tici

pat

ing

in t

he

dis

cuss

ion

of

the

des

ign

, an

d i

nst

ruct

ing

the

Con

trac

tor

to p

rep

are

furt

her

Doc

um

ents

. B

ut

any

En

gin

eer’

s re

view

, ap

pro

val,

or c

onse

nt

of t

he

Con

trac

tor’

s d

ocu

men

ts s

hal

l n

ot r

elie

ve t

he

Con

trac

tor

from

an

y ob

liga

tion

or

resp

onsi

bili

ty.

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To

Pre

par

e th

e M

OD

EL

of

Shor

t F

orm

Con

trac

t

Man

y sm

all

scal

e an

d

larg

e sc

ale

pro

ject

s ca

n

use

si

mp

le

tech

niq

ues

su

ch a

s in

res

iden

tial

are

as,

also

nee

d a

con

trac

t. S

o w

e sh

all

com

pil

e a

shor

t fo

rm o

f co

ntr

act

in r

efer

ence

to

FID

IC

“Gre

en B

ook”

. It

is n

eces

sary

to

be f

airl

y fl

exib

le in

th

e m

ode

and

re

quir

emen

ts o

f m

anag

emen

t.

Page 32: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

To

Imp

rove

th

e M

edia

tion

Met

hod

s fo

r D

isp

ute

Th

e n

ew e

dit

ion

tak

es t

he

exp

erie

nce

of

USA

an

d W

orld

Ban

k in

so

lvin

g th

e co

nst

ruct

ion

d

isp

ute

, w

hic

h

resu

lts

in

DA

B

to

med

iate

th

e d

isp

ute

. T

he

mos

t ou

tsta

nd

ing

mer

it o

f D

AB

is

that

it

is

com

pos

ed o

f th

ree

exp

erts

wh

o ar

e ch

osen

, ap

pro

ved

an

d

pai

d f

or b

y bo

th p

arti

es.

Th

ese

exp

erts

go

to s

ite

to s

olve

th

e d

isp

ute

occ

urr

ing

betw

een

th

e tw

o p

arti

es a

fter

com

men

cin

g co

nst

ruct

ion

wor

k. W

hil

e in

th

e F

IDIC

“R

ed B

ook”

, th

e E

ngi

nee

r is

req

uir

ed t

o m

edia

te t

he

pro

blem

wh

ich

he

can

not

han

dle

. It

is

har

d t

o be

im

par

tial

be

cau

se t

he

En

gin

eer

is t

he

Em

plo

yer’

s em

plo

yee,

so

very

oft

en

the

con

trad

icti

on w

ill s

till

be

un

solv

ed a

fter

a lo

ng

tim

e.

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New

dev

elop

men

t of

FID

IC c

ond

itio

ns

of c

ontr

act

��

De

sig

n-B

uil

d O

pe

rate

Co

ntr

act

It w

as p

ubl

ish

ed o

n

Sep

tem

ber

200

7,

Gol

d B

ook

Page 34: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

New

DB

O d

ocu

men

t fo

r lo

ng-

term

con

trac

tB

ackg

rou

nd

Th

e D

BO

ap

pro

ach

to

co

ntr

acti

ng

com

bin

es

des

ign

, co

nst

ruct

ion

, an

d l

ong-

term

op

erat

ion

(an

d m

ain

ten

ance

) of

a

faci

lity

in

to

one

sin

gle

con

trac

t aw

ard

ed

to

a si

ngl

e co

ntr

acto

r (w

ho

wil

l u

sual

ly b

e a

join

t ve

ntu

re o

r co

nso

rtiu

m

rep

rese

nti

ng

all

the

dis

cip

lin

es a

nd

ski

lls

call

ed f

or i

n a

DB

O

arra

nge

men

t.

Pu

blic

p

riva

te

par

tner

ship

s,

PP

Ps,

ar

e th

is

arra

nge

men

t).

Page 35: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

DB

O’s

adva

nta

ges

Tim

e: W

ith

pos

sibi

liti

es t

o ov

erla

p s

ome

des

ign

an

d b

uil

d

acti

viti

es it

wil

l be

pos

sibl

e to

min

imiz

e d

elay

s an

d o

pti

miz

e th

e sm

ooth

flo

w o

f co

nst

ruct

ion

act

ivit

ies.

Fin

anci

al: W

ith

cos

t re

stra

ints

an

d c

omm

itm

ents

an

d o

ther

ri

sks

bein

g ca

rrie

d b

y th

e C

ontr

acto

r, t

her

e is

less

ris

k of

p

rice

ove

r-ru

ns.

Qu

alit

y: W

ith

th

e C

ontr

acto

r re

spon

sibl

e fo

r 20

yea

rs

oper

atio

n, h

e h

as a

n in

tere

st t

o d

esig

n a

nd

bu

ild

qu

alit

y p

lan

t w

ith

low

op

erat

ion

an

d m

ain

ten

ance

cos

ts. N

ot o

nly

wil

l th

e p

lan

t be

‘fit

for

pu

rpos

e’bu

t it

wil

l be

buil

t to

last

.

Page 36: Introduction to FIDIC Conditions of Contracts · During the past half century, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) has devoted itself to the compilation of

Bas

ical

ly t

he

succ

ess

of a

tru

e D

BO

con

trac

t d

epen

ds

on t

he

com

mit

men

t of

th

e C

ontr

acto

r to

th

e co

mp

lete

pro

ject

-an

d

the

best

way

to

do

that

is t

o co

ver

the

wh

ole

des

ign

-bu

ild

an

d

the

oper

atio

n e

lem

ents

in

a s

ingl

e co

ntr

act.

Th

at i

s w

hy

FID

IC c

hos

e a

sin

gle

lon

g te

rm P

erfo

rman

ce S

ecu

rity

wit

h a

su

bsta

nti

al r

edu

ctio

n i

n v

alu

e on

com

ple

tion

of

the

des

ign

-bu

ild

–bu

t w

ith

an

on

-goi

ng

com

mit

men

t by

th

e C

ontr

act

to

per

form

an

d c

omp

lete

th

e op

erat

ion

ser

vice

.

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Th

e fo

rmat

of

a D

BO

arr

ange

men

t ca

n b

e ba

sed

on

eit

her

a

‘gre

en f

ield

’sce

nar

io (

D-B

-O),

or

on a

‘bro

wn

fie

ld’s

cen

ario

(O

-D-B

). E

ith

er is

qu

ite

com

mon

, how

ever

th

e co

ntr

actu

al

requ

irem

ents

an

d p

roce

du

res

are

quit

e d

iffe

ren

t.F

IDIC

has

ch

osen

to

pro

du

ce a

doc

um

ent

base

d o

n t

he

DB

O

gree

n f

ield

sce

nar

io, w

ith

a G

uid

e (w

hic

h w

ill b

e p

ubl

ish

ed in

20

08

) co

nta

inin

g gu

idel

ines

on

th

e ch

ange

s n

eces

sary

to

cove

r a

brow

n f

ield

arr

ange

men

t, in

wh

ich

FID

IC Y

ello

w

Boo

k fo

r th

e D

B is

th

e ba

sem

ent.

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Th

e ot

her

im

por

tan

t fa

ctor

con

sid

ered

in

DB

O d

ocu

men

t is

th

e le

ngt

h

of

the

oper

atio

n

per

iod

, si

nce

th

e co

nd

itio

ns

suit

able

for

lon

g-te

rm o

per

atio

n a

re n

ot n

eces

sari

ly s

uit

able

fo

r a

shor

t-te

rm o

per

atio

n.

Fro

m t

he

exp

erie

nce

of

the

DB

O

mem

bers

it

w

as

dec

ided

th

at

the

mos

t u

sefu

l p

erio

d

to

con

sid

er w

as 2

0 y

ears

op

erat

ion

–ag

ain

giv

ing

guid

elin

es i

n

the

Gu

ide

if a

sh

orte

r p

erio

d w

ould

be

requ

ired

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Ris

k co

ntr

ol in

DB

O c

ontr

act

DB

O c

an b

e vi

ewed

as

a co

mp

lete

met

hod

in

PP

Ps.

Th

is m

eth

od

is

a lo

ng-

term

p

roce

ss

incl

ud

ing

pro

cure

men

t,

con

stru

ctio

n,

oper

atio

n,

and

tra

nsf

er,

in w

hic

h h

igh

ris

k sh

ould

be

pay

th

e m

ost

atte

nti

on t

o.

Abo

ut

PP

Ps:

A w

ide

spec

tru

m o

f op

tion

s is

ava

ilab

le f

or t

he

del

iver

y of

p

ubl

ic

infr

astr

uct

ure

an

d

serv

ices

, ra

ngi

ng

from

d

irec

t p

rovi

sion

by

the

gove

rnm

ent

to o

utr

igh

t p

riva

tiza

tion

, w

ith

in

crea

sin

g re

spon

sibi

liti

es, r

isks

, com

mit

men

t, a

nd

rew

ard

str

ansf

erre

d f

rom

th

e go

vern

men

t to

th

e p

riva

te s

ecto

r.

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For

exa

mp

le,

sup

ply

an

d s

ervi

ce c

ontr

acts

usu

ally

hav

e a

shor

t d

ura

tion

. In

su

ch

con

trac

ts,

the

pri

vate

co

ntr

acto

r p

erfo

rms

spec

ifie

d

task

s (e

.g.,

mat

eria

l/

equ

ipm

ent

sup

pli

es,

wor

ks

con

stru

ctio

n

and

fa

cili

ties

m

ain

ten

ance

) w

her

eas

it

is

not

d

irec

tly

resp

onsi

ble

for

pro

vid

ing

rela

ted

ser

vice

s. I

n a

lea

se-

and

-op

erat

e co

ntr

act,

th

e p

riva

te

con

trac

tor

oper

ates

an

d

mai

nta

ins

the

faci

liti

es a

t it

s ow

n r

isk

agai

nst

th

e p

aym

ent

of a

le

ase

fee.

In

a b

uil

d-o

per

ate-

tran

sfer

(B

OT

) p

roje

ct,

the

pri

vate

co

ntr

acto

r is

als

o re

spon

sibl

e fo

r bu

ild

ing

and

fin

anci

ng

the

pro

ject

an

d i

t h

as t

o tr

ansf

er p

roje

ct f

acil

itie

s in

op

erat

ion

alco

nd

itio

ns

and

fre

e of

cos

ts t

o th

e go

vern

men

t at

th

e en

d o

f th

eco

nce

ssio

n t

erm

. In

div

esti

ture

, th

e ow

ner

ship

of

exis

tin

g as

sets

an

d

the

resp

onsi

bili

ty

for

futu

re

exp

ansi

on

and

u

pke

ep

are

tran

sfer

red

to

the

pri

vate

con

trac

tor,

in a

dd

itio

n t

o fi

nan

cin

g an

d

carr

yin

g ou

t th

e in

vest

men

ts r

equ

ired

to

mee

t th

e ob

liga

tion

s sp

ecif

ied

in t

he

con

trac

t an

d/o

r a

gen

eral

reg

ula

tory

fra

mew

ork.

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Th

e w

hol

e p

roce

ss o

f a

PP

P (

DB

O)

pro

ject

an

d k

ey is

sues

are

sh

ould

in

foll

owin

g fi

gure

.

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Lot

s of

ris

ks h

ave

been

iden

tifi

ed a

s fo

llow

ed:

It c

omes

from

L. B

ing

et a

l. (2

00

5) T

he

allo

cati

on o

f ris

k in

PP

P/P

FI

con

stru

ctio

n p

roje

cts

in t

he

UK

, In

tern

ati

ona

l Jou

rna

l of

Pro

ject

Ma

na

gem

ent,

23: 2

5–35

.

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Th

eref

ore,

a n

ew D

BO

con

trac

t sh

ould

han

dle

th

ese

risk

s to

p

urs

ue

the

succ

essf

ul

pro

ject

s.

FID

IC h

as d

esig

ned

new

cla

use

to

dea

l th

e ri

sks

in D

BO

con

trac

t:R

estr

uct

ure

d C

lau

ses

17 –

19 (

Cla

use

17:

Ris

k A

lloc

atio

n, C

lau

se

18: E

xcep

tion

al R

isks

, Cla

use

19

: In

sura

nce

)

Iden

tifi

ed t

he

Ris

ks t

o be

car

ried

by

each

Par

ty

Dif

fere

nti

ated

bet

wee

n R

isks

du

rin

g th

e D

esig

n-B

uil

d P

erio

d

and

Op

erat

ion

Ser

vice

Per

iod

Cla

ssif

ied

th

e R

isks

into

Com

mer

cial

Ris

ks a

nd

Ris

ks o

f D

amag

e

Tak

en a

way

th

e te

rm F

orce

Maj

eure

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Th

e st

ruct

ure

of

emp

loye

r an

d c

ontr

acto

r in

D

BO

doc

um

ent

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Th

e n

ew D

BO

doc

um

ent

form

atT

he

form

at o

f th

e n

ew d

ocu

men

t fo

llow

s th

e tr

adit

ion

al f

orm

at

and

layo

ut

of p

revi

ous

FID

IC d

ocu

men

ts, w

ith

20

cla

use

s, a

nd

, w

her

e ap

pro

pri

ate,

usi

ng

the

sam

e te

rmin

olog

y an

d d

efin

itio

ns

wh

ich

are

fou

nd

in t

he

oth

er d

ocu

men

ts.

Th

e d

ocu

men

t w

ill h

ave

Gen

eral

Con

dit

ion

s, P

arti

cula

r C

ond

itio

ns,

flo

w c

har

ts a

nd

sam

ple

for

ms

–ju

st li

ke t

he

oth

er

FID

IC d

ocu

men

ts, a

nd

a G

uid

e w

hic

h w

ill i

ncl

ud

e, a

mon

gst

oth

er t

hin

gs, g

uid

elin

es o

n h

ow t

o ch

ange

th

e cl

ause

s if

it is

re

quir

ed t

o h

ave

a d

ocu

men

t fo

r a

‘bro

wn

fie

ld’s

itu

atio

n, o

r an

op

erat

ion

per

iod

sig

nif

ican

tly

dif

fere

nt

to t

he

pre

viou

s m

eth

od

adop

ted

in o

ther

FID

IC c

ontr

act.