Day one
0830 Registration & coffee
0900 Start of Seminar
1 Introduction to the FIDIC Contracts
• Risk allocation and philosophy
• Role of Engineer
• Distinctive features
2 Notices and Claims Procedure
• Employer’s claims
• Contractor’s claims
• Failure to notify
Refreshments
3 Claims for delay
• Extension of time
• Force majeure delays
• Delay damages
4 Workshop 1
Claims notices and Extension of Time claim
Networking Lunch
5 Critical Path Analysis
• Alternative means of demonstrating or disproving entitlement
• Forensic delay analysis in action
6 Delay problem areas
• Concurrency
• Acceleration
• Time at large
Refreshments
7 Payment and Claims for additional payment I
• Payment Certification and procedure
• Ground conditions
• Late possession
• Breaches of contract
8 Workshop 2
Critical path analysis and ground conditions
End of Day One
Day Two
1 Claims for additional payment II
• Variations and design errors
• Prolongation
• Disruption and global claims
2 Quantifying and analysing claims for payment
• “Cost” or “Value”
• Profit
• Disruption
• Global claims
Refreshments
3 Employer's financial claims
• Delay damages
• Defects in work and design
• Retention and Bonds
4 Workshop 3
Contractor’s delay and disruption claim and Employer’s defects claim
Networking Lunch
5 Termination and suspension
• Employer’s default
• Contractor’s default
• Force majeure
• Financial consequences
6 DAB procedure & Arbitration
• Standing and ad hoc
• Dispute prevention
• ICC Arbitration
Refreshments
7 What's New in FIDIC 2017 Contracts?
• Key Features of the new 2017 FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Book Contracts
• Understanding the Dispute Avoidance / Adjudication Board in 2017 Contracts
8 Workshop 4
DAB hearing on Termination
Close