Michael D. Robinson is an Independent Consulting Engineer with 50 years of experience with contract management and contractual issues for major civil engineering projects worldwide. He has extensive experience of dispute resolution, engineers’ decisions and dispute resolution boards under the FIDIC Contracts, and has lectured on the FIDIC Conditions of Contract. He is the author of two earlier books on the subject of FIDIC Conditions of Contract, First Edition: A Contractor’s Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, published in 2011, and An Employer’s and Engineer’s Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract, published in 2013. Much valuable information contained in these books remains relevant.

Preface

Acknowledgements

Clause 1 General Provisions

Clause 2 The Employer

Clause 3 The Engineer

Clause 4 The Contractor

Clause 5 Subcontracting

Clause 6 Staff and Labour

Clause 7 Plant, Materials and Workmanship

Clause 8 Commencement, Delays and Suspension

Clause 9 Test on Completion

Clause 10 Employer’s Taking Over

Clause 11 Defects after Taking Over

Clause 12 Measurement and Valuation

Clause 13 Variations and Adjustments

Clause 14 Price and Payment

Clause 15 Termination by the Employer

Clause 16 Suspension and Termination by the Contractor

Clause 17 Care of the Works and Indemnities

Clause 18 Exceptional Events

Clause 19 Insurance

Clause 20 Employer’s and Contractor’s Claims

Clause 21 Disputes and Arbitration

Appendices

Appendix A Guidance for the Preparation of Particular Conditions

Appendix B Employer’s Claims

Appendix C Contractor’s Claims

Appendix D Notices and Site Organisation

Appendix E Daywork and Contemporary Record Sheets

Appendix F Contractor’s Costs

Appendix G Joint Ventures

Index