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FIDIC - A Guide for Practitioners

  • A guide how to manage and use the FIDIC contract form
  • Includes flowcharts (figures), sample letters and checklists
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxv
  2. Legal Systems

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 1-53
  3. Conflict of Laws

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 55-70
  4. English and International Standard Forms of Contract

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 71-79
  5. Civil Law Business Terms

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 81-82
  6. Development Stages

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 83-98
  7. Understanding FIDIC: A Civil Law Approach

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 99-123
  8. FIDIC Contract Documents

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 125-176
  9. Employer’s Duties

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 177-190
  10. Contractor’s Duties

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 191-208
  11. Design Responsibility

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 209-219
  12. Engineer

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 221-236
  13. Time for Completion

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 237-259
  14. Variations

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 261-281
  15. Tests

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 283-288
  16. Certificates

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 289-304
  17. Defects Notification Period and (Post Contractual) Defects Liability

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 305-315
  18. Termination

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 317-324
  19. Discharge, Frustration and Force Majeure

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 325-333
  20. Risk, Insurance and Exceptional Risk

    • Axel-Volkmar Jaeger, Götz-Sebastian Hök
    Pages 335-350

About this book

In 1999, a suite of three new conditions of contract was published by FIDIC, following the basic structure and wording harmonised and updated around the previous FIDIC Design-Build and Turnkey Contract (the 1992 ‘‘Orange Book’’). These conditions, known as the ‘‘FIDIC rainbow, were the Conditions of C- tract for: l Construction, the so-called Red Book, for works designed by the Employer l Plant and Design-Build, the so-called Yellow Book, for works designed by the Contractor l EPC/Turnkey Projects, the so-called Silver Book, for works designed by the Contractor The ?rst is intended for construction works where the Employer is responsible for the design, as for per the previous so-called Red Book 4th Edition (1987), with an important role for the Engineer. The other two conditions of contract are intended for situations when the Contractor is responsible for the design. The Plant and Design-Build Contract has the traditional Engineer while the EPC/Turnkey Contract has a two-party arran- ment, generally with an Employer’s Representative as one of the parties.

Reviews

From the reviews: “Book is written by an engineer and a lawyer. … The Jaeger / Hok work does refer to awards. … provides wide-ranging references not only to decisions of UK courts but also to sources in other jurisdictions. It therefore provides a real service in alerting readers to the need to bear in mind when specialist legal advice may be needed. … useful flow charts to assist the understanding of the operation of the FIDIC forms. … work provides rather more general guidance on legal aspects.” (Humphrey Lloyd, The International Construction Law Review, 2010)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Köln, Germany

    Axel-Volkmar Jaeger

  • Kanzlei Dr. Hök, Stieglmeier & Kollegen, Berlin, Germany

    Götz-Sebastian Hök

About the authors

Dr. Götz-Sebastian Hök, Berlin

is a lawyer, arbitrator, adjudicator, lecturer at the University of Applied Science in Berlin and a senior and partner at the law office, Dr. Hök, Stieglmeier & Kollegen, which has its seat in Berlin. His area of practise includes international construction contract law, international public procurement and trans-border real estate law. He has specialised in these areas of law since becoming a lawyer in 1991. As such, he has a great deal of experience in advising developers, contractors, employers, consulting engineers and architects. He also acts as a mediator, adjudicator and arbitrator at the international level. He is the author of a considerable number of papers and articles on topics in the field of contract administration and has also published several books in the fields of international contract law and international dispute resolution. His work, the Handbuch des internationalen und ausländischen Baurechts is widely considered the leading book in international construction in German. He has also translated the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books into German and French. He has been an accredited FIDIC trainer since 2007, and was a friendly reviewer of the FIDIC Gold Book.

Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Wirt.- Ing. Axel - Volkmar Jaeger, Cologne

is a consulting engineer  for mechanical services and former partner at Schmidt Reuter Partner, Cologne. His area of practise includes the design, procurement and administration of inter-national construction projects worldwide. He has specialised in these areas of practise since becoming a consulting engineer in 1970. Accordingly, he has considerable experience in the management of major international construction projects. He is also the current chairman of the FIDIC Contracts Committee and past Executive Committee Member. He served as member of various FIDIC task groups for thedrafts of the FIDIC Yellow and Orange Books, the 1999 FIDIC Rainbow Edition, the White Book and the FIDIC Gold Book. He has been a certified FIDIC trainer since 2001, and received the Louis Prangey Award in 2007.

Both authors are responsible for the German FIDIC training at VBI (German Association of Consulting Engineers) and are members of the board for the assessment of German speaking adjudicators.

International construction is an increasingly crucial factor in international business. For over 50 years the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), founded in 1913, has acted to support the international construction business. FIDIC contracts are used worldwide and recommended by international organisations such as the World Bank group and the International Financing Institutes, they are equally widley used by civil law and by common law practitioners. Against this background the book provides detailed advice and explanations with regard to the use of FIDIC contracts, especially outside of common law countries and finding a balance between both legal systems, and promotes a better understanding of the issues at stake.

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