Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017

Enables readers to easily understand the contract to enable better compliance and efficiency

Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 helps the reader overcome some of the difficulties encountered on a typical international construction project using the FIDIC Construction Contract 2nd Edition (the 2017 Red Book), by summarizing the activities and duties of those involved, and crystallizing the requirements of the contract. To aid in reader comprehension, the text explains clauses in the sequence they appear in the contract, but also in the order they happen in real time on site. It further provides practical guidance in a concise manner, and in straightforward, jargon-free language.

It is a highly practical resource for use during the project, rather than a legal review of the contractual requirements, ensuring readers are fully conversant with the revised requirements and procedures mandated by the 2017 edition of the contract.

Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 includes:

• A review of the duties and responsibilities of the three parties, the Employer, the Engineer and the Contractor, engaged on a FIDIC-based Contract
• A review of the flow of documentation and instructions which is to be provided by one party to another party throughout the contract period
• Practical guidelines are provided for the avoidance of disputes and delays in order that contracts are completed as planned

Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction: The Red Book 2017 is a practical and highly useful resource for engineers, consultants, project managers, and others who are engaged in the site management of international projects using the FIDIC Construction Contract, along with those involved in contractual administration on behalf of the client.

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.