A Contractor's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract

Most FIDIC-based contracts use the Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Construction), and the author here concentrates on the use of those particular forms. Supplementary comments are included for the Yellow Book (Plant & Design-Build), recommended for use where the contractor has a design responsibility.

A Contractor’s Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract provides practical guidance in a concise manner and crystallizes the requirements of a FIDIC-based contract. It is the only book on FIDIC dedicated to the site-based contractor and it is written in a simple and jargon-free style.

The guide divides into four sections:

• A summarized general review of the Red Book from the Contractor’s perspective.
• A review of the activities and duties of the Contractor’s Representative in the same clause sequencing as they appear in the Red Book.
• A summary of these activities and duties but arranged in order of their likely time sequence on site. This helps to ensure that documents are not only properly provided to the Employer and Engineer but also that they are provided within the time limits specified in the Contract.
• Appendices, including ones on forms of contract; model forms and letters; evaluation of costs; and contractor’s overhead costs.

Companion website is at www.wiley.com/go/robinson and offers invaluable resources for the site-based contractor to freely download and adapt: model form for submissions to the engineer for approval and/or consent; model form of daywork/daily record sheets; evaluation of costs; and sample model letters for use by the contractor.