An Employer's and Engineer's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract

An Employer's and Engineer's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract

von: Michael D. Robinson

Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

ISBN: 9781118385586 , 232 Seiten

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An Employer's and Engineer's Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract


 

An Employer’s and Engineer’s Guide to the FIDIC Conditions of Contract

5

Copyright

6

Contents

7

Preface

9

Acknowledgements and Dedication

13

Chapter 1 The Employer and the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (CONS) – ‘The Red Book’

15

Clause 1 General Provisions

17

1.0

17

1.1 Definitions

17

1.2 Interpretation

19

1.3 Communications

19

1.4 Law and Language

19

1.5 Priority of Documents

20

1.6 Contract Agreement

20

1.7 Assignment

20

1.8 Care and Supply of Documents

20

1.9 Delayed Drawings and Instructions

21

1.10 Employer’s Use of the Contractor’s Documents

21

1.11 Contractor’s Use of Employer’s Documents

22

1.12 Confidential Details

22

1.13 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations and Laws

22

1.14 Joint and Several Liability

23

Clause 2 The Employer

24

2.1 Right of Access to the Site

24

2.2 Permits, Licences or Approvals

25

2.3 Employer’s Personnel

27

2.4 Employer’s Financial Arrangement

27

2.5 Employer’s Claims

28

Clause 3 The Engineer

30

3.1 Engineer’s Duties and Authority

30

3.4 Replacement of the Engineer

30

3.5 Determinations

31

Clause 4 The Contractor

32

4.0 General

32

4.1 Contractor’s General Obligations

32

4.2 Performance Security

32

4.3 Contractor’s Representative

33

4.4 Subcontractors

33

4.5 Assignment of Benefit of Subcontract

34

4.6 Co-operation

34

4.7Setting Out

34

4.8 Safety Procedures

34

4.9 Quality Assurance

35

4.10 Site Data

35

4.11 Sufficiency of the Accepted Contract Amount

36

4.12 Unforeseeable Physical Conditions

36

4.13 Rights of Way and Facilities

36

4.14 Avoidance of Interference

36

4.15 Access Route

37

4.16 Transport of Goods

37

4.17 Contractor’s Equipment

37

4.18 Protection of the Environment

37

4.19 Electricity, Water and Gas

37

4.20 Employer’s Equipment and Free-Issue Material

38

4.21 Progress Reports

38

4.22 Security of the Site

38

4.23 Contractor’s Operations on Site

39

4.24 Fossils

39

Clause 5 Nominated Subcontractors

40

5.0 General

40

5.1 Definition of ‘Nominated Subcontractor’

41

5.2 Objection to Nomination

41

5.3 Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

41

5.4 Evidence of Payments

42

Clause 6 Staff and Labour

43

6.1 Engagement of Staff and Labour

43

6.2 Rates of Wages and Conditions of Labour

43

6.3 Persons in Service of Employer

43

6.4 Labour Laws

43

6.5 Working Hours

43

6.7 Health and Safety

44

6.8 Contractor’s Superintendence

44

6.9 Contractor’s Personnel

44

6.10 Records of Contractor’s Personnel and Equipment

45

6.11 Disorderly Conduct

45

Clause 7 Plant, Materials and Workmanship

46

7.3 Inspection

46

7.7 Ownership of Plant and Materials

46

Clause 8 Commencement, Delays and Suspension

47

8.1 Commencement of Work

47

8.2 Time for Completion

47

8.4 Extension of Time

47

8.5 Delay Caused by Authorities

47

8.6 Rate of Progress

48

8.7 Delay Damages

48

8.8 Suspension of the Works

49

8.9 Consequences of Suspension

49

8.10 Payment for Plant and Materials in Event of Suspension

49

8.11 Prolonged Suspension

49

8.12 Resumption of Work

50

Clause 9 Tests on Completion

51

9.1 Contractor’s Obligations

51

9.2 Delayed Tests

51

9.3 Re-testing

51

9.4 Failure to Pass Tests on Completion

51

Clause 10 Employer’s Taking Over

52

10.1 Taking Over of the Works and Sections

52

10.2 Taking Over of Parts of the Works

52

10.3 Interference with Tests on Completion

53

Clause 11 Defects Liability

54

11.1 Completion of Outstanding Work and Remedying Defects

54

11.2 Cost of Remedying Defects

54

11.3 Extension of Defects Notification Period

54

11.4 Failure to Remedy Defects

54

11.5 Removal of Defective Work

55

11.9 Performance Certificate

55

11.10 Unfulfilled Obligations

55

11.11 Clearance of Site

55

Clause 12 Measurement and Evaluation

57

12.1 Works to be Measured

57

12.2 Method of Measurement

57

12.3 Evaluation

57

12.4 Omissions

57

Clause 13 Variations and Adjustments

58

13.0 General

58

13.1 Right to Vary

58

13.4 Payment in Applicable Currencies

59

13.5 Provisional Sums

60

13.6 Daywork

61

13.7 Adjustments for Changes in Legislation

61

13.8 Adjustment for Changes in Cost

61

Clause 14 Contract Price and Payment

63

14.1 The Contract Price

63

14.2 Advance Payment

63

14.3 Application for Interim Payment Certificates

64

14.4 Schedule of Payments

64

14.5 Plant and Materials Intended for the Works

64

14.6 Issue of Interim Payment Certificates

64

14.7 Payment

65

14.8 Delayed Payment

65

14.9 Payment of Retention Money

66

14.10 Statement at Completion

66

14.11 Application for Final Payment Certificate

66

14.12 Discharge

67

14.13 Issue of Final Payment Certificate

67

14.14 Cessation of Employer’s Liability

67

14.15 Currencies of Payment

67

Clause 15 Termination by the Employer

68

15.1 Notice to Correct

68

15.2 Termination by the Employer

68

15.3 Valuation at Date of Termination

69

15.4 Payment after Termination

70

15.5 Employer’s Entitlement to Termination

70

Clause 16 Suspension and Termination by the Contractor

71

16.1 Contractor’s Entitlement to Suspend Work

71

16.2 Termination by the Contractor

71

16.3 Cessation of Work and Removal of Contractor’s Equipment

72

16.4 Payment on Termination

72

Clause 17 Risk and Responsibility

73

17.1 Indemnities

73

17.2 Contractor’s Care of the Works

73

17.3 Employer’s Risks

74

17.4 Consequences of Employer’s Risks

74

17.5 Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

74

17.6 Limitation of Liability

75

Clause 18 Insurance

76

18.1 General Requirements for Insurances

76

18.2 Insurance for Works and Contractor’s Equipment

76

18.3 Insurance against Injury to Persons and Damage to Property

78

18.4 Insurance for Contractor’s Personnel

78

Clause 19 Force Majeure

79

19.1 Definition of Force Majeure

79

19.2 Notice of Force Majeure

79

19.3 Duty to Minimise Delay

79

19.4 Consequences of Force Majeure

79

19.5 Force Majeure Affecting Subcontractor

80

19.6 Optional Termination, Payment and Release

80

19.7 Release from Performance by Law

80

Clause 20 Claims, Disputes and Arbitration

81

20.1 Contractor’s Claims

81

20.2 Appointment of the Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB)

81

20.3 Failure to Agree Dispute Adjudication Board

82

20.4 Obtaining Dispute Adjudication Board’s (DAB) Decision

82

20.5 Amicable Settlement

83

20.6 Arbitration

84

20.7 Failure to comply with Dispute Adjudication Board’s Decision

84

20.8 Expiry of Dispute Adjudication Board’s Appointment

84

Chapter 2 The Engineer and the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction (CONS) – ‘The Red Book’

85

Introduction

87

Clause 1 General Provisions

88

1.1 Definitions

88

1.3 Communications

88

1.4 Law and Language

88

1.8 Care and Supply of Documents

88

1.9 Delayed Drawings or Instructions

88

1.13 Compliance with Statutes, Regulations and Laws

89

Clause 2 The Employer

90

2.1 Right of Access to the Site

90

2.5 Employer’s Claims

90

Clause 3 The Engineer

91

3.1 Engineer’s Duties and Authority

91

3.2 Delegation by the Engineer

91

3.3 Instructions of the Engineer

92

3.5 Determinations

92

Clause 4 The Contractor

94

4.1 Contractor’s General Obligations

94

4.2 Performance Security

94

4.3 Contractor’s Representative

94

4.4 Subcontractors

95

4.5 Assignment of Benefit of Subcontract

96

4.6 Co-operation

96

4.7 Setting Out

97

4.8 Safety Procedures

97

4.9 Quality Assurance

98

4.10 Site Data

98

4.11 Sufficiency of the Accepted Contract Amount

99

4.12 Unforeseeable Physical Conditions

99

4.13 Rights of Way and Facilities

101

4.14 Avoidance of Interference

102

4.15 Access Routes

102

4.16 Transport of Goods

102

4.17 Contractor’s Equipment

103

4.18 Protection of Environment

103

4.19 Electricity, Water, Gas

103

4.20 Employer’s Equipment and Free-Issue Material

104

4.21 Progress Reports

104

4.22 Security of Site

105

4.23 Contractor’s Operations on Site

106

4.24 Fossils

106

Clause 5 Nominated Subcontractors

107

5.0 Nominated Subcontractors – General

107

5.1 Definition of ‘Nominated Subcontractor’

107

5.2 Objection to Nomination

108

5.3 Payments to Nominated Subcontractors

108

5.4 Evidence of Payments

108

Clause 6 Staff and Labour

109

6.5 Working Hours

109

6.7 Health and Safety

109

6.8 Contractor’s Superintendence

109

6.9 Contractor’s Personnel

109

6.10 Records of Contractor’s Personnel and Equipment

110

Clause 7 Plant, Materials and Workmanship

111

7.1 Manner of Execution

111

7.2 Samples

111

7.3 Inspection

111

7.4 Testing

111

7.5 Rejection

112

7.6 Remedial Work

112

7.7 Ownership of Plant and Materials

113

7.8 Royalties

113

Clause 8 Commencement, Delays and Suspension

114

8.1 Commencement of Works

114

8.2 Time for Completion

114

8.3 Programme

114

8.4 Extension of Time

115

8.5 Delay Caused by Authorities

115

8.6 Rate of Progress

116

8.7 Delay Damages

116

8.8 Suspension of Work

117

8.9 Consequences of Suspension

117

8.10 Payment for Plant and Materials in Event of Suspension

118

8.11 Prolonged Suspension

118

8.12 Resumption of Work

118

Clause 9 Tests on Completion

120

9.0 General

120

9.1 Contractor’s Obligations

120

9.2 Delayed Tests

120

9.3 Re-testing

121

Clause 10 Employer’s Taking Over

122

10.0 General

122

10.1 Taking Over of the Works and Sections

122

10.2 Taking Over of Parts of the Works

123

10.3 Interference with Tests on Completion

123

Clause 11 Defects Liability

124

11.1 Completion of Outstanding Work and Remedying Defects

124

11.2 Cost of Remedying Defects

124

11.3 Extension of Defects Notification Period

124

11.4 Failure to Remedy Defects

124

11.5 Removal of Defective Work

124

11.6 Further Tests

125

11.8 Contractor to Search

125

11.9 Performance Certificate

125

11.11 Clearance of Site

125

Clause 12 Measurement and Evaluation

126

12.1 Works to be Measured

126

12.2 Method of Measurement

126

12.3 Evaluation

127

12.4 Omissions

127

Clause 13 Variations and Adjustments

128

13.0 General

128

13.1 Right to Vary

128

13.2 Value Engineering

129

13.3 Variation Procedure

129

13.4 Payment in Applicable Currencies

129

13.5 Provisional Sums

130

13.6 Daywork

131

13.7 Adjustment for Changes in Legislation

131

13.8 Adjustment for Changes in Cost

132

Clause 14 Contract Price and Payment

133

14.1 The Contract Price

133

14.2 Advance Payment

133

14.3 Application for Interim Payment Certificates

133

14.4 Schedule of Payments

134

14.5 Plant and Materials intended for the Works

134

14.6 Issue of Interim Payment Certificates

135

14.7 Payment

135

14.8 Delayed Payment

136

14.9 Payment of Retention Money

136

14.10 Statement at Completion

137

14.11 Application for Final Payment Certificate

137

14.12 Discharge

138

14.13 Issue of Final Payment Certificate

138

14.14 Cessation of Employer’s Liability

138

14.15 Currencies of Payment

138

Clause 15 Termination by the Employer

139

15.1 Notice to Correct

139

15.2 Termination by the Employer

139

15.3 Valuation at Date of Termination

140

15.4 Payment after Termination

141

15.5 Employer’s Entitlement to Termination

141

Clause 16 Suspension and Termination by the Contractor

143

16.1 Contractor’s Entitlement to Suspend Work

143

16.2 Termination by Contractor

143

16.3 Cessation of Work and Removal of Contractor’s Equipment

143

16.4 Payment on Termination

144

Clause 17 Risk and Responsibility

145

17.0 General

145

17.1 Indemnities

145

17.2 Contractor’s Care of Works

145

17.3 Employer’s Risks

146

17.4 Consequences of Employer’s Risks

146

17.5 Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

147

17.6 Limitation of Liability

147

Clause 18 Insurance

148

18.0 General

148

18.1 General Requirements for Insurances

148

18.2 Insurance for Works and Contractor’s Equipment

149

18.3 Insurance against Injury to Persons and Damage to Property, Familiarly Referred to as ‘Third Party Insurance’

150

18.4 Insurance for Contractor’s Personnel

150

Clause 19 Force Majeure

152

19.1 Definition of Force Majeure

152

19.2 Notice of Force Majeure

152

19.3 Duty to Minimise Delay

152

19.4 Consequences of Force Majeure

153

19.5 Force Majeure Affecting Subcontractor

153

19.6 Optional Termination, Payment and Release

153

19.7 Release from Performance under Law

153

Clause 20 Claims, Disputes and Arbitration

154

20.0 General

154

20.1 Contractor’s Claims

154

20.2 Appointment of a Dispute Adjudication Board

155

20.3 Failure to Agree Dispute Adjudication Board

156

20.4 Obtaining Dispute Adjudication Board’s Decision

156

20.5 Amicable Settlement

158

20.6 Arbitration

158

20.7 Failure to Comply with Dispute Adjudication Board’s Decision

158

20.8 Expiry of Dispute Adjudication Board’s Appointment

158

Appendices

159

Appendix A Conditions of Contract for Plant and Design-Build 1999 (P & DB) ‘The Yellow Book’

161

Appendix B Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects (EPCT) ‘The Silver Book’

164

Appendix C Other FIDIC Publications

165

Appendix D Employer’s Claims under a CONS Contract

167

Appendix E Contractor’s Claims under a CONS Contract

168

Appendix F Preparation of Interim Payment Certificates

170

Appendix G Model Form for Submissions to the Engineer for Approval and/or Consent

174

Appendix H Model Form of Engineer’s Order for Varied Works

175

Appendix I Model Form of Daywork/Daily Record Sheets

176

Appendix J Model Letters for Use by the Employer

178

Appendix K Model Letters for Use by the Engineer

189

Introduction to Indexes

219

Index of Sub-Clauses (FIDIC System)

220

Index of Sub-Clauses (sorted according to FIDIC Clause numbering system)

226