Ground Conditions, Force Majeure and Termination under FIDIC Yellow Book

This course provides structured Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Recognition of CPD is subject to individual professional body requirements and the learner’s role. This course is not formally accredited unless explicitly stated.

Suitable for CPD requirements of RICS, CIOB, ICE, APM, and PMI members.

After studying this course, you should be able to:

• Understand how the Contract divides liability for ground conditions between the parties
• Explain what is meant by a Force Majeure event and which party is liable
• Outline the process by which the Contractor can make a claim
• Understand the reasons for termination and the procedure a party must follow.

This course is produced by Built Intelligence in association with Steven Evans.

Steven is a dual qualified construction professional with 30 years’ experience in the industry gained initially as a quantity surveyor for a major multinational contractor, thereafter in commercial management positions and later as director and owner of professional services practices in the UK and Australia.