Webinar On-Demand - FIDIC Yellow Book 1999 12-Part Series

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.

The 12-part series includes:

Part 1: The FIDIC Suite, key characteristics of the Yellow Book, the General Conditions and other documents

The aim of this course is to provide an overview of the FIDIC suite, explain the purpose of the Yellow Book and how the contract is put together.

Part 2: The personalities and communication

The aim of this course is to understand the different personalities identified in the Contract, along with their roles and responsibilities and methods of communication.

Part 3: Tender and award, the contract documents, quality and design

The aim of this course is to understand the method by which the works under a FIDIC contract are tendered, how the contract is awarded, the documents that make up the contract and the Contractor’s obligations

Part 4: Procurement and Subcontracting, Staff and Labour Commencement and Completion

The aim of this course is to understand the Contractor’s obligations in respect of the people who are undertaking the works and how the works progress.

Part 5: Programme and progress, Extension of Time, Suspension and Delay Damages

The aim of this course is to understand the extension of time provisions, the right of the Engineer to suspend the works and the consequences of late completion

Part 6: Contract Price, Payment and Final Account

The aim of this course is to outline the various contractual provisions dealing with money and payment

Part 7: Variations and Adjustments

The aim of this course is to understand the methods by which the Contract Price can be changed by Variations and other Adjustments

Part 8: Completion and Handover, Retention

The aim of this course is to outline the Completion and handover and Taking Over provisions in the contract

Part 9: Tests and Defects Liability

The aim of this course is to understand the various provisions dealing with defective work and the various tests required by the contract

Part 10: Ground Conditions, Force Majeure and Termination

The aim of this course is to understand how the contract deals with unforeseen events.

Part 11: Risk and Responsibility and Insurance

The aim of this course is to understand the various provisions dealing with insurable risks and what insurance is required.

Part 12: Claims and dispute resolution

The aim of this course is to understand how FIDIC Yellow Book requires the Contractor to make a claim and how a dispute in connection with a claim is resolved.

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.