Claims & Responses: The Engineer’s Role in Stopping Disputes Before They Start
Claims and Responses: The Engineer's Role Every claim needs a response and, under most contracts, this responsibility falls to the Engineer. Under most common international contracts, the Engineer is required to review…
Termination and FIDIC: The 4 Key Clauses You Need to Know
Termination is a hot topic right now due to the current hostilities in the Gulf region. This article examines what the FIDIC contracts say on the subject, with a focus on the 4 key clauses you need to know and understand.…
How to Claim During Periods of Regional Hostility
I have received several enquiries from Claims Class students citing the current hostilities in the Arabian Gulf and asking whether the situation provides grounds to claim. The answer, as usual, is “it depends”. Firstly, in…
Notices of Claim and Civil Law
I recently read an interesting article by Joseph Durkin, Senior Vice President at Burford Capital. The article discusses notices, with a focus on the Saudi Arabian jurisdiction. This region is known for using FIDIC. And…
10 Point Strategy for Responding to a Claim
You are tasked with reviewing a claim, responding to it and hopefully, reaching agreement with the contractor. So, how do you go about it? Some forms of contract set out clear provisions that oblige the engineer to act…
How to Manage Delays and Change in Lump Sum Contracts
Lump sum contracts are one of the more common forms of agreements in the construction industry. They provide the client with a degree of price certainty, as the contractor agrees to complete the works for a single,…
10 Top Tips for Claim Presentation
You have established that a claimable event has occurred on your project. You have gathered the evidence and records, completed your delay analysis and/or calculations of the additional payment. You have decided on the…
E Courses | Laying the Foundations: Inside the Classroom
Take an in-depth look into our e-courses on construction contracts. Behind every successful construction project is a story — of a contract challenged, a project saved, or a career transformed. Do you want to find out how…
Failure in Contract Administration – A Leading Cause of Disputes
I have just completed a training course for a large contractor based in the Middle East. The title of the course was the The Practical Use of the FIDIC Contracts. The attendees were contract managers and contract…
Are Your Communications Effective?
In a training workshop that we delivered to one of our Dubai-based clients they asked how they could improve their communications on projects. Knowing how to write effective letters, the type of language to use, what…