The FIDIC Forms of Contract

Description:

In September 1999, FIDIC introduced its new Suite of Contracts,
which included a ?new? Red, Yellow, Silver and Green
forms of contract. The ?new? Red Book was intended to
replace the 1992 fourth edition of the Red Book, with the ambition
that its use would cease with time. This ambition has not
materialised and is unlikely to do so in the future.


Despite the importance of the 1999 Forms, there has been very
little published on the new concepts adopted in them and how they
interact with the previous forms. This important work considers
these aspects together with the many developments affecting the
fourth edition of the Red Book that have taken place since 1997,
when the second edition of this book was published, and relates
them to key contracting issues. It is written by a chartered
engineer, conciliator and international arbitrator with wide
experience in the use of the FIDIC Forms and in the various dispute
resolution mechanisms specified in them.