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FIDIC, EPC, claims, DAAB and MDB projects explained — in plain language, with practical value.

FIDIC Suite Featured

The FIDIC Rainbow Suite: how to choose the right book

Red, Yellow, Silver, Pink and the rest of the FIDIC books — how they differ, who carries design risk, and which form to choose for your project.

June 12, 2026·8 min read

Contract Clause Map

Key FIDIC clauses map

A fast navigator for clauses that drive price, time, claims and disputes. Choose a clause to see the risk, what to check and where to read next.

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MDB projects 10 min

ADB Merit Point Criteria 2026: how contractors should change tender strategy

What ADB Merit Point Criteria means for contractors in 2026: technical proposals, methodology, resources, risk, ESHS and price strategy.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 11 min

Claims Substantiation in FIDIC: contemporary records and evidence architecture

A practical guide to building FIDIC claim evidence: notices, records, causation, quantum and claim narrative.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 9 min

Concurrent Delay in FIDIC: the principle of time but no money

How to analyse concurrent delay under FIDIC 2017, why EOT does not always mean cost recovery, and why Particular Conditions matter.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 9 min

DAAB Site Visits: preparing the file, issue list and project narrative

A practical checklist for DAAB site visits: chronology, issue map, records, photos, programme snapshots and dispute avoidance boundaries.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 10 min

Disruption Claims under FIDIC: how to evaluate productivity loss

How to distinguish disruption from delay, what records support a productivity loss claim, and why the Measured Mile method is often stronger than global calculations.

June 18, 2026 Read
MDB projects 10 min

ESHS obligations in MDB-funded FIDIC works: why environmental and social duties become payment risk

How ESHS obligations in World Bank and other MDB projects affect FIDIC administration, reporting, IPC review and claim readiness.

June 18, 2026 Read
FIDIC Suite 8 min

FIDIC 2022 Reprints: what to check in tenders and templates

A practical checklist for FIDIC 2022 Reprints: edition references, Contract Data, Particular Conditions, claims procedures and DAAB.

June 18, 2026 Read
FIDIC Suite 8 min

FIDIC Green Book 2021: when the Short Form really fits

How to use FIDIC Green Book 2021 without illusions: simple works, complexity risk, and choosing against Red or Yellow Book.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 9 min

Notice Register under FIDIC 2017: managing the 28/84-day workflow

How to build a FIDIC notice register linking 28-day notices, 84-day fully detailed claims, records and project correspondence.

June 18, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 10 min

Prolongation Costs under FIDIC: overheads, preliminaries and actual cost evidence

How to prepare a prolongation cost claim: what costs to include, how to prove preliminaries, and why formulae do not replace evidence.

June 18, 2026 Read
MDB projects 10 min

World Bank Contract Management Plan: post-award administration of FIDIC contracts

What a Contract Management Plan means in World Bank projects and how it helps manage FIDIC contracts after award: roles, risks, variations, payments and claims.

June 18, 2026 Read
MDB projects 9 min

World Bank Section VIII: reading Contract Data and Particular Conditions before you bid

A pre-bid review of FIDIC-based World Bank tenders: where Contract Data, Particular Conditions, Employer's Requirements, securities and ESHS turn into commercial risk — and how to price it before submission.

June 18, 2026 Read
FIDIC Suite 7 min

Silver Book (EPC): when turnkey is justified, and when it’s dangerous

EPC/Turnkey under the Silver Book gives the investor predictable price and time — but at the cost of shifting almost all risk onto the contractor. When this form works, and when it becomes a trap.

June 14, 2026 Read
Practice 6 min

The role of the Engineer in FIDIC: authority, neutrality and Sub-Clause 3.7

The Engineer is the central figure of the Red and Yellow Books. What it can and cannot do, and why the duty to act neutrally when making determinations matters so much.

June 13, 2026 Read
Practice 6 min

Variations under Clause 13: how to instruct and value them

A Variation is the lawful tool for changing the works under FIDIC. Who can initiate it, how to instruct it, how to value it, and where the line with a claim lies.

June 11, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 8 min

Extension of Time (EOT) and delay analysis: methods and evidence

When the contractor is entitled to an extension of time under Sub-Clause 8.5, how to prove delay, and which delay-analysis methods are used in practice.

June 9, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 7 min

The 28-day rule: how not to lose a FIDIC claim

Sub-Clause 20.2 and the notice time-bar. Why silence in the first weeks forfeits the right to money and time — and how to build a claims process.

June 8, 2026 Read
Practice 6 min

Securities in FIDIC: Performance Security, advance and retention

Which securities appear in FIDIC contracts, how the Performance Security works (Sub-Clause 4.2), the advance payment guarantee and retention — and where the risks hide.

June 7, 2026 Read
Practice 6 min

Taking-over and the defects period: Clauses 10–11

The Taking-Over Certificate, the Defects Notification Period (DNP) and the Performance Certificate — how the close-out of a FIDIC project works and why the dates matter so much.

June 5, 2026 Read
MDB projects 7 min

The Pink Book and MDB projects in Uzbekistan

Why the FIDIC form harmonised for development banks is the most important book for Uzbekistan’s infrastructure, and what to watch in World Bank, ADB and EBRD tenders.

June 4, 2026 Read
Practice 6 min

Payments under Clause 14: IPCs, advance and final account

How payments work in FIDIC: the contract price, advance, interim payment certificates (IPCs), retention and the final account — and what to do when you are not paid.

June 3, 2026 Read
Certification 6 min

FIDIC certification: FCCE, FCCP and how to prepare

What FIDIC Credentialing is, how the FCCE and FCCP levels differ, and how to structure your preparation for a FIDIC contracts assessment.

June 2, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 6 min

Exceptional Events (Clause 18): FIDIC’s new force majeure

In the 2017 editions Force Majeure became Exceptional Events. What counts as an exceptional event, what the consequences are, and how to give notice correctly.

May 31, 2026 Read
FIDIC Suite 5 min

The Emerald Book: contracts for underground works and geo-risk

The Emerald Book is FIDIC’s form for tunnels and underground construction. How the Geotechnical Baseline Report fairly allocates geological risk.

May 29, 2026 Read
FIDIC Suite 6 min

FIDIC 1999 vs 2017: what changed

From 20 clauses to 21, from the DAB to the DAAB, a single claims procedure and a focus on avoiding disputes. The main differences between the first and second editions of the rainbow suite.

May 28, 2026 Read
Claims & disputes 6 min

The DAAB: how the dispute board works

The Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board — the FIDIC 2017 dispute staircase from the Engineer's determination to arbitration, and why a DAAB decision is binding immediately.

May 20, 2026 Read