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FIDIC in practice
FIDIC is a standard form, not a source of law: the General Conditions work exactly as far as the governing law allows. This cluster is about what happens where an international form meets local regulation, permitting and banking practice.
10 articles
What this section covers
- FIDIC in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan: the regulation and what breaks a contract.
- The Engineer’s role and determinations under Sub-Clause 3.7.
- Payment under Clause 14, securities and retention.
- Taking-over, the defects period and the Performance Certificate.
- Public procurement and the priority of lender rules over the national procedure.
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Articles in this section
FIDIC in Georgia: the corridor where the form actually works
FIDIC in Georgia in practice: the East–West Highway and the Roads Department, the 2023 public procurement law, what the World Bank procures, and what to check in the bidding package.
FIDIC in Kyrgyzstan: the bank sets the form, not the law
FIDIC in Kyrgyzstan in practice: why there is no mandate, how procurement Law No. 27 yields to international treaties, who procures works under World Bank and ADB financing, and what to check in the bidding package.
FIDIC in Tajikistan: donor projects and Law No. 1955
FIDIC in Tajikistan in practice: why the donor brings the form, how procurement Law No. 1955 of 15.03.2023 sits alongside MDB rules, who procures works, and what to check in the bidding package.
FIDIC in Kazakhstan: where the form runs into local regulation
FIDIC in Kazakhstan in practice: where it is used, why the Engineer's role is constrained by Order No. 71, the conflict between FIDIC certificates and Kazakh completion acts, procurement under Law No. 106-VIII, DAAB and risk allocation.
FIDIC in Uzbekistan: regulation, book selection, procurement and MDB projects
FIDIC Uzbekistan in practice: mandatory FIDIC engineering supervision on roads from 2025 under Decree PP-330, book selection, Particular Conditions against Uzbek civil law, procurement, guarantees, claims and DAAB.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.