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Time-bar: FIDIC claim deadlines
Under the 2017 editions (Sub-Clause 20.2) a party must give a Notice of Claim within 28 days of becoming aware of the event. Missing it can entirely bar the claim. Enter the date to see the deadlines and what is left.
What this tool does
The calculation rests on Sub-Clause 20.2 of the 2017 editions: 28 days for the Notice of Claim from when the party became aware, or should have become aware, of the event, and 84 days for the fully detailed claim. The calculator simply counts those periods from the date entered — the difficulty is never the arithmetic, it is which date starts the clock.
Where the inputs come from
- The awareness date — not the date the claim was decided on, but the date the event became known or should have become known.
- The anchor is the first site diary entry, first letter on the subject or meeting minute — those are what a dispute will examine.
- If the Particular Conditions shorten the 28 days, adjust the result manually: the calculator uses the standard periods.
How to read the result
A green status means only that the calendar period has not expired; it says nothing about the merits of the claim. A red status does not mean automatic loss of entitlement: the 2017 edition provides a route to challenge a time bar, but it cannot be relied on as a plan. In both cases the next step is the same — serve the notice in the prescribed form rather than deferring it.
What this tool does not account for
- Does not account for shortened or extended periods introduced by Particular Conditions.
- Does not check compliance with the Sub-Clause 1.3 requirements on the form and method of serving a notice.
- Does not distinguish a one-off from a continuing event: continuing circumstances require interim claims.
- Does not account for rules of the governing law that may affect the validity of a contractual time bar.
Questions
From which date does the calculator count the 28 days?
From the awareness date you enter, treating it as day zero. That date is usually what the dispute is actually about: the Engineer counts from an earlier one, the Contractor from a later one. So enter the date you can evidence with a document, not the one that suits you better.
Are the 28 days calendar days or working days?
Under the standard FIDIC text they are calendar days, and the calculator counts them that way. Weekends and public holidays do not extend the period. That is one reason to prepare the notice immediately: long holiday periods in the region can consume a noticeable part of the window if it is left to the last days.