1st Edition

FIDIC Yellow Book: A Commentary

By Ben Beaumont Copyright 2019
    408 Pages
    by Informa Law from Routledge

    The book analyses every aspect of the ease or otherwise of implementing the FIDIC Yellow Book Conditions of Contract. On a clause-by-clause basis, it highlights important structural features and suggests alternative text to avoid problems with the contract. Written in a user-friendly manner by an expert user of the FIDIC Suite of Contracts, who is a Member of the FIDIC President’s List of Adjudicators, this book will be a vital reference point for contractors, lawyers, engineers, arbitrators and all others concerned with the FIDIC contracts.

    Acknowledgements

    Glossary

    CHAPTER 1 CLAUSE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

    CHAPTER 2 CLAUSE 2 THE EMPLOYER

    CHAPTER 3 CLAUSE 3 THE ENGINEER

    CHAPTER 4 CLAUSE 4 THE CONTRACTOR

    CHAPTER 5 CLAUSE 5 DESIGN

    CHAPTER 6 CLAUSE 6 STAFF AND LABOUR

    CHAPTER 7 CLAUSE 7 PLANT, MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP

    CHAPTER 8 CLAUSE 8 COMMENCEMENT, DELAYS AND SUSPENSION

    CHAPTER 9 CLAUSE 9 TESTS ON COMPLETION

    CHAPTER 10 CLAUSE 10 EMPLOYER’S TAKING OVER

    CHAPTER 11 CLAUSE 11 DEFECTS AFTER TAKING OVER

    CHAPTER 12 CLAUSE 12 TESTS AFTER COMPLETION

    CHAPTER 13 CLAUSE 13 VARIATIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS

    CHAPTER 14 CLAUSE 14 CONTRACT PRICE AND PAYMENT

    CHAPTER 15 CLAUSE 15 TERMINATION BY EMPLOYER

    CHAPTER 16 CLAUSE 16 SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION BY CONTRACTOR

    CHAPTER 17 CLAUSE 17 CARE OF THE WORKS AND INDEMNITIES

    CHAPTER 18 CLAUSE 18 EXCEPTIONAL EVENTS

    CHAPTER 19 CLAUSE 19 INSURANCE

    CHAPTER 20 CLAUSE 20 EMPLOYER’S AND CONTRACTOR’S CLAIMS

    CHAPTER 21 CLAUSE 21 DISPUTES AND ARBITRATION

    Index

    Biography

      Ben Beaumont is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers. In addition, he is a chartered surveyor, FRICS, FCIArb and a Chartered Arbitrator, as which he has more than 30 years of experience. He was a member of the original Marriott committee which was drawn together to draw up the predecessor to what is now the Arbitration Act 1996. He has adjudicated and arbitrated disputes arising from the FIDIC Suite of Contract Conditions.