"Roles and Relationships Within the Project: the Employer"

5 October 2007

Jeremy Glover in a paper given to the FIDIC Contracts Conference 2007, discusses the roles and responsibilities of the Employer under the FIDIC form. In particular, the paper focuses on three issues, employer claims, payment and determination.

"Standard Forms: Standardisation, Bastardisation and the Virtual Contract"

8 November 2006

Nicholas Gould, reviews some of the standard forms and considers some of the basic principles relating to their use in the construction industry. Amongst the issues and contracts considered are the traditional procurement standard forms, the new JCT 2005 suite, the ICE 7 th Edition, the NEC 3 rd edition and the GC/Works contract. Nicholas also considers some of the options available relating to partnering.

"FIDIC: Pink Book: The MDB Harmonised Edition of the Red Book"

August 2010

Frederic Gillion highlights the main features of the Mulitlateral Development Banks (MDBs) Harmonised Edition of the 1999 Red Book (FIDIC Conditiona of Contract for Construction) and key differences between it and the 1999 Red Book. This FIDIC contract is usually referred to as the "Pink Book" or "MDB Harmonised Edition".

"Complying with public procurement law"

12 October 2004

Matthew Needham-Laing, in a paper given at the Fenwick Elliott seminar Capital Projects in the Education Sector, provides a brief summary of the existing public procurement regulations and introduces the new European directive that will replace them. In doing so, he identifies the new provisions that will alter existing practice and those provisions that are merely for clarification purposes and can be adopted by public authorities.

“Challenging the tender process – what is the effect of recent case law?"

November 2009

"Letters of Intent: Overcoming the pitfalls"

23 April 2008

Julie Stagg, in a paper given at the 14th Construction Law Update Seminar, discusses the common problems that can arise with letters of intent and sets out practical tips and advice on how to overcome these difficulties.