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Key definition

FIDIC definition

What does FIDIC mean? In legal practice, FIDIC usually means the suite of standard‑form construction and engineering contracts published by the International federation of Consulting Engineers (Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs‑Conseils), rather than the organisation itself. It is an industry term, not defined in legislation or case law. FIDIC contracts (commonly the Red, Yellow, Silver, Green, Gold, Blue and Emerald Books) are widely used on international infrastructure, EPC and design‑and‑build projects. Key legal features include the Engineer’s role as contract administrator and decision‑maker, detailed risk allocation, provisions on variations, payment, extensions of time and claims, strict notice and time‑bar requirements, and tiered dispute resolution using...

FIDIC (pre‑2017) Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs): appointment, standing versus ad hoc, procedure, binding effect, enforcement (clause 20.7), Gold Book differences, and precondition to arbitration

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Practice notes

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This Practice Note examines how dispute adjudication boards (DABs) operate and are applied in the 1999 FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books, together, in particular, with the 2008 Gold Book and the 2010 Pink Book publication. Across these forms, as standard procedure, disagreements are referred to a DAB (termed a 'Disputes Board' in the Pink Book), whose determinations are binding on the parties involved. Where a party contests a DAB decision, the matter may move to amicable settlement between the parties and, if unresolved, to arbitration, so long as the contractual deadlines are observed. For detail on the layered Dispute resolution route in these agreements, see Practice Note: FIDIC contracts (pre-2017 editions)—dispute resolution. In December 2017, FIDIC issued updated editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Books. In those texts, the DAB is renamed the Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board (DAAB). For guidance on the DAAB’s function under the 2017 FIDIC suite, see Practice Note: FIDIC contracts 2017—Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Boards. Unless indicated otherwise, references in this Practice Note to the Red, Yellow and Silver Books, and to their clauses, are to the 1999 editions.

Dispute Adjudication Boards

The DAB mechanism is a type of Alternative dispute resolution ('ADR') intended to deliver a...

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