Independent FIDIC contract health check and risk register
Know what you are signing, and what you have already signed.
Particular Conditions often change the risk balance of the FIDIC General Conditions in ways that are easy to miss: shorter notice periods, deleted clauses, extra obligations hidden in the specification. We read the whole contract along with the conditions.
The result is a short report: the risks that matter, the conflicts between documents, a table of every time bar and the questions to raise before signature or at the next progress meeting.
What we prepare
- Risk register of changed and onerous clauses
- Conflicts between conditions, specification and drawings
- Time-bar and notice summary table
- Payment, securities and retention review
- Questions for clarification during tender
- Mid-project review of entitlement
How we work on it
Engineer's eye
We have administered these contracts on the Engineer's side too.
Plain language
We write the report for the project manager who will use it.
Not legal advice
We are engineers; where a legal opinion is needed we say so.
When clients call us
Typical situations where this service saves time, money or entitlement.
- You are about to sign a FIDIC contract with long Particular Conditions.
- The project has started and nobody has listed the time bars.
- The specification adds obligations that the conditions do not mention.
- You want to know your position before a claim or a dispute.
Questions
How long does a review take?
Usually one to two weeks, depending on the size of the contract.
Is this a legal review?
No. It is a technical and contractual review by engineers. We recommend legal advice where it is needed.
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Scope of our work. Nota Consultants provides engineering and documentation support. We are not a law firm and do not give legal advice or legal representation; for legal opinions, arbitration or court proceedings, please engage your legal counsel.
Need this on your project?
Send us the contract and a short note. We reply with a proposal.
No obligation. Tell us the contract and the problem; we tell you honestly whether we can help.
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