FIDIC
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| Company type | International NGO |
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| Founded | 1913[1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | Catherine Karakatsanis (President)[2] |
| Website | fidic |
TheInternational Federation of Consulting Engineers(commonly known asFIDIC,acronym for itsFrenchnameFédération Internationale Des Ingénieurs-Conseils) is an internationalstandards organizationfor construction technology and consulting engineering. The organization is best known for the FIDIC suite of contract templates.
History
[edit]There were 59 participants at the inaugural meeting during a World Exhibition inGhent,Belgium,in July 1913, called to discuss the possibility of forming a global federation of consulting engineers. Of these, 19 were official delegates from theUS,Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,NetherlandsandSwitzerland,with the remainder coming fromAustria–Hungary,Canada,Russiaand theUK.This meeting led to FIDIC's formal constitution being adopted on 22 July 1913. Some countries maintained only provisional links during the first few years. The founding members of FIDIC were Belgium, France, and Switzerland. FIDIC led a difficult life until the late 1940s with changing numbers of members, all from European countries. In 1959, these were joined byAustralia,Canada,South Africaand the United States. The first member associations from thedeveloping world,fromCentral Africa(nowMalawi),ZambiaandZimbabwe,joined in 1962.Colombiajoined in 1967.[3]FIDIC has members in 104 countries.[4]
In March 2018,Nelson Ogunshakinwas appointed as the new CEO of FIDIC, to replace its retiring managing director, Enrico Vink.[5]The current president is Catherine Karakatsanis.[6]
Services
[edit]FIDIC has a mission of representing consulting engineering globally, including through promoting the interests of companies, organizations and engineers who provide technology-based services. The organization arranges a number of seminars and training courses, including the World Consulting Engineer Conference.[7][citation needed]
Standard form contracts
[edit]FIDIC publishes international contracts and business practice documents which are used globally. The organization published an updated "rainbow suite" of contracts in 1999, which established a number of different conditions of contract depending on the circumstances of the works. The Red Book, which dates back to 1957, covers building and engineering works which are designed by the employer. The Yellow Book covers circumstances ofdesign–build,wheremechanicalandelectrical(M&E), building and engineering works are designed by theContractor.[8][9]The Silver Book covers projects which will follow theengineering, procurement and construction(EPC) andturnkeyapproach.[8][10]The Green Book created a short form of contract.[8]These revised contracts effectively superseded the Orange Book, which was published in 1995 to establish an option for design–build andturnkey,as it is common for the Yellow Book or Silver Book to be used in each relevant circumstance.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"About Us".FIDIC.Retrieved2018-06-09.
- ^"Executive Committee".International Federation of Consulting Engineers.Retrieved2018-06-09.
- ^"FIDIC | History | International Federation of Consulting Engineers".fidic.org.Retrieved2022-11-19.
- ^"FIDIC website".www.fidic.org.2018.
- ^"International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) Appoints Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE as New Chief Executive Officer"(PDF).International Federation of Consulting Engineers.28 March 2018.Retrieved25 October2022.
- ^"FIDIC | Canada's Catherine Karakatsanis elected as FIDIC's first woman president | International Federation of Consulting Engineers".fidic.org.Retrieved2024-03-20.
- ^"World Consulting Engineering Conference".Archived fromthe originalon 2020-07-20.Retrieved2012-11-07.
- ^abc"Standard Form Contracts: FIDIC".Out-Law.com.12 August 2011.Retrieved25 October2022.
- ^ab"The FIDIC Suite of Contracts"(PDF).Turner & Townsend.2006.
- ^Hosie, Jonathan (November 2007)."Turnkey contracting under the FIDIC Silver Book: What do owners want? What do they get?"(PDF).Society of Construction Law.Retrieved25 October2022.
