SOLD OUT | Autumn Series of Seminars on FIDIC Contracts with Howard Kennedy

Event Details

Date(s):

Date: 18 and 25 September, 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 October and 6 November 2025

Time:

10.00am-11.30pm CET (09.00am-10.30pm BST)

Place:

Online

Price:

£500.00 (+ VAT) for the whole course of 8 weeks. £75.00 (+ VAT) for any one week.

Cornerstone Seminars are getting together with Howard Kennedy’s International Construction team to put on a series of 8 weekly online seminars. Starting on Thursday 18 September, this course will cover

• The Fair and Neutral Engineer
• Design Responsibilities
• Delay claims
• Claims for money
• FIDIC 1999 and 2017/2022

Speakers will include Victoria Tyson, Jo Clarke, Gabriel Mulero Clas, James Reader and Edward Corbett. Each 90-minute session will include a talk, an interactive workshop and lots of time for Q&A and discussion.

To learn more or to register for the course, call +44 (0)20 3062 3044 or email info@cornerstone-seminars.com

Course content:

1. Introduction to FIDIC contracts – 18 September 2025.

• FIDIC’s Rainbow
• Particular Conditions
• Golden Principles

2. Role of Engineer and other parties – 25 September 2025.

• Engineer as designer and administrator
• Agent or independent?
• Principle functions of Engineer and Employer

3. Design risk under Red Yellow and Silver – 2 October 2025.

• Traditional v Design-build
• Fitness for purpose
• Yellow and Silver books risk allocation

4. Time programme and delay – 9 October 2025.

• Time for Completion
• Time at large
• The risk of delay
• Delay damages

5. Delay problem areas – 16 October 2025.

• Acceleration
• Concurrency
• Critical path delay analysis

6. Claims for money – 23 October 2025.

• Ground conditions
• Geological Baseline Reports
• Prolongation costs

7. Other claims for money – 30 October 2025.

• Variations
• Force Majeure and change of law
• Disruption

8. Dispute avoidance and resolution – 6 November 2025.

• DAB and DAAB
• Decisions and enforcement
• Arbitration awards

Each session will start 10.00 CET (09.00 UK)

Each session will last 90 mins and comprise a talk, a workshop problem and plenty of time for Q&A and discussion.

Every delegate will get a certificate of attendance to show that they completed the course or which components they attended.