FIDIC

FIDIC: The International Federation of Consulting Engineers

Green Book:

Straight forward quick or cheap projects

Red Book

Employer design traditional projects

Pink Book

Employer design multilateral banks (MDB) providing finance

Yellow Book

Contractor Design traditional projects

Silver Book

EPC/Turnkey project engineering, procurement, construction

Gold Book

Design build operate projects

The Green Book Short Form of Contract

Recommended for use on engineering and building works of relatively small capital or where the
construction time is short, the contract with the value of less than US $500,000 or construction time of
less than six month it also be suitable for simple or repetitive work

The contractor is to construct the work according to the employers design (it does not matter where
the design is provided by the employer or the contractor)

There is no engineer and the payment are made in monthly intervals.

The Red Book (Conditions of Contract for Works of Civil Engineering Construction)

Condition of contract for construction for building and engineering works design by the employer (the
construction work)

Recommended for building or engineering works where the employer has been responsible for nearly all
the design

Payment is made according to bills of quantities (the cost of material plant and labors)

The red book is administered by the Engineer (third party) rather than the contractor or the employer
The employer is fully informed so that he may make variation and certifying payment.

The Pink Book

This is a variant of the red book. It is drafted for use on projects that are funded by certain Multilateral
Development Banks such as the World Bank

The Yellow Book (Conditions of Contract for Electrical and Mechanical Works including Erection on Site)

Condition of contract for plant and design build for electrical and mechanical plant and for building and
engineering work designed by the contractor.

Is used for the provision of plant and building or engineering works on design/build basis

The yellow book is the lump sum price contract with payments made according to achieved mile stone on
the basis of certification by the engineer, the engineer administered the contract

The contractor is also subject to a fitness for purpose obligation in respect of the completed project

The Silver Book

Is drafted for use on EPC (Engineer, procure, construct) projects. These are projects that require the
contractor to provide a completed facility to the employer that is ready to be operated at the turn of a
key. These contracts therefore place overall responsibility for the design and construction of the project
on the contractor.

The silver book is used where the certainty of price and completion date is important

The silver book may also be used for privately financed BOT (Build, Operate and Transfer)

PFI Private Finance Initiatives

BOT Build Operate Transfer

EPC Engineer Procure Construct

DBO Design Build Operate

The term preliminary design is not defined. Thus the question arises as to what is meant by preliminary
design. Sure, it has to be developed from the Employers Requirements. The issue is that there is no clear
definition of what is meant by Employers Requirements. In essence the Requirements set out what the
Employer requires from the Contractor. According to Sub-Clause 1.1.1.5 the Employers Requirements
specify the purpose, scope, and/or design and/or other technical criteria for the Works. The FIDIC
Contracts Guide explains that the overall design may comprise three stages, the conceptual design
(incorporated in the Employers Requirements), the preliminary design (incorporated in the Proposal) and
the final design to be made once the contract has been awarded. Hence, in principle the Employers
Requirements should describe the principle and basic design of the project on a functional basis (i.e.
performance specification) and specify the purpose, scope and/or design and/or other technical criteria
for the Works. But they may comprise much more than that. RIBA suggests that the Employers
Requirements should comprise 1:1000 plans, sections and elevations, 1:500 site layout, including critical
setting out data, site extent, landscape design, fire compartments and escape routes, engineering
services, plant spaces, drainage, etc.

Award Criteria:

The award criteria should cover all elements on which the employer wishes the tenderer to compete

The factors other than price to be used in the award criteria

Preparation of programme

The programme should comprise the main phases of the project:

Project definition
Tendering procedure
Design
Construction
Taking-over

And should establish all milestones of significance in connection with each phase:

SPECIFICATION

The specification will define:

Scope and technical requirement of the contract including any requirements for training and transfer of
technology;

The quality of materials and the standard of workmanship to be provided by the contractor

The requirement of quality assurance

The extent to which the contractor will be responsible for the design of the permanent works

Details of samples to be provided and tests to be carried out by the contractor during the course of the
contract.