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Time and programme
How the contract is run from day one decides whether a party has any entitlement at all.
- 01 Contract administration
- 02 Programme management
- 03 Time management
- 04 Extension of Time for Completion
- 05 Delay analysis
Bridge Consult Academy /Online programme /01
Advanced contract management online
Not a clause-by-clause walkthrough, but a working through of the situations that turn into claims, delays and disputes on site. The 1999 and 2017 editions, side by side.
- Modules
- 18
- Cases
- 40 +
- Editions
- 1999 / 2017
- Language
- RU + UZ
from contract administration to arbitration
situations that genuinely occur on site
two editions side by side — not the text, but the change of logic
sessions in Russian, materials and subtitles in Uzbek
Practitioner Delivered by Larisa Belousova — FCCE, FCCP, member of the FIDIC Integrity Management Committee
02 · Statement
FIDIC is not studied in order to know the clauses.
It is studied in order to know what to do when something on the project has not gone to plan.
The programme is deliberately not structured as a sequential reading of the conditions of contract. It is built around the situations that turn into claims, delays and disputes.
03 · System
A contract is not a text, it is a chain
Every link depends on the one before it. A missed notice brings down everything that follows, however well founded the claim may be on its merits.
- 01
Event
Something on site has not gone to plan
- 02
Notice
The Engineer is notified within the contractual period
1999 Sub-Cl. 20.1 · 2017 Sub-Cl. 20.1–20.2
- 03
Claim
Extension of time or additional cost
- 04
Substantiation
The records kept as the works proceeded
- 05
Engineer's Determination
A decision that has to withstand review
1999 Sub-Cl. 3.5 · 2017 Sub-Cl. 3.7
- 06
DAAB
Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Board
- 07
Arbitration
When avoidance has already failed
04 · Editions
Two editions side by side
The point of the comparison is not that the text was rewritten, but that the logic of managing the contract changed. Sub-clause references are always checked against the Particular Conditions of the specific project.
FIDIC 1999
FIDIC 2017
Claims
1999 The Employer's and the Contractor's claims sit in different places in the contract and follow different procedures.
2017 Claims of both parties are brought into a single clause and follow a symmetrical procedure.
Notice
1999 Sub-Cl. 20.1: notify the Engineer "as soon as practicable" and no later than 28 days.
2017 Sub-Cl. 20.1–20.2: the same time-bar logic, but the steps of a claim are set out explicitly.
Engineer
1999 Sub-Cl. 3.5: the Engineer determines, having first consulted with the parties.
2017 Sub-Cl. 3.7: the determination is split into agreement and the decision itself, with a period for each step.
Dispute board
1999 DAB — a dispute adjudication board: engaged once a dispute has already arisen.
2017 DAAB — avoidance is added to adjudication: the board is engaged on the project throughout.
The programme
What makes this programme different
The programme is deliberately not structured as a clause-by-clause study of the conditions of contract. Its purpose is to work through the real, recurring problems that Employers, Engineers, Contractors and public authorities meet in practice, and to build the ability to recognise and remove those problems before they turn into an extension of time claim, an additional cost claim, a Variation dispute or a formal dispute referred to the DAAB or arbitration.
The programme is based on the FIDIC Conditions of Contract 1999 and 2017, international practice on projects financed by multilateral development banks (World Bank, ADB, AIIB, EBRD), the SCL Delay and Disruption Protocol and established construction claims practice.
A dispute almost never begins with a dispute. It begins with a notice that was not served in time.
Method
One format for every case
Every practical issue is worked through against the same set of headings. That moves the conversation from "what the contract says" to the management decision — and makes the analysis repeatable: the participant applies the same format to their own project afterwards.
01 Practical issue the specific problem
02 Typical scenario what usually happens on site
03 Time impact effect on the programme and completion
04 Cost impact effect on cost and cash flow
05 Relevant FIDIC provisions applicable sub-clauses of the 1999 and 2017 editions
06 Common mistakes set out separately for Employer, Engineer and Contractor
07 Learning objective the competence the participant gains
08 Worked example a scenario for group work
Contents
Eighteen modules, four streams
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Money and change
Where a project loses value — and the moment at which it can still be stopped.
- 06 Variations
- 07 Claims
- 08 Payments
- 09 Cost control
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Roles and the site
Who is obliged to do what under the contract, and what evidences it in the project records.
- 10 The Engineer's role
- 11 The Employer's obligations
- 12 The Contractor's obligations
- 13 Construction site management
- 14 Contemporary records
IV
Risk and disputes
What to do once avoidance has failed — and how not to lose on procedure.
- 15 Risk allocation
- 16 Dispute avoidance
- 17 DAAB
- 18 Arbitration
07 · Archive
40+
Working through the situations that genuinely occur on site
Every case follows one format: the scenario, the time and cost impact, the applicable sub-clauses, and the mistakes each party typically makes.
- Contract administration
- Programme management
- Time management
- Extension of Time
- Delay analysis
- Variations
- Claims
- Payments
- Cost control
- The Engineer's role
- Employer's obligations
- Contractor's obligations
- Site management
- Contemporary records
- Risk allocation
- Dispute avoidance
- DAAB
- Arbitration
A worked case
Compliance with time-bars for notices
One of the key issues in the first module. This is what each of the forty-plus cases in the programme looks like — and how the participant then works through their own situations.
Case 01.3 1999 — Sub-Cl. 20.1 2017 — Sub-Cl. 20.1–20.2
01
Typical situation
Site staff know of an event affecting time or cost, but the Engineer is not notified within the contractual period — an oral report or a mention at a meeting is assumed to be enough.
02
Result
The entitlement to an extension of time (EOT) is put at risk regardless of the merits of the claim, and the dispute shifts from the event itself to the missed deadline.
03
Practical conclusion
Keep a live register of notices and distinguish the "as soon as practicable" requirement from the 28-day condition precedent.
06 · Audience
For those who are answerable for the contract, not only reading it
For the public authorities and public employers of Uzbekistan delivering infrastructure projects, and for project employers, engineers, consultants and project managers.
- 01
Employer
To understand which of the Employer's obligations create grounds for the Contractor's claims, and to remove them before a claim is made.
- 02
Engineer
To make determinations under Sub-Cl. 3.5 / 3.7 that will withstand review by a DAAB and in arbitration.
- 03
Contractor
Not to lose entitlement to time and additional cost through a failure of the notice procedure and an absence of records.
- 04
Public authority
To see the connection between the programme of works, the records kept on site and the cash flow of the project.
Format
Live online sessions — the recording stays with the participant
The programme is delivered as a workshop with cases worked through in groups. Sub-clause references are given in parallel for the 1999 (Red and Yellow Books; the numbering is broadly applicable to the Silver Book as well) and 2017 editions, always to be checked against the Particular Conditions of the specific project — it is those that most often modify the General Conditions.
01 Sessions in Russian Live, with questions and analysis of the participants’ own situations. Every session is recorded.
02 Materials in two languages Slides, handouts and the FIDIC terminology glossary are prepared in Russian and Uzbek.
03 Uzbek subtitles for the recordings The translation is reviewed by a contracts specialist rather than a general translator: in FIDIC, precision of terminology is the substance.
04 A programme built for the organisation The selection of modules and cases can be assembled around a specific project and the employer’s contract.
Trainer
Larisa Belousova
- Infrastructure contracts
- FIDIC
- EPC/EPC+F
- Procurement
- Claims
- Dispute Avoidance
- International arbitration
Larisa Belousova is an international infrastructure contracts, procurement and construction disputes specialist with 27 years of management experience in manufacturing, construction, logistics and procurement, including more than 15 years of specialised experience in FIDIC contract management and IFI-financed infrastructure projects.
Her sector experience covers roads and highways, bridges and tunnels, transport and airport infrastructure, urban and public infrastructure, water supply and wastewater, energy and other major infrastructure projects.
She specialises in FIDIC contract administration, EPC and EPC+F contract structuring, procurement and tender documentation, variation and claims management, delay and quantum analysis, contractual and commercial risk management, dispute avoidance and construction dispute resolution.
Larisa is a FIDIC Certified Consulting Engineer (FCCE) and FIDIC Certified Consulting Professional (FCCP). She has practical experience with the FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book, Silver Book, MDB Harmonised Editions, Subcontract Book and White Book. She is also an ADB Accredited Contract Management and Dispute Avoidance Specialist.
As Founder and Director of BRIDGE Consult LLC, she advises government authorities, employers, contractors, engineers and consulting firms on the preparation and administration of infrastructure contracts, procurement, claims, contractual and commercial risks, dispute avoidance and preparation for arbitration proceedings across Central Asia.
Professional accreditations and memberships
17- 01 Member of the FCCE Certification Committee, FIDIC Credentialing
- 02 Member of the FIDIC Integrity Management Committee
- 03 FCCE — FIDIC Certified Consulting Engineer
- 04 FCCP — FIDIC Certified Consulting Professional
- 05 ADB Accredited Contract Management and Dispute Avoidance Specialist
- 06 MCIArb — Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
- 07 Member of the LCIA European Users’ Council
- 08 ICAA Next Generation Member
- 09 Arbitrator, International Commercial Arbitration Court under the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ICAC Uzbekistan)
- 10 Member of the Austrian Arbitration Association
- 11 DRBF Emerging Markets Licensed Professional and Dispute Board Practitioner
- 12 Independent Mediator registered with the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan
- 13 Full Member of the Kazakhstan National Association of Professional Engineers and Consultants (KNAPEK)
- 14 Board Member of the Uzbekistan Road Association
- 15 Member of the Project Management Institute (PMI)
- 16 PCQI — Practitioner of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI), UK
- 17 ICAgile Certified Professional (ICP)
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- 01 The full 18-module programme as a PDF
- 02 Dates and schedule of the next intake
- 03 Terms for a group from a single organisation
- 04 Invoice and contract for payment by bank transfer