FIDIC Red Book 1999—Engineer’s duties and authority—checklist

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Howard Kennedy (acquired Corbett & Co.)
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FIDIC Red Book 1999—Engineer’s duties and authority—checklist

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Howard Kennedy (acquired Corbett & Co.)

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This Checklist outlines some of the Engineer’s duties and authority under the FIDIC Red Book 1999. For an analysis of the Engineer's role under the FIDIC Red and Yellow Books 1999, and the FIDIC Pink Book 2010, see Practice Note: FIDIC contracts (pre-2017 editions)—the role of the Engineer.

In relation to the 2017 edition of the Red Book, see Checklist: FIDIC Red Book 2017: Engineer’s duties and authority.

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    Sub-Clause 1.5

    The Engineer’s duty to issue clarification or instruction as to the priority of documents.

  2. •

    Sub-Clause 1.8

    The Engineer’s right of access at all reasonable times to copies of the Contract, publications named in the Specification, the Contractor’s Documents (if any), the Drawings and Variations and other communications given under the Contract.

  3. •

    Sub-Clause 1.9

    The Engineer’s duty to issue necessary drawings or instructions within a reasonable time. The Engineer’s duty to determine (under Sub-Clause 3.5 and upon receiving notice from the Contractor) time or money incurred as a result of the Engineer’s failure to issue necessary drawings

Victoria Tyson
Victoria Tyson

Victoria Tyson is a director and a specialist international construction lawyer qualified to practise in England and Wales and Hong Kong. She has dealt almost exclusively with international construction law disputes since 1998 and has extensive experience in all forms of construction and engineering dispute avoidance and resolution. She has particular expertise in complex international arbitration and specialist knowledge of the FIDIC forms of contract. Victoria has worked on large construction projects around the world including airports, ports, motorways, railways, bridges, dams, water supplies, hydropower stations, wind farms, mines, oil and gas plants, and pipelines. She has worked with many bespoke and standard forms of construction contract, including FIDIC, NEC, ICE, JCT, and HKIA. Recently, she partnered with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Training and worked closely with the ICE Law and Contracts examination panel to develop a new portfolio of eLearning courses. Victoria has a construction background, qualifying with a degree in Building Management. She spent a year working for an architectural and surveying practice before embarking on her legal training, which she completed with Masons in London and Hong Kong. She spent a total of four years with Masons before joining the Construction Group of Herbert Smith’s Litigation and Arbitration Department. Upon her return to the UK Victoria joined Corbett & Co. where she was able to continue with her international focus.

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