Claims

What are the differences between FIDIC 1999 and 2017 claims resolution procedures?

16th September 2020

Most, if not all, large scale construction and engineering projects run into some form of delay and/or budgetary issues.  Whereby, contractors look to claim for additional money and time for events they deem as the employer’s risk, whilst often employers look to claim for events, which they deem, are the contractors risk. This post will look …

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Can the contractor recover the cost of preparing a claim?

31st August 2020

I was recently reviewing a claim submitted by a contractor wherein the contractor had included the costs of claim preparation as being compensable.  Discussing with my colleagues we agreed that it is now common to see contractors claiming such costs, but are they entitled to? My initial opinion is that such costs are not recoverable, as …

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