FIDIC Contract Manager CCM Question # 15 Topic 2 Discussion

Amending clauses, supposedly in the interest of the Employer, immediately nullifies all the advantages of standardization, and almost invariably introduces conflicting or ambiguous requirements on the parties, and often causes mistrust between them.

The FIDIC Books provide people who draft contracts with great examples on how to draft a good contract model. Furthermore, arrangements from Red, Yellow and Silver Books can be easily mixed to get a good fit for a specific project.

The Form of Contract is chosen by the Contractor and imposed by him on the Employer, who tenders on that basis.

People who draft contracts should, when preparing a new contract, always start with the question: where do I want to lay the most risks between Employer and Contractor, and does the Employer has the budget to reward Contractors with a high risk apatite?