FIDIC Contract Administration and Claims Training Course

Duration 5 days 10 modules · 33 contact hours
Level Intermediate Certificate on completion
Who attends Contract Managers, Project Managers and others
Fee from USD 1,100 KSh 95,000 for Kenyan organisations
Where 52 cities + online See dates by city
Next start 7 Nov 2026 Course code SD-CM-019

Before you join: Participants should have working experience on construction, engineering, infrastructure or energy projects and basic familiarity with contract documents, project programmes, payment applications or variation processes.

Dates & prices

Two start dates a month in every city, and live online on weekdays or weekends. Fees are per participant; classroom fees include tuition, materials, lunch and refreshments, and the certificate.

Suggest a date or city

Showing the next six months. Later dates, other cities and private deliveries for your team are available on request.

Course overview

FIDIC contracts require disciplined administration from the first instruction, programme update and payment statement. Missed notice periods, unclear Engineer communications, incomplete site records and weak cause-and-effect analysis can turn manageable events into disputed claims. Contract managers must protect contractual rights while maintaining workable relationships among the Employer, Engineer and Contractor.

This course examines the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books, with attention to the 1999 and 2017 editions. Participants learn to interpret Contract Data, Particular Conditions and document priority; administer notices, variations, payments and determinations; and prepare or assess claims for time and money. The course covers extension-of-time analysis, delay and disruption evidence, claim quantum, concurrent delay, DAAB procedures, amicable settlement and arbitration preparation.

Instruction combines short technical briefings with contract-clause analysis, infrastructure and construction case work, claim-document reviews, group discussions and timed notice and claims simulations. Participants work with realistic project events such as late drawings, unforeseen conditions, delayed access, instructed changes, payment delays and programme disruption. They leave with a practical FIDIC contract administration and claims toolkit, including registers, checklists, a claim chronology and an action plan for their live projects. The five-day programme provides approximately 32.5 contact hours, delivered in a classroom in 50+ cities or live online, and includes a certificate of completion.

What you will be able to do

  • Interpret FIDIC contract documents, Contract Data and Particular Conditions in correct hierarchy
  • Administer contractual notices using a notice register, deadline diary and evidence controls
  • Assess variation instructions and value changes using the contractual valuation hierarchy
  • Prepare extension-of-time claims using critical path, causation and contemporaneous evidence
  • Calculate and substantiate prolongation, disruption and financing-cost claim components
  • Draft claim narratives that connect facts, clause entitlement, causation and requested relief
  • Manage Engineer determinations, DAAB referrals and amicable settlement procedures
  • Produce a project-specific FIDIC contract administration and claims action plan

Benefits of attending

For you

  • Recognise notice deadlines before entitlement is lost
  • Write clearer contractual correspondence and claim narratives
  • Assess time and cost claims with stronger evidence
  • Contribute confidently to Engineer determination and DAAB processes
  • Apply reusable administration controls on live FIDIC projects

For your organisation

  • Reduced exposure to time-barred notices and unsupported claims
  • More consistent administration of variations, payments and instructions
  • Earlier identification of delay, cost and dispute risks
  • Better-quality project records for claims defence and settlement
  • Stronger control of final account and closeout obligations

Course modules

10 modules over 5 days

Participants can interpret the main FIDIC contract documents, editions and project risk allocation.

  • FIDIC contract family, project delivery models and principal risk allocation
  • Contract Data, Particular Conditions and General Conditions read in hierarchy
  • Red, Yellow and Silver Books compared by design responsibility
  • 1999 and 2017 editions compared for claims and dispute procedures
  • FIDIC Golden Principles used to identify unacceptable amendment effects
  • Document priority and contractual definitions applied to conflicting requirements

Participants can manage contractual authority, communications and notice obligations under FIDIC conditions.

  • Engineer, Employer and Contractor powers distinguished under relevant FIDIC clauses
  • Delegations, determinations and consultations recorded with stated contractual authority
  • Notice recipients, addresses and delivery methods checked against Contract Data
  • Time bars controlled through a notice register and action diary
  • Correspondence drafted to preserve rights without unintended admissions or waivers
  • Engineer's impartial determination duty assessed against clause-specific decision procedures

Participants can evaluate programme information and assemble records supporting delay-related entitlement.

  • Baseline programme acceptance tested against contractual submission and update requirements
  • Critical path analysis separates delay cause, effect and concurrency
  • Programme updates linked to notices, instructions and progress evidence
  • Contemporaneous records structured for delay, disruption and productivity claims
  • Site diaries, photographs and meeting minutes assessed for evidential value
  • Forensic schedule methods: time impact and windows analysis distinguished

Participants can administer payment processes and identify payment-related contractual entitlements.

  • Clause 14 payment cycle mapped from statement to certification
  • Measurement, valuation and supporting records checked for interim payment applications
  • Advance payment, retention and securities administered under Contract Data provisions
  • Provisional Sums and daywork records valued using contractual mechanisms
  • Financing charges and payment delays assessed against specified entitlement clauses
  • Final account submissions reconciled with claims, variations and closeout documents

Participants can identify valid variations and apply FIDIC valuation procedures.

  • Engineer's instructions tested for valid variation authority and formal requirements
  • Variation procedures distinguished from contractor proposals and value engineering offers
  • Valuation hierarchy applied: agreed rates, existing rates, new rates
  • Daywork authorisation, records and pricing controlled before execution begins
  • Scope changes assessed for time consequences and notice obligations
  • Variation register links instruction status, valuation, payment and programme effects

Participants can prepare and control claims in line with FIDIC notice and submission requirements.

  • FIDIC 1999 Sub-Clause 20.1 and 2017 Clause 20 compared
  • 28-day notice deadlines calculated from contractual awareness and event dates
  • Fully detailed claims assembled with cause, contractual basis and entitlement
  • Continuing events managed through interim submissions and final claim updates
  • Claim narratives separate facts, causation, contractual entitlement and requested relief
  • Notice and claim registers provide traceable status and deadline control

Participants can assess time and money claims using structured delay and quantum analysis.

  • Extension-of-time analysis links critical delay to contractual risk allocation
  • Delay classifications distinguish employer risk, contractor risk and neutral events
  • Concurrent delay assessed using contract wording, facts and applicable approach
  • Prolongation cost builds from site preliminaries, plant and labour records
  • Disruption claims test productivity loss against planned output and evidence
  • Mitigation records demonstrate reasonable steps and residual time-cost effects

Participants can manage the procedural steps from Engineer determination through dispute resolution.

  • Engineer consultations conducted before determinations under FIDIC procedural requirements
  • Determinations reviewed for reasoning, time limits and contractual compliance
  • DAAB referral requirements mapped from dispute notice through decision
  • Dispute Avoidance activities used to address issues before crystallisation
  • Amicable settlement periods and negotiation records managed without prejudice
  • Arbitration preparation distinguishes contemporaneous evidence, pleadings and expert analyses

Participants can evaluate claim strength and develop defensible response and settlement positions.

  • Employer delay, variation and acceleration events analysed as linked claims
  • Claim defence strategy tests notices, causation, records and quantum
  • Entitlement matrix connects each event to clause, evidence and remedy
  • Without-prejudice negotiations separated from formal contract administration correspondence
  • Claim chronology establishes event sequence, decision points and missed deadlines
  • Settlement options evaluated against time, cost, relationship and dispute risk

Participants can establish practical controls for ongoing FIDIC administration and project closeout.

  • Contract administration plan assigns notices, records, approvals and decision dates
  • Risk register aligns early warnings with FIDIC contractual response actions
  • Monthly claim review agenda tracks exposure, evidence gaps and actions
  • Closeout checklist addresses final account, release, retention and securities
  • Lessons-learned review converts recurring disputes into revised administration controls
  • Individual application plan prioritises immediate improvements for live contracts

Exercises and examples are adapted to each cohort's sectors and roles.

What you take back to work

  1. FIDIC notice register template
  2. Contract correspondence drafting checklist
  3. Variation valuation and instruction register
  4. Extension-of-time claim analysis model
  5. Claim chronology and entitlement matrix
  6. FIDIC contract administration action plan

Who should attend

  • Contract Managers — administer FIDIC obligations, notices, changes and claims
  • Project Managers — control contractual risk alongside programme and delivery decisions
  • Quantity Surveyors — value variations, interim payments and claim cost components
  • Engineers and Resident Engineers — issue instructions and determinations within contractual authority
  • Commercial Managers — assess entitlement, quantum and claim defence positions
  • Employer and Contractor Representatives — manage project correspondence and dispute exposure

Skills and tools covered

FIDIC contract interpretationNotice managementVariation valuationDelay analysisClaims preparationDispute avoidance

Tools and standards

FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, 1999 Red Book, FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction, 2017 Red Book, FIDIC Golden Principles, Dispute Avoidance/Adjudication Board procedures

How the course runs

Training methodology

The instructor uses short clause-focused briefings followed by case work drawn from construction, transport, utilities and energy projects. Participants analyse Contract Data, notices, programme extracts, correspondence, payment records and claim submissions. Group exercises address notice timing, variation valuation, extension-of-time reasoning, quantum and claim defence. Simulations examine Engineer consultations, determinations and DAAB referral decisions. Throughout the course, participants adapt registers, checklists and action plans to the controls needed on their own FIDIC projects.

Requirements and prerequisites

Participants should have working experience on construction, engineering, infrastructure or energy projects and basic familiarity with contract documents, project programmes, payment applications or variation processes. They should be comfortable reading contractual clauses and reviewing project correspondence. Prior use of FIDIC is helpful but not essential; the course introduces the main FIDIC contract structure before progressing to claims procedures. No law degree, formal claims qualification, scheduling software expertise or advanced delay-analysis experience is required. Participants may bring non-confidential extracts from a live contract if permitted.

A typical training day

08:30 – 10:30First session
10:30 – 10:45Refreshment break
10:45 – 12:30Second session
12:30 – 13:30Lunch and networking
13:30 – 15:00Third session
15:00 – 15:15Refreshment break
15:15 – 16:30Workshop and daily review

Live online deliveries follow the same structure in East Africa Time, with shorter screen blocks and longer breaks.

What the fee includes

  • Instruction by a practitioner facilitator
  • Full course workbook and materials
  • Exercise files, templates and case studies
  • Refreshments and lunch on classroom deliveries
  • Certificate of completion
  • Post-course application plan

Frequently asked questions

You should understand basic project contract documents and have some experience with project administration, commercial matters or delivery controls. Prior FIDIC experience is useful but not required, as the course establishes the relevant contract structure before moving into claims procedures.

Bring a laptop or tablet if possible, plus any non-confidential contract extracts, notices, programme reports or claim issues you want to consider. Course materials are provided, and no specialist software is required.

It is designed for contract managers, project managers, engineers, quantity surveyors and commercial professionals working on FIDIC-governed projects. It also suits Employer and Contractor representatives who review notices, variations, payment matters or claims.

This course concentrates on administering an awarded contract and managing events after work begins. It addresses notices, instructions, programme evidence, variations, payments, claims, determinations and disputes rather than tender strategy or drafting Particular Conditions.

Participants can apply the notice register, claim chronology, entitlement matrix and administration checklist immediately on active projects. The methods help teams identify deadlines, improve records and assess claims before positions become fixed.

The programme runs from 08:30 to 16:30 each day, with about 6.5 contact hours daily. Time is distributed across ten teaching modules covering contract structure, administration, programmes, payments, variations, claims, delay, disputes and application planning.

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