Contractor support from tender to final payment.

FIDIC Red Book 2017

Your rights as a contractor

• Clause 2.4 Employer must show within 28 days, on request, that funds exist for the whole works; otherwise the contractor may slow down or suspend (16.1) and claim the delay and cost.
• Clause 1.9 / 2.1 Late drawings or late site access: time and money.
• Clause 4.12 Unforeseeable sub-surface conditions: cost borne by the Employer.
• Clause 8.5 / 8.6 Delay not caused by you: EOT is your right and LDs do not apply.
• Clause 8.9 Employer suspends work: recover idle machinery and staff cost.
• Clause 13.3 Work outside the BOQ is a separate variation with separate payment.
• Clause 13.6 / 13.7 Changes in tax or law, or steel and cement price rises: escalation.
• Clause 14.7 / 14.8 IPCs due within 56 days; late payment carries financing charges.
• Clause 16.2 Employer default: right to terminate.
• Clause 18 Protection in exceptional events such as floods or war.
• Clause 20.2 Notice within 28 days, fully detailed claim within 84 days, or the claim is lost.
• Clause 21 DAAB and arbitration.

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AHS Constructions is PEC registered and works in FIDIC 2017 and its 2022 reprint; claim fees are on success (as stated on the existing FIDIC page).

Contractor guides

Common contractor problems

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• Escalation claim · Steel, cement, fuel or labour rates rose after you bid? How price escalation (price adjustment) claims work…
• EOT rejected · Extension of Time (EOT) rejected or cut by the Engineer or department? Why EOT claims fail, what you can do,…
• Final bill dispute · Final bill or final account disputed, cut or not paid? Retention or security deposit not released? What…