Role of Engineer under FIDIC Form Contract

Abstract

In the past several years, there has existed the dispute about the role of the engineer under International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC) standard conditions of contract. FIDIC is conducting an in-depth inquiry into this issue as it prepares the FIDIC fifth editor, which was scheduled for publication as early as 1996. The thesis begins with a history of the debate surrounding the proengineer provisions in the FIDIC fourth edition. Then it introduces the proposed alternatives to the engineer adjudicator model, some of which have already been adopted by other organizations that publish form construction contracts. Through analyzing these alternatives, the thesis will put forward the writer's new conception of the reform of model so as to cast a brick to attract jade.