ABSTRACT
In September 1999, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers, FIDIC, published a new set of standard forms of contract alongside those that were in use at that time. The new set is made up of the following four contract forms:
• The Green Book: The Short Form of Contract-Agreement, General Conditions, Rules for Adjudication and Notes for Guidance;
• The New Red Book: The Construction Contract (Conditions of Contract for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Employer)—General Conditions, Guidance for the Preparation of the Particular Conditions, Forms of Tender, Contract Agreement, and Dispute Adjudication Agreement;
• The New Yellow Book: The Plant and Design-Build Contract (Conditions of Contract for Electrical and Mechanical Plant, and for Building and Engineering Works, Designed by the Contractor)—General Conditions, Guidance for the Preparation of the Particular Conditions, Forms of Tender, Contract Agreement and Dispute Adjudication Agreement; and
• The Silver Book: The EPC and Turnkey Contract (Conditions of Contract for EPC Turnkey Projects)—General Conditions, Guidance for the Preparation of the Particular Conditions, Forms of Tender, Contract Agreement and Dispute Adjudication Agreement.
