ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (FIDIC). FIDIC is the leading body for developing forms of contract for use in the international construction industry between Employers and Contractors, Contractors and Subcontractors, and Employers and Consultants and Consultants and Subconsultants. Of all the contracts in use, FIDIC is the nearest to a truly “international” form of contract and is the contract mostly recognised by international funders such as the World Bank. The FIDIC was founded on 22 July 1913, following a search for independent consultants for the World Fair Exhibition. Three countries such as Belgium, France and Switzerland decided to found the FIDIC, the other countries maintained provisional links during the initial years. FIDIC publishes various standard contracts to be used for infrastructure projects, construction works, consultancy services, major plant supplies, and so on. The Orange Book contained Dispute Adjudication Board provisions, whilst the Red Book had, in 1996, a Dispute Adjudication Board supplement published by FIDIC.
