Tag: FIDIC

The infrastructure industry has welcomed Simon Stiell's appointment as executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. 

In February 2022, the international engineering business federation FIDIC launched a new policy and programme for diversity and inclusion. Six months on, we talk with FIDIC CEO Dr Nelson Ogunshakin OBE (NO) about how it is going and why this is so important. 

Keisuke Fukui, director at the Japan International Co-operation Agency (JICA) makes clear the importance they place to standing boards amid some challenges.

Digital transition is changing industry norms fast. Nowhere is that more apparent than in adjudication, which has found remote hearings to be effective, efficient and sustainable.

Jeff Taylor sets out the huge extent of procurement around the world, the importance of sustainable procurement, and what the Asian Development Bank is doing about it.

Legal advisor with the Indian Ministry of Defence, notes that many contracts have clauses that will not apply to arbitration in India.

Siobhan Fahey, a chartered arbitrator and chartered engineer has set out how small clauses can cut project delays as experts discuss project delivery and dispute management. 

Derrick McKoy tells international audience that procurement has been on a long journey in Jamaica, and that some perceived solutions can make things worse.

Lamin Barrow, the African Development Bank’s director general for its Nigeria Country Department, has told Africa’s infrastructure industry that there is a financing gap across the continent of almost $100bn per year.

International construction lawyer with 3PB, has warned that growing risks on contractors will likely lead to rising prices, falling quality or other problems for clients.