Karen Gough speaks at the FIDIC – ACEG European Infrastructure Workshops and Conference in Tbilisi Georgia from 5-8 March 2018

Karen participated as a workshop leader along with Leo Grutters, Svend Poulson, and Daduna Kokhreidze on 5 March 2018.  The subject of the workshop was "A comparison between 1999 and 2017 FIDIC Works Contracts editions.  An Analysis across the Red, Yellow and Silver Books."

To view Karen's slides on Termination under clauses 15 and 16 of the FIDIC Red Book click here.

Karen also moderated and spoke at the conference on the session titled: "Engineer and Dispute Avoidance / Adjudication Board – effective dispute resolution.

The session was described as:  All parties to the contract wish to have a successful project.  This requires not only a fair and balanced contract which sets out the role of the parties, but also ways to ensure any issues which may arise are dealt with promptly and fairly.  Evolution of the Engineer's role and the introduction of the DAB to deal with disputes.  FIDIC now takes another step with dispute avoidance, undertaken by project team members through the DAAB.

Karen's presentation was on "The Contractor's approach to Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Boards."

To view Karen's slides on The Contractor's approach to DAABs click here.