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EIC and its French Member Federation SEFI-FNTP are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Spring Conference 2025 in Bordeaux.","2025-04-24","2025-04-25","Bordeaux, France","eic-spring-conference-2025",{"id":199,"width":200,"height":201,"title":202,"blurhash":203},"ef4349f7-9e0e-4d22-a0d1-8c676d08b8cd",5990,3992,"Shutterstock 384939334","UfOWNmjaIWxut:bcofoe%4n$R+WVa%WCkCRj",{"title":205,"topic":206,"summary":207,"date_start":208,"date_end":209,"location":210,"url":211,"cover":212},"EIC Autumn Conference 2024","Collaborative Delivery Models","Velkommen til København - WELCOME TO Copenhagen EIC and its Danish Member Federation, DI Danish Construction (DI Byggeri), are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Autumn Conference 2024 in Copenhagen","2024-10-03","2024-10-04","Copenhagen, Denmark","eic-autumn-conference-2024",{"id":213,"width":214,"height":215,"title":216,"blurhash":217},"20a86ce1-f129-434b-86d3-96159a9ebac6",1406,1000,"Image","UuMQ6RMdNHx]_NV@s:ofg5S#odaf%goLayof",{"title":219,"topic":220,"summary":221,"date_start":222,"date_end":223,"location":224,"url":225,"cover":226},"Joint FIEC-EIC Spring Conference 2024",null,"Bienvenue à Bruxelles – WELCOME TO Brussels FIEC and EIC, in collaboration with its Belgian Member Federation, Embuild, are pleased to welcome you to the Joint FIEC-EIC Spring 2024 Conference in Brussels with a Workshop on: Building the change: Ho","2024-05-16","2024-05-17","Brussels, Belgium","joint-fiec-eic-spring-conference-2024",{"id":227,"width":186,"height":228,"title":229,"blurhash":230},"9c4996ff-5f12-4e64-b720-b3e752bfd382",1396,"Shutterstock 1946871412 Scstock Standardlizenz Websize.jpg","UsH2gRaJWrSjBHS6s,aeIuS6kDWBwsn#WEa#",{"title":232,"topic":220,"summary":233,"date_start":234,"date_end":235,"location":236,"url":237,"cover":238},"EIC Autumn Conference 2023","Welkom in Amsterdam– WELCOME TO Amsterdam EIC and its Dutch Member Federation, Netherlands Association of Maritime Business (NABU), are pleased to welcome you to the EIC Autumn Conference 2023 in Amsterdam with a Workshop on: The Global Energy Tran","2023-10-05","2023-10-06","Amsterdam, The Netherlands","eic-autumn-conference-2023",{"id":239,"width":50,"height":240,"title":241,"blurhash":242},"57e1a1ec-5e09-407b-8e1c-b5887752839d",1534,"Leitmotiv Shutterstock 2219032311 Web Besser.jpg","UYJt3U^*%1s.~9%1s+ofogbwM{RjS*WYaejb",{"page":244},{"id":245,"title":246,"article_date":247,"show_news":45,"show_industry":39,"tags":220,"body":248,"themes":335,"types":338,"downloads":339},1376,"EBRD Seminar on 2017 FIDIC Forms of Contract","2018-10-17T22:00:00",{"type":249,"content":250},"doc",[251,257,264,268,272,277,281,287,291,296,300,304,309,313,318,322,327,331],{"type":252,"content":253},"paragraph",[254],{"text":255,"type":256},"On 27 September 2018, EBRD held an Industry Conference titled “Changes to the FIDIC Forms of Contract – Red, Yellow and Silver Books” in London.","text",{"type":258,"attrs":259,"content":261},"heading",{"level":260},3,[262],{"text":263,"type":256},"EIC Participation",{"type":252,"content":265},[266],{"text":267,"type":256},"EIC participated in the event with a delegation led by EIC President Philippe Dessoy. He was joined by several Members of the EIC Working Group “Contract Conditions”, including the group’s Chairman, Mathias Fabich from Porr, Nabeel Khokhar from Strabag, François Doré from Bouygues and Stefan Ciufu-Hayward from Colas.",{"type":252,"content":269},[270],{"text":271,"type":256},"The two EIC presentations by Mathias Fabich and Nabeel Khokhar comprised the contractors’ views on the changes to the FIDIC forms of contract. 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Both Contractors and Employers acknowledge that such provisions keep processes moving. However, concerns may arise with respect to additional bureaucratic and administrational efforts such provisions might create.",{"type":258,"attrs":292,"content":293},{"level":283},[294],{"text":295,"type":256},"Golden Principles",{"type":252,"content":297},[298],{"text":299,"type":256},"To address concerns that certain modifications to the General Conditions are so extensive that modified contracts no longer reflect the FIDIC principles, FIDIC has developed a set of Golden Principles (GPs) to which all drafters are to pay 'all due regard'. While these GPs are not part of the Contract itself they are included in the new Editions as Guidance (to the Particular Conditions).",{"type":252,"content":301},[302],{"text":303,"type":256},"The principles are expected to be well-received, however, there might be concerns about their enforceability. 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