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Initially, EIC was concerned about the high degree of micro-management imposed on the contractual relationship of the parties, which, in our experience, might prove at times theoretical and even impracticable. Whereas FIDIC argued that a higher level of prescriptiveness was necessary in to transform the update into an active project management tools, EIC felt that FIDIC was putting at risk its time-honoured tradition to provide standard forms of contract that take the form of a manual of good engineering practice prepared by engineers for practical use.",{"type":21,"attrs":32,"content":33},{"level":23},[34],{"text":35,"type":19},"Concerns voiced in joint letter by International Contractors Associations",{"type":15,"content":37},[38],{"text":39,"type":19},"Concerned about FIDIC’s departure from the traditional allocation of risk, EIC rallied support from partner international contractors associations following the publication of the pre-release version of the FIDIC Yellow Book in December 2016. In a joint letter, the federations voiced the common concerns of the international contractor community with respect to the onerous risk profile of the pre-release version, which could result in immense losses and even insolvency given that some of the contractor’s liabilities were uninsurable.",{"type":15,"content":41},[42],{"text":43,"type":19},"EIC acknowledges that FIDIC has incorporated many of our comments in the final update edition launched in December 2017. 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