Corinna Osinski
August 2002
A paper based on a talk given to the conference ‘Delivering Infrastructure: International Best Practice’ organised by the Society of Construction Law, Centre of Construction Law at King’s College London, European Society for Construction Law and Society of Construction Arbitrators and held in London on 12th July 2002.
Corinna Osinski looks at the advantages and disadvantages of using standard form contracts for international construction projects, taking FIDIC contracts as her basis. She then looks at the balance of risk sharing between the employer and contractor in the FIDIC forms, considering in particular three clauses in the Yellow Book: notice of claims (clause 20.1), the role of the engineer (clause 3) and termination by the employer (clause 15).
The use of standard form contracts – The FIDIC Yellow Book – Conclusion.
The author: Corinna Osinski is Senior Legal Counsel with mg engineering Stahlbau Plauen GmbH in Germany; earlier she worked as the Host Country Legal Advisor of the US Department of Justice in Munich; she is also chairman of the Legal Committee of the German Steel Construction Association.
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