FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Silver Book 2017, reprinted 2022 with amendments

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Howard Kennedy (acquired Corbett & Co.)
Practice notes

FIDIC contracts—introduction to the Silver Book 2017, reprinted 2022 with amendments

Produced in partnership with Victoria Tyson of Howard Kennedy (acquired Corbett & Co.)

Practice notes
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In December 2017, FIDIC launched the second editions of the Red, Yellow and Silver Books. Three years later, in December 2022, FIDIC launched reprints. The FIDIC Silver Book 2022 reprint is to be described as ‘The Conditions of Contract for EPC/Turnkey Projects Second Edition 2017, reprinted 2022 with amendments’. It is published with the same ISBN number.

The amendments include:

  1. •

    the errata issued in December 2018 (see News Analysis: Errata to FIDIC 2017 contracts published)

  2. •

    the additional errata issued in June 2019, and

  3. •

    further errata and new amendments made in November 2022 (and said to be effective from 1 January 2023) which FIDIC describe as ‘improvements & clarifications in response to industry feedback + to support the increased use of 2017 contracts'

There is no obligation to use the FIDIC 2022 reprints. The Parties are free to choose the original FIDIC 2017 books if they prefer.

This Practice Note is an introduction to the FIDIC Silver Book 2017 (FIDIC Conditions

Victoria Tyson
Victoria Tyson

Victoria Tyson is a director and a specialist international construction lawyer qualified to practise in England and Wales and Hong Kong. She has dealt almost exclusively with international construction law disputes since 1998 and has extensive experience in all forms of construction and engineering dispute avoidance and resolution. She has particular expertise in complex international arbitration and specialist knowledge of the FIDIC forms of contract. Victoria has worked on large construction projects around the world including airports, ports, motorways, railways, bridges, dams, water supplies, hydropower stations, wind farms, mines, oil and gas plants, and pipelines. She has worked with many bespoke and standard forms of construction contract, including FIDIC, NEC, ICE, JCT, and HKIA. Recently, she partnered with the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) Training and worked closely with the ICE Law and Contracts examination panel to develop a new portfolio of eLearning courses. Victoria has a construction background, qualifying with a degree in Building Management. She spent a year working for an architectural and surveying practice before embarking on her legal training, which she completed with Masons in London and Hong Kong. She spent a total of four years with Masons before joining the Construction Group of Herbert Smith’s Litigation and Arbitration Department. Upon her return to the UK Victoria joined Corbett & Co. where she was able to continue with her international focus.

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Key definition:
FIDIC definition
What does FIDIC mean?

The International federation of Consulting Engineers

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