文档介绍：FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES INGENJEURS-CONSEILS
GUIDETOTHE USE OF FIDIC
CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT
FOR WORKS OF CIVIL
I
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
FOURTHEDITION
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U D I C FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DES INGENIEURS-CONSEILS
GUIDETOTHE USE OF FIDIC
CONDITIONSOF CONTRACT
FOR WORKS OF CIVIL
ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION
FOURTH EDITION
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FOREWORD
In1957 the International Federation of Consulting Engineers
(FIDIC) published for the first time a form of standard condi-
tions of contract for works of civil engineering construction es-
pecially designed for use in international projects.
Second and third editions were published in 1963 and 1977 re-
spectively.
In 1983 the mittee of FIDIC appointed a drafting
prised of members of the Civil Engineering Con-
mittee () which up to that time had been
charged with monitoring the use of the third edition.
The results of the work of the mittee were approved
in 1987 and the fourth edition of the Conditions of Contract for
Works of Civil Engineering Construction was published at the
Annual Conference of FIDIC held in Lausanne, Switzerland in
September of 1987.
There are many important differences between the third and fourth
editions and these are dealt with in detail in this Guide which gives
mentary on each clause of the fourth edition.
The Executive Conmiittee decided to drop the word 'International'
from the title of the document as with slight modification in Part
II it is also suitable for domestic contracts.
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