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October 2009
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FIDIC
Activities
FIDIC Conference highlighted climate change
The FIDIC 2009 London conference main outcomes called for greater
recognition of the role of consulting engineers in mitigating climate change.

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Development
Green rating systems converge on a climate indicator
Working with international initiatives, green building rating and certification
systems are beginning to converge on measurable core indicators.
Practice
GHG protocols and standards need integration
Voluntary protocols and international standards for greenhouse gas accounting
at the national, organisational, facility, and service/product levels need to be
integrated.

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Adjudicators gain entry to the FIDIC President's List
Thirteen adjudicators successfully completed the assessment workshop that
qualified applicants for entry on the FIDIC President's List.

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ImagePlanning for regional conferences underway
Africa regional conference to address strategic partnership while the AsiaPacific event goes forward under the FIDIC 2010 New Delhi umbrella.

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Principles
EthicsPrangey Award for integrity champion
Dr Felipe Ochoa Rosso has received the consulting engineer industry's leadingaward for his contributions to developing integrity management.
Sustainability
Report recommends improvements to building certification
A US report recommending actions to improve the sustainability rating ofbuildings has overlooked risk and liability issues.
Announcements
Events
FIDIC Conferences and International Training Programme
Conference highlighted UAE dispute resolution
Notices
New members elected from around the world
Associations met with the FIDIC Executive Committee
Executive focused on representation and a strategy for Europe
FIDIC 2010 Young Professionals Management Training Programme launched

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CoursesponsorFIDIC - Activities
FIDIC Conference highlighted climate change [full item: 109Ac]
With the vital Copenhagen 2009 COP15 climate change summit
only weeks away, FIDIC's 2009 London conference (13-16
September), which was opened by HRH Process Anne (seephoto), called on the world's leaders to reach a workableagreement, taking into account that consulting engineers aroundthe world stood ready to help find solutions to reach targets. A
call stressing the importance of a successful outcome to the negotiations was theleading proposal to emerge from the conference, with participants urging FIDIC,
Member Associations and consulting firms to become more involved in global
issues, to raise their voices, and to find better ways to deliver solutions that were
sustainable over time. FIDIC has written to the United Nations Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon (see letter PDF) requesting an invitation to give evidence at the
COP15 Copenhagen climate change summit in December 2009, and stating that itis "vital that agreement is reached not simply on carbon emission targets but onmeaningful action to mitigate and adapt to climate change."
The primary scientific input to the negotiations is the 2007 Fourth Assessment
Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change with new knowledge ina 2009 Synthesis Report PDF which concluded: "The evidence that humanactivities are changing the fundamental conditions for life on Earth isoverwhelming, and the challenges presented by these changes are daunting.
Postponing action will only increase the risks to future generations. ..... COP15 ....
offers a unique and timely opportunity to start such a transformative journey".
The FIDIC conference (see www.fidic2009.org/talks for presentations) concluded
that all sectors of infrastructure needed to be targeted, notably transport,
buildings (both residential and industrial), energy, waste, and water and waste
water sectors. The FIDIC call and letter came in conjunction with the launch of
FIDIC's first ever State of the World report that took a critical look at global
infrastructure, and offered an engineering perspective to solutions. The report,
which can be browsed at www.fidic.org/infra, highlights infrastructure deficits,
and will be used by the consulting engineering industry to reinforce the need forsustainable investments in infrastructure, and the inclusion of engineers at an
early stage of investment decisions. In summing up, John Boyd, FIDIC President,
noted that "never before in the recent history of mankind was there such a needfor engineers to be heard. The world faces critical issues on several fronts, andengineers will be expected to find solutions. The main issue for the industry was
to find a better way for engagement with decision makers."
Business - Development
Green rating systems converge on a climate indicator [full item: 63De]

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A recent detailed review has concluded that the US Green Building Council(USGBC) LEED green building rating system had failed to lead in the critical areasthat were measurable, namely greenhouse gases (GHG) and energy (see PDF). It Course
sponsoris precisely these areas, where FIDIC is active, that the UNEP Sustainable
Buildings and Climate Initiative SBCI Index and the International Standards
Organization (ISO) sustainable building standards are addressing. Both argue that
reducing energy consumption during building operation is the most cost-effective
way forward for a global warming GHG reduction. The SBCI Index is proposingthat countries use the UN GHG Calculator to calculate their CO2 equivalents(CO2e is given by an activity times an emission factor times the Global Warming
Potential for each GHG) to estimate the overall CO2e for a building's onsite fuelconsumed, electricity consumed and steam/heat produced. However, the latest
ISO thinking is that the core indicator for the potential impact affecting climatechange is not only the building-specific use of resources but also the locationspecific access to the building. The UN Calculator has recently appreciated theimportance of access by including GHG for staff travel, so there is convergence ona standards-based GHG benchmarking indicator for sustainable buildings.
Meanwhile, the USGBC had joined the Sustainable Building Alliance (see Newsitem) of which FIDIC was a founder member, that groups the metrics activities ofseven national rating systems for buildings. The SB Alliance presented six core
indicators at its annual conference in Paris in August 2010 and was working with
the UNEP SBCI Index. This signalled that building rating and certification systems
will support a measurable, standards-based, GHG indicator that can be used tobenchmark global progress in reducing global warming.

Business - Practice
GHG protocols and standards need integration [full item: 81Pr]
With both the FIDIC 2009 London Conference (seewww.fidic2009.org) and the FIDIC State of the WorldInfrastructure Report 2009 (see www.fidic.org/infra) released at
the conference highlighting that climate change was the key
immediate issue for consulting engineers, an important aspect
was the way International Standards Organization (ISO)standards were addressing the challenges. Speaking in Tokyo in
July 2009, Rob Steele, ISO Secretary-General, described how
the ISO 14000 Environmental Management series has been
complemented by ISO 14064 standards for Greenhouse Gas(GHG) quantification, verification and validation. Two new GHG-relevant
committee drafts have been released for comment (14066: Competency
requirements for greenhouse gas validators and verifiers; 14067-1/2: Carbon
footprint of products) and there was a proposal to carbon footprint organisations.
ISO 14064 is consistent and compatible with voluntary GHG accounting andreporting standards, notably the GHG Protocols for Corporate Accounting and for
Project Accounting developed by the World Resources Institute and the World
Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). Moreover, ISO 14064
principles and the validation and verification requirements of ISO 14065 are
integrated into the Voluntary Carbon Standard developed by the Climate Group,
the International Emissions Trading Association and the WBCSD. These voluntary
protocols and the forthcoming ISO standards will mean that consulting engineers
will be expected to manage four types of GHG accounting and reporting
methodologies covering the national, organisational, facility and product/service
levels. Their incorporation probably calls for a protocol or standard and it is at thislevel that FIDIC would aim to be active.

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Adjudicators gain entry to the FIDIC President's List [full item: 79Co]

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Thirteen candidates have passed the rigorous entry requirements for the FIDIC
LondonPresident's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. They were: Murray Armes, UK; 2-3 Dec09
Brian Barr, UK; Christopher Chilton, UK; Peter Collie, UK; Sebastian Hoek,
Germany; Volker Jurowich, Germany; Malcolm Kelley, UK; Robert Knutson, UK;
John Madden, UK ; Christopher Meirs, UK; Paul Taggart, UK; Roger Ter Haar, UK;
John Wright, UK. CVs and contact details are available at www.fidic.org/dab.
Entry on the list called for preassessment for suitable experience in international
dispute resolution and FIDIC contracts followed by successful completion of a twoFIDIC
day Adjudicators Assessment Workshop organised by the FIDIC Assessment Panel 19-22 Sep10
for Adjudicators. Assessment tested situations related to claims and disputes andthe activities of Dispute Adjudication Boards (DABs). Two DAB decisions were
given as homework and there were case studies on dispute avoidance and dispute
resolution followed by a personal interview. The next workshop will probably be
Coursesponsorheld in mid-2012 depending on the number of applicants. The FIDIC President
appoints adjudicators from the list if called upon to make an appointment under a
FIDIC contract. Those listed are also available for appointment as DAB members.
Industry - Representation
Four countries join FIDIC [full item: 64Re]
Elected at the FIDIC 2009 General Assembly Meeting in
London as new Member Associations to bring thenumber of countries represented in FIDIC to 84 were
the Lebanon Association of Consulting Engineers, theUnion of Kuwaiti Engineering Offices and Consultant
Houses, the Association of Consulting Engineers in
Serbia, and the Sudanese Engineering and Architecture
Consultancy Association. Said Fatha, Secretary, LACE-Lebanon, Milos Svarc,
President, ACES-Serbia, and Ashraf Zaki, Secretary, SEACA-Sudan, madepresentations at the meeting (see Serbia PDF; Sudan PDF) and the photo shows
the Serbian delegation (Milos Svarc, ACES President, Anna Trbovich, USAID;
Zoran Djordjevic, ACES Vice-President, on the right) with Volker Cornelius,
President, VBI-Germany. The USAID Serbia Competitiveness Project helped ACES
become established.

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Planning for regional conferences underway [full item: 47Im]
The FIDIC GAMA-Africa 2010 Conference will take place in
Mombasa, Kenya, on 14-17 March with The Consulting Engineer
as a Strategic Partner as the theme. The theme stresses the roleof the engineer as a trusted and strategic partner and advisor toboth public and private sector clients at all stages ofdevelopment, from strategy formulation through to thecommissioning of projects. This partnership has not always been
exploited sufficiently, especially in Africa, in spite of theconsulting engineer's important role in the conceptualisation anddelivery of physical infrastructure. ACEK-Kenya, the organisers, have made a firstcall for papers with abstracts sought by early-November 2009. Further details areavailable from FIDIC and on the GAMA website, www.fidic.org/gama.

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The FIDIC ASPAC Asia-Pacific 2010 Conference has been postponed in favour ofstrong support from the region for the FIDIC 2010 New Delhi Conference (19-22
September 2010; www.fidic2010.org ). The ASPAC General Assembly Meeting andother ASPAC events will take place during the conference. Consultations areunderway for a new ASPAC chair to replace Aki Hirotani (see photo) from Japan
who was elected to the FIDIC Executive Committee at the FIDIC 2009 General
Assembly Meeting. With the theme of Managing Innovation - The Way Forward,
the conference will identify ways to overcome the barriers to delivering theinnovation that was needed for consulting engineers to be able to offer creative
solutions to the global challenges that were highlighted at the FIDIC 2009 London
Conference. Delivering innovation was easy to promise, but hard to deliver
because an ever more competitive and risk averse market created a businessenvironment which tended not to be conducive to innovation.

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CNEC-Mexico conference (22-24 May) that celebrates the association's 50th
anniversary. The EFCA-Europe 2010 conference takes place in Rome, Italy, on 27Contracts
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Principles - Ethics

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Prangey Award for integrity champion [full item: 44Et]
Several individuals and non-governmental organisations from
Bangladesh, but no firms, were the latest entries on the World
Bank's list of some 108 ineligible entities that had violated thefraud and corruption provisions of the bank's consultants andprocurement guidelines. The Asian Development Bank currently
lists 320 ineligible individuals and firms and the Inter-American
Bank lists some 75. Since blacklisting does not address
corruption at its roots, FIDIC will continue its discussion of
anticorruption issues with the development banks' Heads ofProcurement in Greece in early-November. FIDIC seeks not only supply-side
sanctions but also recognition for supply-side anti-corruption measures, notably
FIDIC's Business Integrity Management System (BIMS).
Dr Felipe Ochoa Rosso (see photo) from Mexico, FIDIC's long-serving champion of
integrity management and the key contributor to the BIMS guidelines and theircounterpart for government procurement agencies, received at the FIDIC 2009
London Conference (13-16 September) the FIDIC Prangey Award. This is theconsulting engineering industry's main award for valued contributions to theindustry and to FIDIC over many years. Dr Ochoa was the driving force behindthe development of the BIMS quality management based system which is theindustry's international standard for managing integrity in firms, and was able toobtain support from the development banks for the drafting and publication of the
BIMS guidelines in 2002. BIMS draws extensively upon the OECD Anti-Bribery
Convention where a review mechanism for a country's compliance has proved tobe very successful. However, the UN Convention against Corruption has global
reach and is the only global road-map in the fight against the systemic corruption.
The G20 heads of state and leading business organisations in the fight against
corruption have called upon (PDF) the UN Convention and to set up an
implementation review mechanism at the 2009 Conference of States Parties(Doha; 9-13 November 2009) since negotiations are deadlocked.

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CoursesponsorPrinciples - Sustainability
Report recommends improvements to building certification [full item: 5Su]
The US National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), a nonINFO
governmental organisation, has recommended (PDF) actions to
overcome the proliferation of rating and certifications systems
for buildings that were commercially motivated, addressing
specific agenda, inconsistent, unproven, poorly understood,
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liability for all parties. Its recommendations were to: haveaccreditation/certification by licensed professionals; require thatcertification includes data demonstrating conformance; agree on a common set of
metrics; develop guidance for policy makers, owners, regulators and users and for
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NIBS was silent on risk and liability issues.
FIDIC is active in many of these areas, notably: a) disseminating best practice toensure that consulting engineers are, aware of the need for, and competent withregard to, building certification; c) working with developers of rating andcertification systems to ensure that they meet the process and metrics
requirements articulated in the FIDIC Project Sustainability Management
Guidelines; c) developing guidance. The risk and liability aspects of sustainableprojects and building certification will be the focus of work leading up to the FIDIC
2010 New Delhi Conference (19-22 September; www.fidic2010.org) with sessions
on innovation risk in Project Sustainability Management.
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FIDIC Conferences and International Training Programme [full item: 63Ev]
FIDIC-ECV Contracts Course (Claims), Vienna, 9-10 Nov 2009
FIDIC-Cornerstone Contracts Workshop (Claims), Amsterdam, 12-13 Nov 2009
FIDIC-ECV Contracts Course (Contracts), Zagreb, 16-17 Nov 2009
FIDIC Contracts Intensive Course (Management), Doha, 17-19 Nov 2009
FIDIC Contracts Users Conference, London, 2-3 Dec 2009
Young Professionals Management Training Programme, Jan - Sep 2010
FIDIC GAMA Africa 2010 Regional Conference, Mombasa, Mar 2010 GAMA
FIDIC Mid-East Contracts Users Conference, UAE, Mar 2010
DBRF 2010 Dispute Resolution Workshop & Conference, Istanbul, 12-16 May 2010
FEPAC South America Conference, Mexico City, 22-24 May 2010 FEPAC
EFCA-Europe Conference, Rome, Italy, 27-29 May 2010
FIDIC Asia-Pacific Contracts Users Conference, Jun 2010
FIDIC ASPAC Asia-Pacific 2010 Regional Conference, with FIDIC 2010 New Delhi
FIDIC 2010 New Delhi, 19-22 Sep 2010
Conference highlighted UAE dispute resolution [full item: 64Ev]
The FIDIC Construction Contract and versions amended under licence remain thecontact conditions of choice in the UAE, the main infrastructure investor in the
Gulf region. Speaking at the FIDIC-ICC 2009 Contracts and Dispute Resolution
Conference (Istanbul; 15-16 October), Essam Al Tamimi of Al Tamini & Co., UAE,
noted that the global financial crisis had lead to a large increase in the number ofdisputes in the UAE. However, a significant number of contracts have had thedispute adjudication board provisions removed so the number of arbitrations had
increased dramatically (the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, the UAE's main
arbitration centre, expected 300 cases in 2009, compared with 100 in 2008). The
situation has had several immediate consequences. The UAE's limited legal
framework for arbitration will most likely be strengthened by a new Federal
Arbitration Law based on UNCITRAL model law. Second, UAE courts were tending
to overcome their historical reluctance to support arbitration, perhaps because thecourts themselves were faced with many more construction cases, most involving
the non-payment of contractors. Third, with the court enforcement of arbitralawards suffering long delays, support for the full adoption of FIDIC's dispute
resolution procedures had increased, as reflected by the creation of Dubai'sCentre for the Amicable Settlement of Disputes in September 2009. The mainpresentations made at conference, which attracted a record-breaking 220
participants, are available online.

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CoursesponsorAnnouncements - Notices
New members elected from around the world [full item: 7No]
Gregs Thomopulos, Chairman and CEO, Stanley Consultants,
USA, shown in the upper photo speaking at the FIDIC 2009
General Assembly Meeting (GAM) on 16 September 2009, waselected as FIDIC President at the GAM, with Geoff French,
Chairman, Scott Wilson, UK (lower photo), elected as the FIDIC
Vice-President. Stepping down were Dr John Boyd, Canada, after
eight years of dedicated service on the FIDIC Executive
Committee, along with Subhash Mehrotra, India, and Xie
Shaozhang, China. Elected by the GAM were: Akihiko Hirotani,
President, Oriental Consultants, Japan; Bisher Jardaneh,
Executive Managing Director, Arabtech Jardaneh, Jordan; JaeWan Lee, CEO and Chairman, Sekwang Engineering Consultants,
Korea (see profiles). Elected as Member Associations wereassociations for Kuwait, Lebanon, Serbia, and Sudan (see Newsitem). Acknowledged as Affiliate Members were: Bangalore
Water Board, India; Construtora Queiroz Galvao SA, Brasil; Marseille and Al Ulla
Group, Lebanon; Somah Associates Ltd, Mauritius; UQPM, Qatar.
The FIDIC Annual Review (PDF) that was distributed to delegates reviewed thepast 12 month's activities, highlighting FIDIC's stable financial situation, several
new publications (including Definition of Services Guidelines, a Risk Management
short guide and the FIDIC State of the World Infrastructure Report 2009), thegrowing demand for FIDIC training, a wide range of committee activities
undertaken by volunteers, and a scorecard to benchmark FIDIC's operations. The
2010 budget approved by the GAM envisaged a modest increase in income
relative to the 2009 audited accounts with the Member Association (MA)membership unit fee unchanged (for the sixth consecutive year) but with a newminimum fee for new MAs, agreed by the GAM, which was equivalent to the
Associate Member fee and was based upon the total number of staff in a country's
industry. Also agreed was a 180,000 Swiss franc increase in expenses to allow for
staff overlap and other investments owing to the retirement of Dr Peter Boswell,
FIDIC General Manager, in 2011.

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Barcelona was confirmed by the GAM as the venue for the FIDIC 2013 centenary
conference, for which planning had already begun with logistics outsourced to a
specialist event manager. An international committee is being set up to develop a
programme and Tecniberia, FIDIC's Member Association for Spain, as well asaffiliated organisations, industries and partner groups are being invited to become
involved. As the FIDIC 2009 annual conference drew to a close, all eyes turned to
magical New Delhi for the FIDIC 2010 conference (19-22 September;
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www.fidic.2010.org) with its theme Managing Innovation - The Way Forward.

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Associations met with the FIDIC Executive Committee [full item: 6No]
Some 36 association presidents met with the FIDIC Executive Committee
Courseimmediately before the FIDIC 2009 London Conference at the annual FIDIC
sponsorPresidents Meeting to learn first hand of issues with which FIDIC was dealing, or
required assistance (see report PDF). Further details of FIDIC's regional strategy,
were discussed, including closer links with regional groups and an enhanced
regional visibility for FIDIC, particularly in the area of training. A possible
restructuring of the FIDIC Secretariat was described together with options to be
explored for a more cost-effective operation of FIDIC's commercial interests,
either in conjunction with federation activities or independently. Relocation of partof the FIDIC Secretariat in the near future was not discounted and discussions
were taking place with FIDIC regional groupings of members in Africa, Asia andthe Mid-East, as well as with the regional federations (EFCA in Europe and FEPAC
in South America).
The FIDIC 2009 Member Association Directors and Secretaries Meeting (Saturday;
12 September; see report PDF with links to presentations) discussed experiences
with, and solutions to, the economic crisis that had affected several associations.
Some associations have seen membership drop as a result of cut backs by theirmember firms, especially those involved in the building sector. Improved
marketing, lobbying and cost savings were all identified as ways in which
membership could be increased. Conversely, some had seen an increase inmembership in response to the demand to meet infrastructure stimulus activities.
The image of consulting engineers and lobbying activities were identified aspriorities in many countries.

Executive focused on representation and a strategy for Europe[full item: 8No]

Joining the FIDIC Executive Committee that met before andafter the FIDIC 2009 London Conference (13-16 September)were Akihiko Hirotani, Japan, Bisher Jardaneh, Jordan (upper
photo), and Jae-Wan Lee, Korea (lower photo). A key agenda
item was the continued development of a five-year vision forthe consulting engineering industry, with stronger
representation through fully representative national Member
Associations, and greater interaction with key industry groups
from other sectors.
As there was scope for membership growth, a task force had
surveyed sector activity in the traditional fields of consulting
engineering, as well as in other areas such as industrial
engineering. The FIDIC Treasurer, Adam Thornton, in his
presentation (PDF) at the FIDIC 2009 Presidents Meeting on 13
September 2009 indicated that the task force aimed to bring a"well thought-out membership fee solution to the General
Assembly Meeting next year", to be phased in over several
years. It envisaged reporting as at present of member firm staff numbers, withadjustments for purchasing power, the size of the association, the extent to which
the national industry is represented, and exchange rate fluctuations.
Other key issues included the creation of a FIDIC training centre in Vietnam andthe likely start up of a pilot certification programme in China following agovernment review of international certification. Training centres will draw upon
the accredited international trainers involved in FIDIC's International Training
Programme (ITP). To meet the growing demand for training FIDIC has started an
Accredited Trainer Development Programme to accredit local trainers so that they
are available for the ITP while enabling them to train in their own region. Budget
provisions were agreed for the further development of the training modules usedin these two programmes as well as for regional initiatives and for additional
Secretariat resources.
Regarding new Member Associations, it was planned to involve the FIDIC
members more directly in FIDIC training activities. For Serbia, the first FIDIC ACES-Serbia contracts training course was organised with the partnerorganisation YuBuild on 22-23 October 2009. Other courses are planned
throughout the Balkans. For Lebanon and Sudan, FIDIC would now aim to involve
accredited training suppliers for training courses in these countries.
FIDIC 2010 Young Professionals Management Training Programme
launched [full item: 9No]

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The Young Professionals programme at the FIDIC 2009 London Conference (13-16
September) was a full one, with some 80 young professionals from 35 countries
Courseparticipating in workshops, social events and a technical tour of London's Olympic sponsor
Site. Also included were 22 participants from the FIDIC 2009 Young Professionals
Management Training Programme (YPMTP) who completed the programme withsessions immediately before the conference and received certificates from the
FIDIC President, John Boyd. It was noted that despite the current economic
challenges, the world faced a shortage of good engineers, with today's future
leaders needing to take on the challenges tomorrow. Registration (seewww.fidic.org/ypmtp) for the 2010 YPMTP that starts in mid-January 2010 andends with sessions at the FIDIC 2010 New Delhi Conference (19-22 September;www.fidic2010.org) closes on 30 December 2010.
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