FIDIC 2010

The FIDIC Annual Review for 2009-2010

Representing globally the consulting engineering industry

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Global challenges - Sustainable solutions
The theme Global challenges - Sustainable solutions encapsulates
the very heart of what is currently confronting the consulting
engineering industry world-wide. The highly successful FIDIC
annual conference in London in September 2009 established a
new benchmark for FIDIC. It enabled consulting engineers to focus
collectively on major global issues, from climate change, to thestate of the world’s infrastructure, summarized in the groundbreaking State of the World report, released in London during theconference. FIDIC, Member Associations and consulting
engineering firms were all encouraged to become actively involvedin the debate on these global issues, especially as the world’s
major economies struggled to recover from a devastatingworldwide financial crisis and the resulting severe credit crunch,which has had a profound impact on economic and social
development that is still being felt in many countries today.
A Call to World Leaders
In response to a FIDIC 2009 London Conference resolution, FIDIC
leapt into action, and corresponded with the UN SecretaryGeneral, leading international organisations and many of theworld’s political leaders through its Member Associations. FIDIC
requested an invitation to give evidence at the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change COP15 Copenhagenclimate change summit in December 2009, stating that it was “vitalthat agreement is reached not simply on carbon emission targets”.
While FIDIC was not invited to give evidence in Copenhagen,several Presidents and Prime Ministers responded positively,
encouraging us to engage in the numerous COP15 side events
that took place in the lead up to the ministerial-level meetings.
FIDIC has acknowledged that the non-binding Copenhagen
Accord reached during the summit, while not a political agreement
to start immediate action, was a step towards a global low-carbon
economy. However, pending clear commitments and mitigation
actions, much remains to be done to deliver a robust, legallybinding post-Kyoto 2012 framework agreement that provides thepredictability needed to plan the necessary investments in existingand planned infrastructure. While the process to reach a global
agreement has started, work is still needed to detail specificaspects, in particular those aimed at making monitoring, reportingand verification processes operational.
Initiatives leading to COP15 indicated that the industry groups
responsible for a sector that makes significant contributions to
global warming, namely building and construction, lacked acoordinated approach, a situation that needed to be corrected.
Fortunately, a few initiatives were developed for the summit,
notably the Common Carbon Metric by the United Nations
Environment Programme’s Sustainable Buildings and Climate
Initiative of which FIDIC is a founder member. It provided astandardised method to measure a building’s carbon footprint as
the basis for establishing baselines, benchmarking, andmonitoring building performance improvements.

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Industry Challenges
The past 12 months have been achallenging time for consulting
engineers, especially in many
countries of Europe and North
America, where our member firms
have had to deal with sharp
reductions in project opportunities
and backlog and with the resulting
reductions in staff and costs toGregs Thompoulos, FIDIC
remain viable businesses. These
President, speaking at the
FIDIC 2009 General Assembly
circumstances in turn led to declining
Meeting, London.
budgets of our Member Associations
at a time when they needed to maintain their capability torepresent the industry and the interests of member firms. The
downturn caused by the economic meltdown that began two
years ago is still with us, but the good news is that the downward
spiral we were in seems to have stabilised, but not yet reversed tothe situation where we can start hiring again.
While no significant accomplishments were achieved at the global
level with sustainable solutions to the global challenges of climate
control, I am pleased to report that positive progress was made on
several industry specific issues that impact our ability to be theglobal voice of the consulting engineering industry. As elaborated
in this FIDIC Annual Review, a strategic agreement was reachedwith the European Federation of Engineering Consultancy
Associations (EFCA) on collaboration between the twoorganisations, to better represent the interests of our European
Member Associations to avoid possible overlaps andfragmentation of the industry in Europe. Moreover, FIDIC
representation in South America will receive a significant boost
with Brazil’s application to rejoin FIDIC, together with newmembers for Trinidad and Tobago and for Montenegro. It is hoped
this will also provide the impetus for other associations in SouthAmerica to become members of FIDIC. A continuing focus on
membership expansion in the Middle East has begun to yield goodresults. Finally, FIDIC’s expanding activities in conferences, training
and business practice and contract documents have provided
additional financial resources to enable the Federation to provide
more value to Member Associations without the need to raise fees.
Organisational Changes
The Secretariat will see some organisational changes in the year
ahead with the planned retirement in March 2011 of our General
Manager, Dr Peter Boswell, whose departure will leave “bigshoes” to fill. Peter has served the organisation well in several key
positions, including the annual conference, contract documents
and other FIDIC publications, training and seminars, and the
management of FIDIC’s infrastructure. Peter’s retirement is an
opportunity to reorganise the Secretariat to meet the needs of thenext few years. We are currently identifying candidates to transition
with Peter during the next few months. On behalf of FIDIC and ourMember Associations, I extend our heartfelt thanks to him for his
dedicated service to the Federation.
Gregs Thomopulos, FIDIC President

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Tr e a s u r e r ’s

ReportSignificant expenditures planned for staff
The accounts for the year to December 2009 showed an operating
surplus of CHF 338,750 compared to a budgeted CHF 5,000. The
surplus increased reserve funds to a total of CHF 1,723,068.
Together with income received in advance (mainly licence fees),
assets totaled CHF 3,333,126 at the end of 2009. Cash assets
were held predominantly in conservative fiduciary deposits. The
Executive Committee continued to seek prudent investment
advice but the key priority was the security of the capital. Several
comments to the 2009 accounts are noted below.

Remaining licence income received in advance totaled CHF
916,981 at the end of 2009. This represented payments by themultilateral development banks and other licensees for the use of
the Harmonised Construction Contract and other documents for
future years. Some CHF 173,000 was transferred from this source
to actual income during 2009. These transfers will continue atcurrent rates effectively until 2014.

Income and Expenditure

At mid-year 2010, income and expenditure was reasonably on
budget with income from document sales increasing and events
fairly buoyant considering the financial downturn. Member
Association subscription fee receipts were received more slowly
than in recent years reflecting a longer delay in paying fees owing
to the net slowdown in workload within the industry. The forecast
for the full year is a loss in accordance with the budget.

Member Association subscription fees were invoiced at CHF
1,184,045. This was higher than the previous year, owing toincreased numbers reported in the industry and new member
associations. However, the FIDIC Executive Committee remained
concerned that member firm staff numbers were not being
counted in a consistent manner.
Publication sales, while falling compared to 2008, were higher thanbudgeted. They continued to make a key contribution to nonsubscription income. Meanwhile events continued to rise inpopularity and profitability with net income exceeding CHF 170,000.
The annual conference in London resulted in a loss to FIDIC of some
CHF 38,839 of which CHF 11,333 was booked in 2010.
Overall expenditure was CHF 225,000 less than budgeted. The
largest component of this related to the non-expenditure of a
special budget allowance to employ new staff to accommodate
the long-standing need for additional resources, and to transition
with Dr Peter Boswell ahead of his planned retirement in 2011.
Some of this allocation will be expended in the 2010 year.
Accounting polices had been changed to include some Secretariat
costs within committee expenses as this allowed a morefavourable tax treatment. The result was that committee expenses
were higher than budgeted. This was partly offset by the reductionin FIDIC Secretariat travel costs. Overall, Secretariat costs
remained similar to the previous year.
Balance Sheet
The balance sheet remained healthy and reserves were within the
FIDIC Executive Committee guidelines to maintain cash assets
equivalent to the federation’s liabilities in the event of a winding up.

Year-to-Date and 2011

The budget proposed for 2011 has been based on previous
financial performance and on the running year forecast, with
provisions for increased staffing levels, including the pending
retirement of the FIDIC General Manager. The 2011 budget
submitted for discussion and approval at the 2010 General
Assembly Meeting in New Delhi recommended keeping the same
unit fee as for the approved 2010 budget, which will mean that thiswas the sixth successive year with no increase in the unit fee.
The Executive Committee has noted that the 2011 budget
forecasted a loss of CHF 100,000 but was comfortable with thisconsidering the large surpluses of the last two years and the needto increase Secretariat staff. It was further noted that proposedadjustments to the Member Association minimum fee (to be set at
CHF 2,000) were not expected to have a significant impact.
Longer term it was hoped that a clearer definition of member firm
staff will see staff numbers reported by Member Associations
increasing and becoming more balanced around the world.
Reporting Policies
The FIDIC Executive Committee decided to change the federation’s
financial reporting format to show gross income and expenditure
for all activities, including the annual conference and other events(which have previously been reported as the net result). The
Executive Committee was mindful that the gross figure for these
activities can vary considerably from year to year and that as aresult, somewhat larger variances from the budgeted figures may
be expected. However, the committee believed that it was more
important to show the full extent of FIDIC financial activities and theimpact of each line item on the total income or expenditure. The
summary of FIDIC’s financial situation to be reported in New Delhii
therefore contained figures in the traditional format together withbudgets for 2010 and 2011 in the proposed new format.
Adam Thornton, FIDIC Treasurer

The FIDIC 2008-9 Executive Committee, from the top left: Subhash Mehrotra, India;
Andreas Gobiet, Austria; Adam Thornton, New Zealand; Pablo Bueno Tómas,Spain; Gregs Thomopulos, USA; John Boyd, Canada; Xie Shaozhang, China; Patrick
Batumbya, Uganda; Geoff French, UK.

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Global Representation
Committees remain the basis for activities
Representation
Four more countries joined FIDIC
Elected at the FIDIC 2009 General Assembly Meeting (GAM) in
London as new Member Associations, to bring the number ofcountries represented in FIDIC to 83, were the Lebanon
Association of Consulting Engineers, the Union of Kuwaiti
Engineering Offices and Consultant Houses, the Association ofConsulting Engineers in Serbia (ACES), and the SudaneseEngineering and Architecture Consultancy Association. A featureof FIDIC’s membership expansion was that a USAID regional
competitiveness project had helped ACES become established,as had taken place in Bosnia and was taking place in Montenegro.

FIDIC Executive Committee 2009 - 10
Gregs Thomopulos, Chairman and CEO, Stanley Consultants,
USA, was elected as FIDIC President at the FIDIC 2009 General
Assembly Meeting (GAM) in London, with Geoff French, Chairman,
Scott Wilson, UK, elected as the FIDIC Vice-President. Stepping
down were Dr John Boyd, Golder Associates, Canada, after eight
years of dedicated service on the Executive Committee, along with
Subhash Mehrotra, Mehro Consultants, India, and Xie Shaozhang,
Chelbi, China, both of whom served four years. Elected at the
GAM were: Akihiko Hirotani, President, Oriental Consultants,
Japan; Bisher Jardaneh, Executive Managing Director, Arabtech
Jardaneh, Jordan; Jae-Wan Lee, CEO and Chairman, Sekwang
Engineering Consultants, Korea.
FIDIC Membership Committee

Acknowledged as Affiliate Members at the General Assembly
Meeting (GAM) were: Bangalore Water Board, India, Construtora
Queiroz Galvao SA, Brasil; Marseille and Al Ulla Group, Lebanon;
Somah Associates Ltd, Mauritius; UQPM, Qatar.

The FIDIC Membership Committee comprised: Subhash
Mehrotra, Mehro Consultants, India (chair); Rasit Ünüvar, Tempo
Infrastructure, Turkey; Kiran Kapila, ICT, India; India; Maxime
Mazloum, SYNTEC-Ingénierie, France; Goro Fujie, AJCE, Japan.

The FIDIC Membership Committee (see insert) guided thismembership growth and has been developing not only a strategy
to reach 100 members by the time of the FIDIC 2013 Centenary
Conference in Barcelona, but also ways to review and refine theservices offered to Member Associations to ensure that FIDIC
continued to add value.

client and other industry sectors, professional associations, theacademic community, government agencies, development banks
and aid agencies, civil society, and the media.

New Executive Committee members from around the world
FIDIC continued to be well supported from within the industry
through skilled practitioners who volunteered to serve on the
Executive Committee for a period of four or more years. The 2009
General Assembly Meeting saw the election of new members fromJapan, Jordan and Korea (see insert).
Planning started for a very special centenary conference
To mark its centenary in 2013 FIDIC has planned a very special
version of its annual conference. Barcelona was confirmed by the
FIDIC 2009 General Assembly Meeting in London as the venue for
the FIDIC 2013 Centenary Conference (Palais de Congressos,
Barcelona; 16-18 September), with logistics outsourced to a
specialist event manager. An international committee, chaired by
Geoff French, FIDIC Vice-President, and supported by Tecniberia,
FIDIC’s Member Association for Spain, has been established todevelop the programme. FIDIC Member Associations as well asaffiliated organisations, industries and partner groups are being
invited to become involved. Volker Cornelius, CSZ, Germany, andWilliam Howard, CDM, USA, have agreed to co-chair theinternational programme committee.
The conference’s main focus will be on ways to respond to thechallenges the consulting engineering industry should expect in
the coming decade. The aim will be to re-position FIDIC within theindustry, and to make it more inclusive through greater
engagement with strategic partners, notably organisations from2009-2010

Enhanced representation for Europe
FIDIC President, Gregs Thomopulos, and the President of theEuropean Federation of Engineering Consultancy Associations(EFCA), Panos Panagopoulos, signed a new comprehensive
FIDIC-EFCA agreement at the EFCA 2010 General Assembly
Meeting in Rome. The agreement aimed to ensure consistency ofpolicies, and will provide mechanisms for closer cooperation andrepresentation of FIDIC in Europe by EFCA. Meanwhile a series ofjoint FIDIC-EFCA initiatives got underway, notably industry surveys
and collaboration between committees for sustainable
development in areas such as urban- and project-level indicators,
climate change and innovation risk.
Another strong focus will be European Union (EU) procurement
legislation and guidelines which impacted heavily not only on
member states, but also on EU-funded projects. Experience
gained by FIDIC on best practices in procurement were seen as
beneficial to discussions with officials on EU procurement policies
and procedures. Additional support was also envisaged for theuse of FIDIC contracts in EU projects, notably initiatives to redressthat poor implementation of industry best practice in the area ofdispute resolution.
ASPAC leadership changes
Dennis Sheehan, OPUS International, Australia, took over as Chairof ASPAC, the Asia-Pacific group of FIDIC Member Associations,from Aki Hirotani, Oriental Consultants, Japan, who was elected to
the FIDIC Executive Committee at the FIDIC 2009 General
Assembly Meeting. During the past 12 months ASPAC had
successfully coordinated information on capacity development
events in the region, established a young professionals forum,
created an effective environment for communication among
members, and presented the region’s concerns to multilateralorganisations, notably the Asian Development Bank, and toregional political groupings. An ASPAC Task Force similar to that

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which developed an action plan for GAMA, the Group of African
Member Associations, was considered in order to respond to
ASPAC’s main challenge, namely the wide diversity of countries
which make up the Asia-Pacific region. This diversity made itdifficult to establish a common agenda and a range of activities
that met the needs of all of the region’s Member Associations. A
heavy demand throughout Asia for FIDIC training reflected therapidly expanding involvement of members in infrastructure
projects, especially where international funding was involved, and
FIDIC contracts often were the preferred conditions under which
to manage such projects.
Africa regional conference addressed investment
With as backdrop a 2008 World Bank estimate that sub-SaharanAfrica needed USD 75 billion annually in infrastructure investment
to meet demand, which was increased to USD 93 billion in 2009,
the Right Honourable Raila Odinga, Kenya’s Prime Minister, andalso an engineer, opened the FIDIC GAMA-Africa 2010 Regional
Conference in Mombasa, to lend weight to the critical role playedby engineers in developing appropriate strategies for thisinvestment. Interviewed after the opening, the Prime Minister
noted that “most African consultants cannot get involved in WorldBank projects because of conditionalities. I will petition the African
Union to push for the review of African Development Bank
policies.” In her presentation, the GAMA Chair, Mayen Adetiba
from Nigeria, echoed the Prime Minister’s remarks in noting that alarge percentage of infrastructure projects were being undertaken
by foreign firms because local companies tended to be sidelined
in bank-financed projects. This issue will receive further attention
at the FIDIC 2011 Tunis Conference.
Other speakers at the conference, which attracted 120
participants from 15 African countries under the theme The
engineer as strategic partner, mainly addressed the need forengineers to become more involved in political debate and policy
development. The message was reinforced by presentations by
FIDIC President, Gregs Thomopulos and by Enrico Vink, FIDICManaging Director, who noted the importance of infrastructure,
the unprecedented recent stimulus packages, and the need forfinancial support and expertise to augment limited national
resources in Africa. FIDIC presented a capacity building strategy
that aimed to build upon the FIDIC International Training
Programme by combining international expertise with local
resources. Several development banks highlighted newopportunities for public/private investment at a special business
opportunities workshop Financing Africa’s infrastructure
tomorrow, where many such initiatives were coordinated throughthe Infrastructure Consortium for Africa.
South America’s expanding interest in global markets
The FIDIC Executive Committee held its May 2010 meeting in
Mexico to reinforce support and commitment not only to CNECMexico, the Member Association, on the occasion of its 25th
anniversary, but also to underpin strategic interest in Central andSouth America. Also present were representatives from FEPAC,
the federation representing consulting engineering interests inSouth America. Closer collaboration was discussed in detail, in
addition to the growing opportunities in South America. FIDIC has

been working hard to encourage countries in the region to re-join
FIDIC, thereby strengthening industry representation. Meanwhile,
FIDIC had successfully met a part of the growing demand forcontracts training, where FIDIC contracts in Spanish andPortuguese were proving popular.
Gulf region’s FIDIC activities expand
Through a combination of various training courses and official
visits to the Gulf states, FIDIC raised considerably its profile in theregion. The availability of new trainers and Arabic translations of
key FIDIC documents also facilitated expansion. Discussions were
held with organisations representing engineers in Qatar, Oman andthe UAE with regard to industry representation and ways to meetthe growing interest in FIDIC membership.
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FIDIC 2009 London Conference highlighted climate change
FIDIC’s 2009 conference in London, which was opened by HRH
Princess Anne, called on the world’s leaders to reach a politicalagreement at the United Nations 2009 Climate Change
Conference in Copenhagen, reminding them that consulting
engineers were essential in finding and implementing solutions toagreements that were reached. A consensus stressing theimportance of a successful outcome to the negotiations was theleading proposal to emerge from the conference, with participants
urging FIDIC, Member Associations and consulting firms tobecome more involved in global issues, to raise their voices, andto find better ways to deliver sustainable solutions. FIDIC
subsequently wrote to Ban Ki-moon, the UN Secretary-General,
requesting an invitation to give evidence at the summit, stating that
it was “vital that agreement is reached not simply on carbon
emission targets but on meaningful action to mitigate and adapt toclimate change.” This action was reinforced through personal
letters to many of the world’s political leaders sent by Member
Associations that echoed the statement and call for action.
The FIDIC conference concluded that all sectors of
infrastructure needed to be targeted, notably the transport,
buildings (both residential and industrial), energy, waste, water,
and waste water sectors. The FIDIC response came in conjunction
with the launch of FIDIC’s first-ever State of the World report thattook a critical look at global infrastructure, and offered anengineering perspective to solutions. The report highlighted
infrastructure deficits, and was used by the industry to reinforce
the need for sustainable investment in infrastructure and theinclusion of engineers at an early stage of investment decisions. In
summing up, John Boyd, Immediate FIDIC Past-President, notedthat “never before in the recent history of mankind was there sucha need for engineers to be heard. The world faces critical issues on
several fronts, and engineers will be expected to find solutions.
The main issue for the industry was to find a better way forengagement with decision makers.”

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Prangey Award for integrity champion
Dr Felipe Ochoa Rosso from Mexico, FIDIC’s long-serving
champion of integrity management and the key contributor to thedevelopment of the FIDIC Integrity Management System (FIMS)
guidelines and GPIMS, its counterpart for government
procurement agencies, received a FIDIC Prangey Award at the
FIDIC 2009 London Conference. This is the consulting engineering
industry’s primary award for valued contributions to the industry
and to FIDIC over many years. Dr Ochoa had been able to obtainsupport from the multidevelopment development banks for thedrafting and publication of guidelines for the FIMS predecessor,
the FIDIC Business Integrity Management System (BIMS), theindustry’s international protocol for managing integrity in firms.
FIMS draws extensively upon the OECD Anti-Bribery
Convention that has been encapsulated in the UN Convention
against Corruption which has global reach and was the only global
road-map in the fight against the systemic corruption. The G20
heads of state and leading business organisations in the fightagainst corruption called upon the UN Convention to set up an
implementation review mechanism at the 2009 Conference ofStates Parties in Doha, at which FIDIC participated, demonstrating
the practical application of FIMS and GPIMS.
Member Association visits
In order to bring FIDIC closer to its Member Associations, theprogramme of official visits was expanded to enable and support
members of the FIDIC Executive Committee to call on members intheir regions, to lend support to local initiatives and to clarify FIDIC
policies and activities. Examples included participation in:- The 150th anniversary of civil engineering in Austria, whereselection of consulting engineers on the basis of quality was a
key focus.
- The 10th anniversary of the Bulgarian association BACEA, atwhich the Deputy Minister of Public Works commented on theimportant role played by consulting engineers in developing thecountry’s infrastructure. Marin Bakalov, BACEA President, also
acknowledged the important part played by FIDIC in helping to
set up the association in 1999, and in assisting the industry todevelop to its current strength of 120 member firms.
- Regional conferences in Poland and Romania, where ongoingchallenges were highlighted for users of FIDIC contracts on
European Union funded projects in Central Europe. Attention
was drawn to the employers’ reluctance to adopt Dispute
Adjudication Boards (DAB’s) that were mandatory for theMultilateral Development Bank Harmonised Edition of the FIDIC
Construction Contract, and the preferred option for all FIDIC
major works contracts. Subsequently, FIDIC and the European
federation EFCA agreed to engage in more robust debate with
the European Commission on both the benefits of using
international best practice and on the changes in legislation,
funding and capacity development that were needed if
international best practice was to be effective.

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A steady stream of new books on FIDIC contracts
FIDIC’s suite of works contracts undoubtedly represented
benchmarks for international best practice, with experts from all
relevant disciples continuing to publish comprehensive guides.
Authors were based in several different countries and many aimed
to share experience of using the contracts in various types of legal
jurisdictions. FIDIC - A Guide for Practitioners (Springer-Verlag;
ISBN 9783642020995) by Sebastian Hök and Axel Jaeger
provided invaluable guidance on how FIDIC standard forms ofcontract, with their origins in common law, should be used in legal
systems based on civil codes. Both authors were FIDIC accredited
trainers, with Dr Hök having a legal background and Axel Jaeger
an engineering background (he was a member of FIDIC Contracts
Committee for many years and stepped down in 2009 as thecommittee chair). The FIDIC Contracts - Law and Practice (Informa
Law; ISBN: 9781843116288) by Ben Mellors, Ellis Baker, Anthony
Lavers, and Scott Chalmers provided an excellent blend of legal
practitioner and academic opinion by highlighting controversial
issues and outlining the main schools of thought. Practical Guide
to Engineering and Construction Contracts (CCH Australia; ISBN:
9781921593529) by Philip Loots and Donald Charrett offered aconcise, practical guide to the law relating to construction
contracts in Australia that illustrated many best-practice principles
that have been taken up in the FIDIC contracts. In each case, theauthors regularly presented FIDIC contracts to international
audiences. A complete list of books relevant to users of FIDIC
contracts was kept in the FIDIC User Forums website.
Multilateral development bank consultant proposals harmonised
FIDIC was consulted by the Multilateral Development Bank (MDB)
Heads of Procurement on a proposal to harmonise a Standard
Request for Proposals (SRFP) “master document” based on theWorld Bank’s Standard Request for Proposals: Selection ofConsultants (May 2004). For the World Bank, the SRFP is
mandatory for contracts costing more than USD 200,000, andborrowers and implementing agencies of bank-financed projects
were encouraged to use the document for contracts costing lessthan this limit. It must be used “whenever possible” in the selectionof consultants, and could be used with the different selection
methods described in the Guidelines - Selection and Employment
of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers.
Updates to the SRFP aimed to facilitate the ability of the MDBs’
borrowers to evaluate proposals and to maximise insurance
coverage. They involved provisions in the Instructions to Consultants
and in the General and Special Conditions of Contract regarding
taxes, limitation of liability, conflict of interest, the composition of joint
ventures, the requirements for personnel, deadlines for confirming
participation, and computational errors in lump-sum contracts.
Contributing to development bank policies
During annual visits to the major development banks in
Washington, Tunis, London, and Manila, FIDIC took theopportunity to appraise officials of key issues affecting the industry,
as well as learn of new or amended policies and procedures being
implemented by the banks. In addition to contributions to ongoing
discussions on the harmonisation of policies and procedures,
discussions also focused on the impact of the financial crisis on
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A special meeting took place between FIDIC and eight of thedevelopment banks in late-2009, in conjunction with the banks’
annual Heads of Procurement meeting. The meeting was greatly
appreciated by both sides given that the last meeting of its type
was the 2007 biennial BIMILACI meeting. The relatively informal
arrangements allowed frank and open discussions of issues
affecting the industry, such as the financial crisis, sustainability,
integrity, and climate change. Input was sought from FIDIC on
proposed harmonisation of policies and procedures covering, forexample, consultant procurement and expedited procedures. In
promoting best practice in procurement, FIDIC continued to define
quality not only in terms of consultant resources and experience,but also in terms of integrity management and the adherence tosustainability principles.
Revised World Bank guidelines
FIDIC was invited in late-2009 to comment on a revised version of
Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants under IBRD
Loans and IDA Credits by Word Bank Borrowers. It was noted
that, although the World Bank still provided details on several
alternatives for the selection method, greater clarity was given for
Quality-Based Selection, along with more precision on several
practical considerations such as tax in the country of operation.
Proposed revisions cover significant policy changes, changes toadjust to best practice, clarifications to avoid misinterpretation,and editorial changes for consistency between procurement andconsultant guidelines. FIDIC coordinated responses from its
committees and consulted colleagues in the European federation
EFCA and in ACEC-USA who, on FIDIC’s behalf, attended
briefings held by the bank in Washington DC.
New version of the harmonised contract released
FIDIC released in June 2010 a new version - the third - of theGeneral Conditions of the Multilateral Development Bank
Harmonised Edition of the FIDIC Construction Contract. This
followed three years of discussions with all the major stakeholders
in the construction industry. The contract is widely acknowledged
as the worldwide standard for development bank financed
construction works designed by the employer, or client. As suchan increasing number of bilateral aid agencies have also taken out
licences to use the conditions for their projects. Particular
Conditions rendering the FIDIC Plant and Design-Build Contract
compatible with the harmonised Construction Contract have also
been released pending a possible development of a fully
harmonised edition.
Business PracticeInternational contracts event programme continues to grow
FIDIC contracts events over the past 12 months included the firstever FIDIC Middle-East Contracts Users Conference (Abu Dhabi;
24-25 February 2010), as part of a programme to expand FIDIC’s
premier contracts conference series (User Conferences were also
held in London in December 2009 and in Hong Kong in June2010). Other international contracts conferences that involved
various forms of FIDIC involvement with international organisations
were the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-FIDIC
conference, the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation conference
and the Dispute Board Federation symposium. Meanwhile, the

FIDIC Contracts Committee
The FIDIC Contracts Committee comprised: Philip Jenkinson,
Atkins, UK (chair); Christoph Theune, Pöyry Environment,
Germany; Zoltan Záhonyi, Consulting Engineer, Hungary.
Christopher Seppala, White and Case, France, served as Legal
Adviser. Special Advisers were Nael Bunni, Bunni and Associates,
Ireland, Axel Jaeger, Consulting Services, Germany (immediate
past-chair), Michael Mortimer-Hawkins, Consulting Engineer,
Denmark, and Christopher Wade, Consulting Engineer, UK, all ofwhom stepped down as members in 2009.

FIDIC International Training Programme (ITP) contracts training
series continued with training seminars in India, Jakarta, Kosovo,Montenegro, Syria, and Libya. There was also a full programme ofcontracts training courses and workshops, with new series started
in South America, Botswana, Copenhagen, Libya, Singapore,
Syria, and Turkey complementing the regular series of events that
now take place in some 15 countries.
The FIDIC programme to accredit trainers continued, withtrainers becoming available to train for ITP events worldwide while
acting as the link to national and regional training programmes.
FIDIC accredited trainers were expected to be associated withaccredited training suppliers capable of organising training events.
Active during the past 12 months were five accredited suppliers forcourses and workshops in English covering the various FIDIC
Contracts Training Manual modules, and new suppliers were
established for other major languages.
FIDIC Construction Subcontract publishedThe need for FIDIC to produce a subcontract for the FIDIC
Construction Contract, for both the standard 1st Edition 1999 (the“1999 Red Book”) and the Multilateral Development Bank (MDB)
Harmonised Edition, arose for a number of reasons, notably the
MDBs’ insistence that subcontracts for EPC projects should berecognised internationally. The FIDIC Contracts Committee’s
Subcontract Task Group (chaired by Nael Bunni, Bunni and
Associates, Ireland, with as members: Richard Appuhun, Civil
Engineer, Italy, Edward Corbett, Corbett & Co., UK; Shiobhan
Fahey, Consulting Engineer, Ireland; Zoltan Záhonyi, Consulting
Engineer, Hungary) expended considerable energy in developing
FIDIC Conditions of Subcontract for Construction, which were
published as a Test Edition in mid-2010.
The first FIDIC subcontract was published in 1994 for use with
the FIDIC Conditions of Contract for Construction for Building andEngineering Works Designed by the Employer, 4th Edition 1992
(the “1987 Red Book”). The new FIDIC Construction Subcontract
was drafted on the same basis as the 1994 form: (a) the
subcontractor assumed the duties and obligations of thecontractor under the main contract; and (b) paid-when-paidconditions have been maintained. The drafters were mindful that
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jurisdictions so guidance notes and sample Particular Conditions
were included to ensure that completed subcontracts compliedwith national law. Meanwhile, the increasing demand for a
subcontract to the FIDIC Plant and Design-Build Contract has
provided additional challenges for the task group.
Adjudicators gain entry to the FIDIC President’s List
Thirteen candidates passed the rigorous entry requirements for
the FIDIC President’s List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators(curriculum vitae and contact details are available atwww.fidic.org/dab). Entry on the list called for pre-assessment forsuitable experience in international dispute resolution and FIDIC
contracts followed by successful completion of a two-day
Adjudicators Assessment Workshop organised by the FIDIC
Assessment Panel for Adjudicators.
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 dispute adjudication
board members. The new listees increased significantly theavailability of skilled adjudicators to help meet the growing demand
for support under FIDIC contracts world-wide.
Ensuring procurement law that reflected best practice
The UNCITRAL Model Law on Procurement of Goods,
Construction and Services, a template for national procurement
legislation, has been under revision since 2004. By providing realworld examples and detailed explanations on how Quality-Based
Selection (QBS) worked in practice, Robert Smith, Wickwire Gavin,
USA, FIDIC’s representative to the UNCITRAL Working Group on
Procurement, has helped ensure that QBS will be accommodated
under the revised Model Law. The remaining challenge was toensure that a revised Guide to Enactment that accompanied theModel Law became more relevant by having separate sections forenactment, use and application of the Model Law at the national
working level, and day-to-day issues. This structure would help
users in not only applying the Model Law but also prepare them tomanage contracts formed pursuant to its requirements, thus
providing an opportunity to reference FIDIC contracts for contracts
formed under the various methods of procurement allowed by the
Model Law. As a result, procurement procedures and structuresthat were not widely used may be deleted or at least relegated tooptions, with proven contract structures and methodologies
compatible with the FIDIC contracts and procurement procedures
taking the forefront, including QBS principles and procedures.
Qualifications-based selection study reports reduced costs
An Analysis of Issues Pertaining to Qualifications-Based Selection,a university study in the USA published in late-2009 by ACECUSA, has demonstrated that Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS)
achieved lower construction costs and better project results. Key
findings showed that while the industry average for construction
cost growth (total cost of change orders as a percentage of the

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FIDIC Assessment Panel for Adjudicators
The Assessment Panel for Adjudicators (APA) comprised: Peter
Chapman, Arbitrator and Adjudicator, UK (chair). Cyril Chern,
Crown Office Chambers, UK, and Toshihiko Omoto, Kyoto
University, Japan, replaced Gordon Jaynes, Arbitrator andAdjudicator, UK, and Igor Leto, Arbitrator and Adjudicator, Italy, inlate-2009, who had both worked with APA since its formation.

FIDIC Business Practice Committee

The Business Practice Committee comprised: Rick Prentice,
Stantec, Canada (chair); Fatma Cölasan, GEN-TES Engineering,
Turkey; S. Chattergee, India; Kaoru Kariya, Tokyo Engineering
Consultants, Japan; Andrew Read, Pedersen Read, New
Zealand; Peter Rauch, SWR, Switzerland. It was responsible fortask groups developing best practice documents covering
Quality-Based Selection, design for safety and scope definition.
final construction cost) was about 10 percent, on QBS projects it
was only 3 percent. The extension of construction schedules was
also lower on QBS projects. Such reports have proved useful to
the FIDIC Business Practice Committee’s (BPC) QBS Task Groupcharged with upgrading the FIDIC QBS guidelines in order toprovide more examples of the benefits of using QBS, as well as tooffer more guidance on the fee negotiation process.
Scope definition and safety in design addressed
A BPC task group began in 2009 to address a supplement to theDefinition of Services Guidelines (Building Construction) focusing
on civil infrastructure. More recently, another committee task
group began work on a best-practice guide addressing the vexed
issue of designing for health and safety. The health and safety of
construction personnel was a topic of concern, with many
countries introducing or strengthening legislation. In some cases,
wide-reaching laws inappropriately made consulting engineers
responsible for the construction process. For instance, accidents
with a “design cause” tended to be blamed on the designer,
whether or not it was reasonable to do so, thus upsetting thedelicate balance between duty of care and exposure to
unreasonable or inequitable legal challenges. The FIDIC guide
aimed to define the appropriate roles and responsibilities in relation
to safety of all the key participants involved in design andconstruction. Given that the primary responsibility for construction
safety should lie with the parties who were best able to control it,
usually the contractor, the guide will also define the roles andresponsibilities, in relation to construction safety, that wereappropriately carried by consulting engineers. Finally, it will provide
guidance to FIDIC members involved in advising legislators as tothe appropriateness of construction safety legislation.
Reinforcing risk management practice
The Risk and Liability Committee, having produced Risk
Management - A Short Guide in 2009, turned its attention to theglobal issue of unlimited liability. In revising the existing FIDIC
policy, the committee spelt out the potential risks of agreeing tounlimited liability in consulting engagements, thus reinforcing
principles adopted in the FIDIC Client/Consultant Model Services
Agreement that defined ways to limit liability in providing
professional services. Reviews of liability and insurance issues in
FIDIC guides were planned.

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Record participation in management training programme
The FIDIC 2010 Young Professionals Management Training(YPMTP) started in early-February 2010 with a record number ofparticipants (52 from 14 countries). It comprised the usual online
sessions, feedback and discussion on the eFIDIC training platform
for six months followed by working sessions immediately before
the FIDIC 2010 New Delhi Conference, with a final reportpresented at the conference’s Future Leaders Workshop. To
provide future managers with a better understanding of how
consulting engineering firms operate, the 2010 programme wasrestructured so that FIDIC Guide to Practice training modules
formed the core of the training upon which case studies were built.
In addition, the Young Professionals Programme at the FIDIC
2009 London Conference was well subscribed, with some 80
young professionals from 35 countries participating in workshops,
social events and a technical tour of London’s Olympic site. In
distributing certificates to the 2009 YPMTP trainees among theyoung professionals, John Boyd, FIDIC President, noted that
despite the economic challenges, the world faced a shortage ofgood engineers, with today’s future leaders needing to take on thechallenges of tomorrow.
Pilot certification scheme to be launched
FIDIC signed an agreement in 2006 to extend the FIDIC/CNAECChina training programme to include a pilot programme to assessa “FIDIC Engineer” based on the completion of a formal
curriculum, the recording of course attendance and assessment
by examination. Training would be based on modules of the FIDIC
contracts and business practice training manuals with the aim tostrengthen best practice. Shortly after, the Chinese government
indicated that it would first review the various certification schemes
being offered. CNEAC reported in early-2010 that the StateCouncil had approved the FIDIC programme as the only
certification system to be built upon the existing state certificationof consulting engineers. FIDIC has been working with CNAEC to
update documents that cover the scheme’s regulation andoperation, and the FIDIC President and General Manager havereached agreement with CNAEC on the terms of the FIDIC
Engineer Certification which will be submitted to the Executive
Committee for review and approval. A key component is theaccreditation of trainers. For this, events such as the FIDIC AsiaPacific Contracts Users Conference which was held in Beijing in
June 2010 will be invaluable as they help expose potential trainers
and applicants to FIDIC contracts and procurement best practice.
FIDIC Guide to Practice
The FIDIC Guide to Practice Training Manual and its companion for
FIDIC contracts lie at the core of the training modules delivered by
the FIDIC International Training Programme as courses,
workshops and seminars. There is also increased interest in thesemodules as the basis for national training and certification
programmes in countries such as China, India, Jordan, and Korea
as consulting engineers seek to broaden their understanding of
the fundamentals of how to run a good business practice. The
FIDIC Capacity Building Committee has, as one its responsibilities,
the review and updating of the various modules. FIDIC aimed to9andSustainability

FIDIC Risk and Liability Committee

The Risk and Liability Committee comprised: Kevin Corbett,
AECOM, UK (chair); Stephen Bamforth, Griffiths & Armour, UK;
Nicola Grayson, Consult Australia; Toshio Kurashige, Nihon
Suido, Japan; Martin Hohberg, IUB, Switzerland; Steve Jenkins,
Connell Wagner, New Zealand; Quinten Koen, CESA, South
Africa; Udesh Kohli, Engineering Council of India; Adam
Thornton, Dunning Thornton, New Zealand.

FIDIC Capacity Development Committee

The Capacity Development Committee comprised: Henning
Therkelson, COWI, Denmark (chair); Javad Haddad, FDA
Consultants, Iran; Richard Kell, Cardno, Australia; Graham Pirie,
CESA, South Africa; Andreas Rév, Eurout, Hungary; John
Ritchie, Kellogg, Australia; Hajime Sakurai, Nihon Suido, Japan.
provide base training modules comprising presentation slides,
notes and case studies to accredited training suppliers for use
under licence in FIDIC accredited training events.
Quality and Sustainability
Quality-Based Selection revisited
The FIDIC Quality Committee, chaired by Walter Painsi, Painsi andPartner, Austria, and currently under formation, was charged not
only with coordinating FIDIC’s interaction with the International
Standards Organization (ISO) committees responsible for updating
quality management standards but also with monitoring the new
ISO 26000 Social Responsibility standard. ISO released in
September 2009 a draft ISO 26000 guidance on social
responsibility which will be moved forward as a Final Draft
International Standard (FDIS), the final stage prior to its publication
as an international standard. Some 2650 comments to the guidewere incorporated into a revised document to be circulated as the
FDIS for ballotting. If approved, the ISO 26000 standard could be
published in late-2010. ISO 26000, by drawing on “best practicedeveloped by existing public and private sector initiatives”, will
provide “harmonised, globally relevant guidance based oninternational consensus” that aimed to “encourage theimplementation of social responsibility”. The draft guide included auseful table of examples of cross-sectoral initiatives but was not aconventional standard that articulated a management system.
Instead, approaches such as at the FIDIC Integrity Management
System provideed implementation standards.
Climate Change Task Force to map out industry strategies
Following the limited success of the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change COP15 summit in December 2009, theconsensus was that the best choice for industry sectors would be
to continue with the bottom-up approach. They should act
independently to cut emissions and to adapt to the impact ofclimate change while the UN negotiations process was reformed
in order to avoid deadlocks yet allowing democratic decisions to

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be reached in a transparent and inclusive way. The FIDIC Executive
Committee agreed to a proposal by the Sustainable Development
Committee to establish a Climate Change Task Force chaired byJohn Boyd, the immediate FIDIC Past-President, to help provide
FIDIC Member Associations with guidance and information on
how to assist governments develop and implement strategies
aimed at reducing carbon emissions. A FIDIC 2010 New Delhi
Conference session has been planned to discuss an overall
strategy for the consulting industry

FIDIC Sustainable Development Committee

The Sustainable Development comprised: William Wallace,
Wallace Futures, USA (chair); Maisa Al Bataineh, Jordan;
Jeremy Boswell, Thurber, Canada; Dr John Boyd, Golder
Associates, Canada; Maxime Mazloum, SYNTEC-Ingénierie,France; Ernst Schlaeppi, CSD, Switzerland; Arthur Taute, Vela
VKE, South Africa; Jacob Lipa, PSOMAS, USA; Dr Iksan van der
Putte, RPS, Netherlands; Sangeeta Wij, ICT-SD, India.
FIDIC Integrity Management Committee

When considering the deadlines of the Kyoto Protocol for
meeting target reductions, even basic facts on major projects
seemed unknown to political decision-makers, such as the factthat a ten-year span from project concept to completion wascommon. Strong arguments needed to be developed forgovernments to act in areas where delays to implementation wereleast likely. More robust data was also required in discussions on
initial project costs versus longer-term benefits, particularly given
the negative scenarios which were presented to COP15. For
instance, the European Union has estimated that the cost of
climate change adaptation and mitigation in developing countries
was Euro 100 billion whereas UN and World Bank studies
estimated that Euro 45 billion was needed each year.
Ethics and Integrity
Integrity management highlights the business case
The Integrity Management Committee has been developing arevised version of the FIDIC Integrity Management System (FIMS)
formerly the Business Integrity Management System (BIMS). It
included the all-important business case for implementing an
integrity management system in a firm by reflecting the experience
gained over the last eight years since BIMS was launched as wellas input from various anti-corruption initiatives that have beenpromoted by several organisations, including the OECD,
Transparency International, the UN Global Compact, and theWorld Economic Forum. FIDIC has been involved in all these
initiatives, providing valuable feedback on the experience andviewpoint of the consulting engineering industry.
In late-2009, FIDIC entered into cooperation agreements withthe contracting industry, led by the Confederation of International
Contractors’ Associations, and with the engineering profession,
led by the World Federation of Engineering Organizations, topromote integrity at all levels, in order to address proper
investment decision making, the transparent funding of
infrastructure, and enhanced quality of outcomes for those inurgent need of good infrastructure.
Cross-debarment reinforces an earlier agreement
Sanctions by multilateral development banks (MDB’s) typically
include reprimand, conditions on future contracting, or publicdebarment. Senior MDB representatives signed an agreement in2009-2010

The Intergity Management Commitee comprised: Dr Jorge Díaz
Padilla, SYSTEC, Mexico (chair); Liu Luobing, Halcrow, China;
Khelane Ndwandwe, Asakheni, South Africa; Richard Stump,
Stanley Consultants, USA; John Ritchie, Kellogg, Australia.
early-2010 to cross-debar firms and individuals found to haveengaged in wrongdoing in MDB-financed projects. The
agreement will allow joint investigations, where relevant, andentities debarred for more than one year by a MDB to be
sanctioned for the same misconduct by other participating MDB’s,closing off what was considered to be a loophole. The agreement
effectively formalised what was already implied under a 2006
agreement that harmonised definitions of sanctionable practices
and enhanced the sharing of investigative information. The hope
was that the mutual recognition of anticorruption efforts among thebanks would lead to greater recognition by the banks of morepositive approaches to stamp out corruption, such as the FIDIC
Integrity Management System.
OECD toolbox to enhance integrity in public procurement
Procurement has received renewed attention in the global
economic crisis since larger financial flows and the use ofaccelerated procedures for government procurement in stimulus
programmes have given rise to additional risks. In 2009, the OECDagreed that practical tools were needed to safeguard integrity inpublic procurement. It subsequently developed a toolbox toprovide practical guidance on how to apply the 2008 OECD
Recommendation of the Council on Enhancing Integrity in Public
Procurement that was made up of short descriptions of public
procurement tools grouped into five categories. In invitedcomments, FIDIC recommended recognition of the fact that the
procurement of intellectual services should be based on different
rules and procedures from those for price-sensitive commodities.
FIDIC also stressed the need to address both the demand andsupply side of corruption, through complementary tools such as the
FIDIC Government Procurement Integrity Management System.
Transparency International
While promoting its FIDIC Integrity Management System (FIMS),FIDIC has been able to participate in and contribute to thedevelopment of other tools for fighting corruption, thereby
enhancing the role of the consulting engineering sector, andensuring that FIDIC best practice was disseminated widely. For
instance, FIDIC was a supporting organisation for the revised
Transparency International Business Principles for Countering
Bribery published in late-2009 which adopted key aspects of FIMS,
namely placing greater emphasis on the public reporting of antibribery systems and the recommendation that firms commission
external verification or assurance of their anti-bribery programme.

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ReportStrategies reviewed
A focus on regional and organisational issues

FIDIC strengthened its brandYes, FIDIC’s business activities also were impacted by the global
economic downturn. However, in spite of difficult economic
conditions, FIDIC achieved a substantial financial surplus in 2009
largely due to internal restructuring and a continuing strong
demand for FIDIC’s documents and training events.

Other decisions taken by the
Executive
Committee
included
initiating legal proceedings in cases of
blatant breaches of copyright byorganisations that illegally preparedand used FIDIC documents, notably
the FIDIC major works contracts. It
was also decided that FIDIC
documents would not necessarily be
printed in a hard-copy form sincethese could not be watermarked with auser’s coordinates to mitigate
reproduction of unauthorised scanned
copies on third-party websites.

There were no staff replacements or additions during the year, given
the uncertainty of the FIDIC Secretariat’s future location pending adecision on how best to integrate activities in Europe with theEuropean federation EFCA. After due diligence was undertaken,
the Executive Committee meeting in February 2010 decided that
the FIDIC Secretariat should remain in Geneva in the short- to
medium term, thereby clearing the way to review staff resources
resulting from increased demands for services, and the General
Manager’s retirement early in 2011. As a result, the FIDIC
Secretariat resources remained relatively stable during the year at
4.5 full-time equivalents.
The issue of representation and FIDIC membership also requiredconsiderable consultation. It has been noted for some time that
there still remained some uncertainty over the true size of theconsulting engineering industry, given the current definitions for theindustry which may be interpreted in different ways. It has also beenrecognised that some members of FIDIC tended to carry a relatively
high financial burden for membership because they often fully
represented their national industries, and had a clearer picture of
the extent of their national industries. This was not always the caseelsewhere. To help start redressing the situation, and following
analysis by the Subscriptions Task Force, the Executive Committee
agreed that the President would write to Member Associations
asking them to report member firm staff numbers (the basis formembership fees) in conformity with revised guidelines that should
clarify the definitions.
The discussion of the relationship with EFCA was extended toinclude FIDIC’s regional groups with approval of Denis Sheehan’snomination as chair of the ASPAC Asia-Pacific group of Member
Associations in the expectation that a plan of action would be
agreed. It was decided that the 2010 ASPAC conference would
take place with the FIDIC 2010 New Delhi Conference.
A one-time grant for two years was approved to help fund asecretariat in South Africa for the GAMA-Africa regional group.
GAMA had recently reviewed its statutes and action plan and was
pursuing a broad range of activities, including organisation of the
FIDIC GAMA-Africa Regional Conference (the 2010 event was heldin Mombasa in March).
Bisher Jardenah, the Executive Committee member from Jordan,
outlined alternative models for a mid-east regional group that wascustomarily defined upon a linguistic basis.

FIDIC published in June 2010
a new version of theMultilateral Development
Bank Harmonised Edition of
the FIDIC Construction
Contract.

The Finance Task Force has been reactivated and charged withexamining FIDIC’s fiscal status and investment strategy. There wasalso preliminary discussion of reorganising FIDIC’s association andcommercial activities in the light of the General Manager’s
retirement. Additional resources to boost FIDIC’s services tomembers and to clients was envisaged. Finally, with a view toorganising a large and comprehensive 100th anniversary centenary
conference in 2013 in Barcelona, potential partner organisations
from industry sectors connected to consulting engineering started
to be approached for support. Members will also be invited tocontribute to acknowledge the valuable contributions made by
consulting engineers to economic development and improvements
to our way of life over the previous 100 years.
As indicated by the FIDIC President in his message on page 2,
commercial activities undertaken by FIDIC have enabled FIDIC to
allocate more resources to adding value to services provided tomembers. In looking ahead, it was clear that more could be done
to offer direct support to Member Associations, as well as to the
products and services offered to their member firms and thefederation’s clients. There existed a fine balance between being
proactive in establishing best practices, and in reacting to issues
which confronted the industry. At a time when the industry has
been down-sizing, it has been difficult to focus on the major issue
which confronted the industry prior to 2008 – the global shortageof skills in the consulting engineering sector. Global organisations
such as FIDIC were obliged to keep abreast not only of current
issues but also of future issues. One thing had become clear in thelast few years – the industry could no longer rely on variable cycles
throughout the world to offset a downturn in one area. The
demands for infrastructure development and maintenance worldwide (including finance) required a new approach to building
business strategies and interfacing within the consulting sector.
FIDIC provided such an interface, and embraced the challenges
ahead. The support of all members has been welcome.
Enrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director

Further coordination with the South American federation FEPAC
was taken up when the Executive Committee met in May 2010 inMexico City on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of CNECMexico. Further developments between FIDIC and FEPAC were
anticipated.

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Associates and Member Associations
Albania – AACE – Rr. L. Gurakuqi, P.
Albsig, 1/9, Tirana• 355 (4) 227 32 40 / 227 32 40• aace@itp.al

Finland – SKOL – Tapiola Central
Tower, FI-02100 Espoo• 358 (20) 595 51 00 / 595 51 11• skolry@skolry.fi• www.skolry.fi

Lithuania – LACC – A. Gostauto 8-312
LT-01108 Vilnius• 370 (5) 231 24 54 / 231 24 54• lacc@takas.lt• www.lacc.It

Australia – ConsultAustralia – GPO Box
56, Sydney NSW 2001
• 61 (2) 99 22 47 11 / 99 27 54 84• info@consultaustralia.com.au• www.consultaustralia.com.au

France – CICF-SYNTEC – Maison del’Ingénierie et du Conseil, rue Léon-Bonnat 3
F-75016 Paris• 33 (1) 44 30 49 60 / 45 24 23 54• contact@syntec-ingenierie.fr• www.syntec-ingenierie.fr

Luxembourg – OAIC – Rue Jean 8Engling L-1466 Luxembourg• 352 (-) 42 24 06 / 42 24 07• oai@oai.lu• www.oai.lu

Austria – ACA – Karlsgasse 9/2
A-1040 Vienna• 43 (5) 505 58 07 / 505 32 11• ftbi@wko.at• www.aca.co.at

Germany – VBI – Budapester Str. 31
D-10787 Berlin,• 49 (30) 26 06 20 / 26 06 21 00• vbi@vbi.de• www.vbi.de

Azerbaijan – ASPI – 54 Bul Bul Ave.
1014 Baku• 994 (12) 495 11 30 / 994 (12) 495 12 47• fs@aspi.az• www.aspi.az
Bahrain – BSE – Box 835, Manama 341• 973 (17) 72 71 00 / 72 98 19• mohandis@batelco.com.bh• www.mohandis.org

Ghana – GAC – Box 16444, KIA Accra• 233 (21) 701 09 59 / 24 73 74• info@ghanaconsultants.org• www.ghanaconsultants.org
Greece – HELLASCO – 2 Macedonon St
GR-115 21 Athens• 30 (210) 645 22 32 / 644 46 85• segm@tee.gr• www.segm.gr

Bangladesh – BACE – House 95A, Rd 4
Block F, Banani, Dhaka 1213
• 880 (2) 226 55 19 / 200 53 21• bace@citechco.net • www.bacenet.org
Belarus – BelACE – ul. Korolya 18
Minsk 220004• 375 (17) 286 19 54 / 286 19 54• info@belaik.org• www.belaik.org

Hungary – AHCEA – Krisztina Krt 99
H-1016 Budapest• 36 (1) 488 20 37 / 375 79 82• tmsz@tmsz.org • www.tmsz.org
Iceland – FRV – Engjateigur 9, Reykjavik 105• 354 (-) 553 42 00 / 553 94 80• frv@frv.is• www.frv.is

Belgium – ORI – rue Colonel Bourg 105
B-1030 Brussels• 32 (2) 706 05 70 / 706 05 79• info@ori.be• www.ori.be

India – CEAI – OCF Plot No. 2, Pocket 9
Sector B, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110 070• 91 (11) 261 396 58 / 265 246 59• ceai.ceai@gmail.com• www.ceaindia.org

Bosnia Herzegowina – ACEBH – Institute
IPSA, BIH, Put zivota bb, Sarajevo 71000• 387 (33) 27 63 26 / 27 63 55• info@uki.ba• www.uki.ba

Indonesia – INKINDO – Jalan Bendungan Hilir
Raya 29, Jakarta 10210• 62 (21) 573 85 77 / 573 34 74• inkindo@inkindo.org • www.inkindo.org

Botswana – ACEB – Box 502354, Gaborone• 267 (-) 319 12 97 / 319 12 97• aceb@botsnet.bw • www.aceb.org.bw
Bulgaria – BACEA – Struma St 2A, 2nd Fl.
BG-1202 Sofia• 359 (2) 983 90 41 / 983 15 99• office@bacea-bg.com• www.bacea-bg.com

Iran – ISCE – Daneshjoo Blvd 26
St. Velenjak, Tehran 19848• 98 (21) 224 062 60 / 224 062 58• fidic@irsce.org• www.irsce.org
Ireland – ACEI – 46 Merrion Sq., Dublin 2• 353 (1) 642 55 88 / 642 55 90• info@acei.ie• www.acei.ie

Canada – ACEC – 130 Albert St
Suite 616, Ottawa K1P 5G4• 1 (613) 236 05 69 / 236 61 93• info@acec.ca• www.acec.ca

Israel – IOCEA – POB 6385, 200 Dizengoff
St., IL-61063 Tel Aviv
• 972 (3) 523 62 89 / 522 30 41• avivit@ioce.org.il• www.iocea.org.il

China – CNAEC – 11/F, Sichuan Mansion
No.1 Fuchengmenwai St., Beijing 100037• 86 (10) 68 33 26 83 / 68 36 48 43• cnaec@cnaec.org.cn• www.cnaec.org.cn

Italy – INARSIND – Viale Pasteur
66 Scala B, Int. 8, I-00144 Rome
• 39 (06) 324 18 34 / 32 50 03 86• info@inarsind.it• www.inarsind.it

China, Hong Kong – ACEHK – 20/F Tung
Wai Commercial Bldg, 109-111 Gloucester
Rd, Wanchai• 852 (-) 25 98 00 23 / 28 77 01 81• acehk@maunsell.aecom.com• www.acehk.org.hk
China, Taipei – CAEC – 28Fl., No. 185
Section 2, Shinhai Rd, Taipei 10637• 886 (2) 27 36 94 24 / 27 36 94 25• caec@caec.org.tw • www.caec.org.tw

Japan – AJCE – 3-16-4 Ueno, Taito-ku
Tokyo 110-0005• 81 (3) 38 39 84 71 / 38 39 84 72• info@ajce.or.jp• www.ajce.or.jp
Jordan – JACEC – POB 930786
Amman 11193• 962 (6) 560 38 80 / 560 38 81• info@aeb-council.org• www.aeb-council.org
Kazakhstan – KACE – CETT
36 Auezova St, Saryarka District
Astana City, 010000• 7 (3217) 221 54 76 • n.akhmetov@t2.kz

Croatia – CACE – c/o Koprojekt
P.O. Box 422, Gunduliceva 23 Hrvatska
HR-10000 Zagreb• 385 (1) 485 41 30 / 485 41 37

Malawi – ACEM – POB 2274, Ulongwe• rdconsult@malawi.net
Malaysia – ACEM – 63-2 & 65-2
Medan Setia 1, Damansara Heights
Kuala Lumpur 50490• 60 (3) 20 95 00 31 / 20 95 34 99• sec@acem.com.my • www.acem.com.my
Mali – OICM – BP E4486, Cité des 300
Logements, Rue 112, Porte 217, Bamako• 223 (2) 21 80 91 / 21 03 36• oicm@afribone.net.ml
Mexico – CNEC – Torre World Trade
Center, Montecito 38, Pido 18, Oficina
35, Col. Napoles Mexico DF 03810• 52 (55) 54 88 05 22 / 54 88 05 27• cnec@cnec.org.mx • www.cnec.org.mx
Morocco – FMCI – 5, rue Idriss Al Akbar
Quartier Hassan, Rabat• 212 (5) 37 70 52 24 / 37 20 03 49• contact@fmci.co.ma • www.fmci.co.ma
Namibia – ACEN – Box 25837, Windhoek• 264 (61) 22 76 72 / 30 54 98• acen@acen.org.na • www.acen.org.na
Nepal – SCAEF – GPO Box 1513
Thapathali, Kathmandu• 977 (1) 424 78 52 / 424 78 52• scaef@wlink.com.np • www.scaef.org.np
Netherlands – NLengineers – Box 30442
NL-2500 GK The Hague• 31 (70) 314 18 68 / 314 18 78• info@nlingenieurs.nl• www.nlengineers.nl
New Zealand – ACENZ – POB 10247
Wellington 6143
• 64 (4) 472 12 02 / 473 38 14• service@acenz.org.nz• www.acenz.org.nz
Nigeria – ACEN – Box 2751, Yaba, Lagos• 234 (1) 774 89 10 / 493 31 40• info@acen.org.ng • www.acen.org.ng
Norway – RIF – Postboks 5491 Majorstuen
N-0305 Oslo
• 47 (22) 85 35 70 / 85 35 71• rif@rif.no• www.rif.no
Pakistan – ACEP – Institution ofEngineers Building, 4th Fl.
Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi 75530• 92 (42) 583 78 24 / 586 20 33• acep@cyber.net.pk
Philippines – CECOPHIL – 9 F Feliza Bldg
V.A. Rufino St, Legaspi Village, Makati City
• 63 (2) 752 42 21 / 810 59 02• secretariat@cecophil.com• www.cecophil.com
Poland – SIDIR – ul. Trebacka 4, lok. 429
IV p., Budynek KIG, PL-00-074 Warsaw• 48 (22) 826 16 72 / 826 56 49• biuro@sidir.pl• www.sidir.pl

Singapore – ACES – No. 04-06, Palmer
House, 70 Palmer Rd, Singapore 079427• 65 (-) 632 426 82 / 632 425 81• acesing@starhub.net.sg• www.aces.org.sg
Slovakia – SACE – Kominárska ul. 4
SK-832 03 Bratislava• 421 (2) 50 23 45 10 / 50 23 45 55• tajomnik@sace.sk • www.sace.sk
Slovenia – NACES – Dimiceva 13
SI-1504 Ljubljana• 386 (1) 589 82 55 / 589 82 00• ivekoslav.korosec@gzs.si
South Africa – CESA – POB 68482
20, Georgian Crescent, Bryanston 2021
• 27 (11) 463 20 22 / 463 73 83• general@cesa.co.za• www.cesa.co.za
Spain – TECNIBERIA – Calle Montalban
3-5°D., E-28014 Madrid• 34 (91) 431 37 60 / 575 54 99• cbueno@tecniberia.es• www.tecniberia.es
Sri Lanka – ACESL – 415, Bauddhaloka
Mawatha, Colombo 7• 94 (11) 266 88 08 / 266 89 59• ts@cecbsl.com• www.acesl.org
Sudan – SEACA – POB 321, Khartoum• 249 (11) 22 25 35 / 22 25 52• saconsult@hotmail.com
Suriname – ORIS – Box 1864, Paramaribo• 59 (7) 47 22 75 / 47 44 08• sunecon@sr.net
Sweden – STD – Box 55 545
SE-102 04 Stockholm• 46 (8) 762 67 00 / 762 67 10• std@std.se• www.std.se
Switzerland – USIC – Aarbergergasse 16-18
CH-3011 Bern
• 41 (31) 970 08 88 / 970 08 82• usic@usic.ch• www.usic.ch
Tanzania – ACET – POB 63, Dar es Salaam• 255 (22) 213 11 37 / 213 11 37• acet@cats-net.com • www.acet.or.tz
Tunisia – ANBEIC – 6, rue 8160 Cité
Olympique, Tunis 1003
• 216 (-) 98 35 99 28 / 71 79 71 28• nabil.chater@yahoo.fr• www.anbeic-congres.org
Turkey – ATCEA – Ahmet Rasim
Sokak 35/2, TR-06550 Çankaya/Ankara• 90 (312) 440 89 70 / 440 89 72• tmmmb@tmmmb.org.tr• www.atcea.org.tr
Uganda – UACE – Box 11750, Kampala• 256 (41) 34 25 36 / 23 28 36• uace@infocom.ug• www.uace.or.ug
UK – ACE – Alliance House
12 Caxton St, London SW1H 0QL• 44 (20) 72 22 65 57 / 72 22 07 50• consult@acenet.co.uk• www.acenet.co.uk
Ukraine – AECU – 6, Academica
Bogomolsta St., UA-Kiev 01024• 38 (095) 613 86 01 / • aecu@rambler.com

Kenya – ACEK – Box 72643, Nairobi• 254 (2) 24 90 85 / 33 54 38• acek@mitsuminet.com• www.acek.co.ke

Portugal – APPC – Av. António
Augusto de Aguiar 126, 7o
P-1050-020 Lisbon• 351 (21) 358 07 85 / 315 04 13• info@www.appconsultores.org.pt• www.appconsultores.org.pt

USA – ACEC – 1015 FIfteenth St, NW
Washington DC 20005• 1 (202) 347 74 74 / 898 00 68• acec@acec.org• www.acec.org

Romania – RACE – Calea Grivitei 136
Corp B, Sector 1, Bucharest 010737• 40 (21) 312 26 99 / 312 26 97• aric@aric.org.ro • www.aric.org.roUzbekistan – UZACE – S. Azimov St
Business Centre, 2nd Fl., Tashkent 100060• 998 (71) 234 65 54 / 234 13 86• info@uzace.org• www.uzace.org

Ecuador – ACCE – Av. República de
El Salvador 890 y Suecia, Edif. Delta
4o Piso, Quito• 593 (2) 246 50 47 / 245 11 71• acce@acce.com.ec • www.acce.com.ec

Korea – KCCE – Eng. Ass. Hall1049-1 Sadangdong, Dongjak-Gu
Seoul 156-090• 82 (2) 3019 32 00 / 30 19 33 00• engineering@kenca.or.kr• www.kenca.org
Kuwait – UKEOCH – POB 13041
Safat 13041, Kuwait• 965 (2) 244 90 72 / 243 59 31• ukeoch@yahoo.com

Russia – RACE – c/o WERES
20, Kulakova St., CIS-123592 Moscow• 7 (495) 514 80 66 / 942 79 18• info@raec-moscow.ru• www.raec-moscow.ru

Vietnam – VECAS – Hai Ba Trung
District, 37 Le Dai Hanh St, Hanoi City
• 84 (4) 821 80 93 / 974 01 09• vecas@fpt.vn• www.vecas.org.vn

Egypt – ESCONE – 7, Lebanon St
Mohandesseen, Giza, Cairo• 20 (2) 346 10 62 / 346 10 62• gamal_nassar_cec@yahoo.com

Latvia – LACE – Kr Barona St 99/1a
LV-1012 Riga
• 371 (7) 728 49 03 / 728 49 07• lika@lika.lv• www.lika.lv

Saudi Arabia – SES – Box 85041
Riyadh 11691• 966 (1) 403 14 14 / 403 20 70• info@saudieng.org • www.saudieng.org

Zambia – ACEZ – POB 30866, Lusaka• 260 (1) 228 458• sitalig@zamtel.zm

Estonia – EAACEC – Kalasadama 4
EE-10145 Tallinn• 372 (6) 60 47 95 / 60 47 95• epbl@online.ee• www.epbl.ee

Lebanon– LACE – BP 11-3118, Beirut• 961 (1) 85 01 11 / 82 61 45• president@ordre-ing-bey.org.lb• www.ordre-ing-bey.org.lb

Serbia – ACES – Zahumska 26
Belgrade 11120• 381 (11) 380 88 61• andrea@aces.rs• www.aces.rs

Zimbabwe – ZACE – No. 1 Conquenar
House, 256 Samora Machel Eastlea
Harare• 263 (4) 74 60 10 / 74 60 10• zace@mango.zw

Czech Republic – CACE – Havlickovo
nabrezi 38, CZ-702 00 Ostrava• 45 (-) 41 44 25 64 / 41 44 16 51• cace@cace.cz• www.cace.cz
Denmark – FRI – Postboks 2604
DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø• 45 (-) 35 25 37 37 / 35 25 37 38• fri@frinet.dk• www.frinet.dk

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