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October 2006
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Activities
International consulting engineering conference exceeded expectations
The FIDIC 2006 conference organized jointly with the European federation EFCA
hailed as a major success.
Young professionals programme ended on an enthusiastic note
The FIDIC 2006 Young Professionals Management Training Programme ended at
the FIDIC 2006 conference with a visionary Future Leaders Workshop.
EventsForthcoming visits and meetings
The first International FIDIC Contracts Users Conference and an extended
programme of contracts training courses, workshops and seminars feature.

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DBO workshop reviewed close-to-final contract proposals
A 2006 conference workshop reviewed close to final proposals for most of FIDIC's
new contract for design-build-operate projects.
New FIDIC Adjudicators approved
Twelve new candidates have been admitted to the FIDIC President's List of
Approved Dispute Adjudicators.

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Regional groups met in Budapest to plan future activities
The FIDIC ASPAC Asia-Pacific group has elected a new Executive Board and the
GAMA Africa group has finalised implementation of the GAMA Task Force report.
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General Assembly approves Mali and eight new Affiliate Members
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Special meeting planned to elect board for Egypt
FIDIC and ESCONE, the FIDIC Member Association for Egypt, have called a special
Coursemeeting to elect an ESCONE Executive Board.
sponsorBusiness practice
Updated White Book published
FIDIC released a new edition of the Client/Consultant Model Services Agreement
at the FIDIC 2006 conference.
Business development
Several committees undergo significant change
Through restructuring, FIDIC committees continue to be the focal point for thedevelopment of new products and services.
China certification programme agreement signed
FIDIC and its partners in the Tsinghua Training Centre, Beijing, have signed anagreement to extend the centre's activities to cover certification.

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Ethics
FIDIC BIMS well received in Vietnam and Malaysia
FIDIC Seminars organized by VECAS-Vietnam and ACEM-Malaysia have led torequests for more in-depth training.
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Collaboration on anticorruption envisaged
FIDIC met with contractor organizations to plan sector-wide anticorruption
initiatives.
Notices to Member Associations
MA Notices: October 2006
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Activities
International consulting engineering conference exceeded expectations[full item: 86Ac]

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ORDER NOWWith over 600 participants from 64 countries, the firstever International Consulting Engineering Conference
that was organized in Budapest on 24 -27 September
2006 by FIDIC and the European Federation ofEngineering Consultancy Associations, EFCA, was hailed
as a major success, with both well rounded content andexcellent networking opportunities. Hungary's AHCEA, the host association, wasable to demonstrate the best of Hungarian hospitality, and a wealth of history, insetting the scene for the conference and its focus on the industry's crossroads.
Yann Leblais, EFCA President, is seen on the right of the photo, next to Jorge Diaz White 4
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Padilla, FIDIC President. They are enjoying a moment during the plenary session
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where John Gamble, on the left, Adam Thornton (partially hidden), and Bayo
Adeola reported on their workshops.
A full house at the opening ceremony and packed workshops demonstrated theenthusiasm with which participants tackled topical business issues andcontributed to the positive feedback. The high level of participation and the list ofactions will help keep the consulting engineering industry on track to an exciting
future as providers of value added services, and as trusted advisors to society.
Keynote speakers from Europe, China and India, in reviewing the industry's key
issues, gave perspectives for the future (see www.consulting2006.org).
Reflecting the importance and impact of liability and insurance, two workshops
addressed different aspects of risk management and client awareness. The abilityof consulting engineers to continue to offer innovation and high quality is under
threat from unrealistic expectations on liability and by a lack of adequate
insurance. Quality is also high on the agenda of both FIDIC and EFCA, so there
was much interest in the quality in procurement workshop, with its analysis ofboth evaluation criteria and features of project delivery that ensure quality.
Summarises of all the workshops are available at at www.consulting2006.org.

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Several Member Associations have indicated that they will be organizing
workshops in their own countries in order to share with member firms thevaluable information gained from the keynote speakers, as well as the market
indicators and new tools discussed in workshops and seminars.
Young professionals programme ended on an enthusiastic note
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Thirty enthusiastic young managers from 26
countries ended the FIDIC 2006 Young
Professionals Management Training Programmewith a Young Leaders Workshop at theInternational Consulting Engineering Conference(Budapest; 24 -27 September - see photo). The
young professionals shared with a receptive audience their vision for the future(see presentation in PDF) that sees limited resources and ever more demanding
clients. Sarah Senyonda from Uganda, the first FIDIC Past-Presidents Young
Leader scholarship winner, praised the programme's tremendous learning
opportunity and its valuable links to many countries. An increasing number ofMember Associations and their member firms are encouraging and supporting
future leaders, who think globally and act locally. Registration for the 2007
programme - limited to two teams of 15 participants each - is now open (fulldetails at FIDIC.org/ypmtp).
EventsForthcoming visits and meetings [full item: 32Ev]
FIDIC-ECV Dispute Resolution Course, Kingston, Jamaica, 6-7 Nov 06
10th Gulf Engineering Forum, Al-Khobar, 11-13 Nov 06
Cornerstone Dispute Resolution Workshop, Dubai, 14-15 Nov 06
FIDIC-ASINCE-T/A Contracts Seminar, Madrid, 15-16 Nov 06 (Spanish)
FIDIC-EIC Procurement Seminar, CEI Summit, Tirana, 23 Nov 06
CICA-IFI Meeting, Dubai, 26-28 Nov 06
FIDIC-ECV Dispute Resolution Course, Bucharest, 27-28 Nov 06
FIDIC-ESCONE Board Election, Cairo, 29 Nov 06
FIDIC-ACEI Contracts Seminar, India, 29-30 Nov 06
FIDIC-ACEM BIMS Seminar, Kuala Lumpur, 11-12 Dec 06
FIDIC Contracts International Users Conference, London, 11-12 Dec 06

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Contracts
DBO workshop reviewed close-to-final contract proposals [full item: 62Co]

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Operate (DBO) projects was one of the highlights of the 2006 International
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Consulting Engineering Conference that was organized jointly by FIDIC and theEuropean Federation EFCA in Budapest on 24-27 September. The new DBO
conditions of contract are in draft form, with all the main clauses except for the
dispute resolution clauses largely completed. The latter will be addressed by the
FIDIC Contracts Committee, based on of comments received since the publicationof the 1999 suite of works contracts and the subsequent publication of theMultilateral Development Bank Harmonised Edition of the Construction Contract.
The workshop aimed to seek comments on close to final proposals for several
innovative concepts (the summary presentation by Michael Mortimer-Hawkins, the White 4
Infoworkshop and DBO Task Group chair, is available at www.consulting2006.org).
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The next steps in the drafting of this long-awaited document is a task group
review followed by a detailed presentation at the first ever FIDIC International
Contracts Users Conference (London, 11-12 December 2006) that is beingorganized by FIDIC in association with its main training providers, ECV andCornerstone Seminars.
New FIDIC Adjudicators approved [full item: 63Co]

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General Assembly Meeting held in conjunction with 2006 International Consulting
Engineering Conference (Budapest; 24-27 September) its approval of 12 new
candidates based in Australia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean for admission to
the FIDIC President's List of Approved Dispute Adjudicators. Reflecting theincreased use of FIDIC contracts worldwide, and the wider acceptance of thevalue of Dispute Adjudication Boards (DAB), the strengthened pool of FIDICMDB Contract
Adjudicators will offer clients and contractors a broader range of options and a
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greater resource upon which to draw for DAB appointments. The approvals
followed successful admission to, and completion of, a two-day FIDIC Adjudicators
Assessment Workshop that was organized by the FIDIC Assessment Panel for
Adjudicators. Full contact details and curriculum vitae of all 30 FIDIC Adjudicators
are available at FIDIC.org/dab. Potential new applicants are invited to indicate to
the FIDIC Secretariat that they are interested in applying for the next assessment
workshop.
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Regional groups met in Budapest to plan future activities [full item: 49Re]
Following very successful regional networking seminars
Courseand board meetings that took place during the 2006
sponsorInternational Consulting Engineering Conference(Budapest; 24-27 September), Kok King Min, the chairof the Executive Committee of the ASPCA Asia-Pacificgroup of FIDIC Member Associations, has informed the
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FIDIC Executive Committee of a new ASPAC executive
comprising Aki Hirotani, Japan (chair), Adam Thornton, New Zealand, K.K. Kapilla, London
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India, Karamat Chaudry, Pakistan, Salvador Castro, Philippines, and Yap Kok
Ming, Singapore. Lailum Ekram, Bangladesh, remains as an adviser to the chair
and Subhash Mehrotra, India, remains as the FIDIC Executive Committee
Responsible. ASPAC has also agreed to cooperate with the regional technicalprogramme TCDPAP in the organization of the 2007 FIDIC ASPAC-TCDPAP
Regional Conference (Lahore, Pakistan; 20-22 March). ASPAC presentations to
the Presidents and General Assembly Meetings in Budapest are available at
FIDIC.org/aspac.
Patrick Batumbya, Uganda (shown in the photo speaking at 2006 International
Consulting Engineering Conference, Budapest), remains the chair of the FIDIC
GAMA Group of Africa Member Associations, which has agreed that the FIDIC
GAMA 2007 Africa Regional Conference and GAMA General Assembly Meeting willtake place on 14-16 May 2007 in Gaborone, Botswana. GAMA's main task will beto implement the recommendations of the final report and action plan of the
GAMA Task Force that were presented in Budapest at the Presidents and Directors
and Secretaries meetings, and at the GAMA Africa Regional Seminar (seeFIDIC.org/gama).

General Assembly approves Mali and eight new Affiliate Members[full item: 48Re]

The FIDIC 2006 General Assembly warmly welcomed the Order of Consulting
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several other potential new members will come forward in the near future. A
FIDIC Seminar will be organized with the association in Bamako, Mali's capital, on
11 March 2007, to which representatives of associations in nearby countries will
be invited. Since 1991, Mali's government has supported a more dynamic private
sector by organizing professional associations to represent business interests.
OICM-Mali has 15 member firms employing some 100 staff.
A significant interest in FIDIC membership has also led to numerous inquiries inrecent months from a range of countries. No less than eight new Affiliate
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The new Affiliates are: R. Appuhn, Italy; P. Dalland, Australia; Formosa
Transnational, China Taipei; P. Loots, Clough, Australia; D. May, Dubai; Kuwait
Ministry of Planning; MACE-Serbia; Mongolian Association of Road Engineers.
Special meeting planned to elect board for Egypt [full item: 47Re]
Egypt's consulting engineering industry with its formidable experience is adominant force in the mid-east. In order to truly reflect the industry's importance,
it is vital that the Egyptian Society of Consulting Engineers (ESCONE), the FIDIC
Member Association, has the capacity and leadership to take on several majortasks. Following discussions with FIDIC, it has been decided that the best
approach is to form an Executive Board that is charged with promoting activitiesaligned with FIDIC's broad objectives in the areas of capacity development,international contracts, representation, ethics and sustainability.

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invited to send representatives, including all ESCONE member firms. Firms arealso being asked to nominate candidates for election to the Board, to join a list of
six candidates that have been proposed by ESCONE. Nominations for election to
the Board and requests to attend the special meeting should be sent to Dr. Gamal
Nassar, Executive Secretary, ESCONE, 7 Lebanon St., Mohandesseen, Giza, Cairo,
Egypt (tel: +20-2-346 10 62; fax: +20-2-346 10 62;
gamal_nassar_cec@yahoo.com).
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Updated White Book published [full item: 70Pr]
Concerted effort by a dedicated team of volunteers and experts
based around a Contracts Committee drafting group led by Ewan
MacGregor has seen a rapid review and drafting of a new edition(the 4th) of the all-important FIDIC Client/Consultant Model
Services Agreement, the "White Book". The revised edition isdesigned to align with the FIDIC 1999 suite of works contracts(the Construction, Plant and Design-Build, and EPC/Turnkey
conditions of contract) and to specify more precisely theParticular Conditions that should be completed.
Other, more specific, changes cover virtually every aspect of theagreement to bring it in line with today's business practice. The changes involve:
the language for communications; financial arrangements; due diligence,
inventories; verification of personnel; indemnity insurance; obligation to insure;termination; payment of fees; changes in legislation; amicable settlement ofdisputes. Finally, a new corruption and fraud clause aligns the agreement with theOECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International
Business Transactions using wording identical to that adopted by FIDIC's Model
Representative Agreement that forms part of the FIDIC services agreements suite(the remaining documents in the suite - the Joint-Venture Agreement and the
Sub-Consultant Agreement - are now being updated). The new edition was
released at the 2006 International Consulting Engineering Conference (Budapest;
24-27 September) and is available in printed and electronic editions from the
FIDIC Bookshop. An updated guide is being prepared.

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Business development
Several committees undergo significant change [full item: 48De]The Executive Committee meeting just before the 2006
International Consulting Engineering Conference (Budapest; 2427 September) agreed to appoint Axel Jaeger (shown in thephoto speaking at the conference) to replace Chris Wade as thechair of the Contracts Committee. Chris, who had asked to step
down in August 2006, was a member of drafting groups that
prepared the 1999 suite of works contracts, and he became thechair in 1999. He has been heavily involved in developing the
Short Form and Dredgers contracts, the new edition of the Client/Consultant
Model Services Agreement and the Multilateral Development Bank harmonised
Construction Contract. He will remain on the committee, which at present
oversees task groups for the new design-build-operate contract, for updating the
sub-consultant and joint venture agreements and the 1994 document Tendering
Procedure, and for a subcontract to the Construction and Plant contracts.
The Executive Committee also accepted Tonny Jensen's request to stand down as
the convenor of the Quality Management Forum, a position he has occupied forseveral years since joining the forum in 1996. Tonny has made selflesscontributions to the industry, notably in Quality Management and Integrity
Management. He led the drafting team that prepared the 2001 editions of Guide
to Quality Management in the consulting engineering industry, A guide to theinterpretation and application of the ISO 9001:2000 Standard for the consulting
engineering industry and Quality management in the consulting engineering
industry training kit. He also helped coordinate the Quality Management activitiesof the International Standards Organization. More recently, he piloted thedevelopment of Integrity Management with partner organizations, notably
Transparency International and the UN Global Compact.
As reported in the FIDIC Review 2005-2006, the Executive Committee decided inearly-2006 to upgrade the Risk Management Forum (RMF) to a full committee the Risk and Liability Committee. Stephen Bamforth, the RMF convenor, has
become a committee member and chair of a task group responsible forcompleting major updates of FIDIC's Risk Management publications. Another task
group (for professional indemnity insurance and liability) will be chaired by Kevin
Corbett and organized jointly with the European Federation of Engineering
Consultancy Associations, EFCA. Finally, John Ritchie has stepped down as thechair of the Capacity Building Committee, but remains a committee member.
China certification programme agreement signed [full item: 49De]
FIDIC signed an agreement in February 2001 withCNAEC-China and Tsinghua University, Beijing, toestablish a training centre that has been actively
training members of the China consulting engineering
industry in various aspects of FIDIC contracts and the
FIDIC Guide to Practice. In an historic next step, thepartners signed an agreement at the 2006 International
Consulting Engineering Conference (Budapest, 24-17
September) to extend the activity to include the elements of a certification
programme based on the recording of course attendance and exam results, thecompletion of a formal curriculum, and procedures to maintain certification. The
photo shows, from the left, Jorge Diaz Padilla, FIDIC President, congratulating
Professor Yang Jiaqing, Tshinghu University, and She Jianming, CNAEC Chairman.
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FIDIC BIMS well received in Vietnam and Malaysia [full item: 27Et]
Both public and private sector interests received enthusiastically Jorge Diaz
Padilla, FIDIC President, and Enrico Vink, FIDIC Managing Director, in July 2006
at FIDIC Seminars arranged in conjunction with the FIDIC Member Associations
VECAS-Vietnam and ACEM-Malaysia. Governments in east and south Asia are
increasingly conscious of the negative impact that corruption has had on
investment opportunities, and are therefore anxious to find ways of effectively
dealing with ingrained systems that encourage corrupt practices. FIDIC's Business
Integrity Management System is seen as offering a practical tool for bothconsulting engineers and clients. Such is the interest that an in-depth BIMS
training seminar will be held on 11-12 December 2006 in Kuala Lumpur, using
FIDIC experts as the main speakers, with senior government officials setting thenational scene and reviewing Malaysia's National Integrity Plan (see website).

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ImageCollaboration on anticorruption envisaged [full item: 32Im]
With increased global concern about corrupt business practices in all its forms,
and the increased pressure on the private sector to continue to take positive
steps, those parts of the sector which are heavily involved in a significant part of
the world's infrastructure are seeking ways to drive forward coordinated andcoherent anticorruption initiatives. An unprecedented meeting took place in
Geneva just before the 2006 International Consulting Engineering Conference(Budapest; 24-27 September) with the Confederation of International
Construction Associations, CICA, representing the world's contracting industries,
and the European International Contractors, EIC. It allowed FIDIC, CICA and EIC
to explore in detail the issues in order to develop a joint plan of action. The plan,
which was endorsed by both the FIDIC Executive Committee and the FIDIC
General Assembly that met before and during the conference, envisages thepresentation of draft guidelines for a Government Procurement Integrity
Management System (GPIMS) to the multilateral development banks. The
guidelines, based on FIDIC's Business Integrity Management System guidelines
for firms and tailored for demand-side integrity management in government
procurement, have been drafted by FIDIC's Integrity Management Committee.
They will be released shortly for comment by both FIDIC Member Associations
and CICA.
Notices to Member Associations
Meetings: see Meetings
Executive Committee, New Dehli, 29-30 Jan 06
MA Letters
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12/06: GAM 2007 Draft Minutes PDF
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