Howard Kennedy’s International Construction team are getting together with Cornerstone Seminars to put on a series of 8 weekly online seminars. Starting on Thursday 18 September 2025, this course will cover:

• The fair and neutral engineer

• Design responsibilities

• Delay claims

• Claim for money

• FIDIC 1999 and 2017/2022

Speakers will include Victoria Tyson, Jo Clarke, Gabriel Mulero Clas, James Reader and Edward Corbett. Each 90-minute session will include a talk, an interactive workshop and lots of time for Q&A and discussion.

Course content:

1. Introduction to FIDIC contracts – 18 September 2025.

• FIDIC’s Rainbow
• Particular Conditions
• Golden Principles

2. Role of Engineer and other parties – 25 September 2025.

• Engineer as designer and administrator
• Agent or independent?
• Principle functions of Engineer and Employer

3. Design risk under Red Yellow and Silver – 2 October 2025.

• Traditional v Design-build
• Fitness for purpose
• Yellow and Silver books risk allocation

4. Time programme and delay – 9 October 2025.

• Time for Completion
• Time at large
• The risk of delay
• Delay damages

5. Delay problem areas– 16 October 2025.

• Acceleration
• Concurrency
• Critical path delay analysis

6. Claims for money – 23 October 2025.

• Ground conditions
• Geological Baseline Reports
• Prolongation costs

7. Other claims for money – 30 October 2025.

• Variations
• Force Majeure and change of law
• Disruption

8. Dispute avoidance and resolution – 6 November 2025.

• DAB and DAAB
• Decisions and enforcement
• Arbitration awards

Each session will start 10.00 CET (09.00 UK)

Each session will last 90 mins and comprise a talk, a workshop problem and plenty of time for Q&A and discussion.

Every delegate will get a certificate of attendance to show that they completed the course or which components they attended.

Edward Corbett

Edward Corbett is acknowledged as one of the world’s most experienced international construction lawyers with an unsurpassed reputation as a FIDIC expert.

Victoria Tyson

Victoria Tyson is an award-winning contentious construction lawyer with over 25 years’ experience in large, complex international construction and engineering disputes. She has particular expertise in the FIDIC forms of construction contract and international arbitration.

Joanne Clarke

Jo Clarke is a solicitor advocate who focuses on international construction and engineering disputes. She has particular expertise in complex international arbitration and FIDIC contracts.

Gabriel Mulero Clas

Gabriel is an international construction lawyer with over 11 years’ experience in large multi-million-pound disputes and arbitrations worldwide as an advisor, representative and advocate. He is bilingual in Spanish and English.

James Reader

James Reader is a solicitor with more than 20 years of experience in dispute resolution. He has acted as counsel in a number of international arbitration proceedings under the ICC and SIAC rules.

To learn more, head to our dedicated FIDIC Seminars page or access Cornerstones Seminars’ website here.