Public bodies, banks and development partners fund large works contracts across the region, and each expects those contracts to be administered transparently and in line with their terms. When administrators miss a deadline, fail to record an instruction or certify payment without support, the result is usually a claim, a delay and sometimes a dispute that consumes years. Strong governance is therefore as important as technical skill.

This advanced programme examines the way FIDIC conditions allocate risk, define responsibilities and set procedural requirements. Participants study the clauses that matter most in practice, and practise the habits that keep a contract healthy: early warning, contemporaneous records, structured correspondence and timely determinations. Governance topics link the contract to organisational delegations of authority, approvals, internal controls and the prevention of fraud and conflicts of interest.

The learning approach relies on a running case project. Participants review extracts from a sample contract, draft notices and responses, evaluate delay and cost claims, and role-play negotiation and board hearings. The week ends with a compliance review in which each participant assesses a contract file against a checklist developed during the sessions.

Participants will be able to:

• Interpret the structure, definitions and order of precedence in FIDIC conditions of contract.
• Distinguish the duties of the employer, engineer and contractor and apply notice and time bar requirements.
• Process variations, instructions and valuations in line with contract mechanisms.
• Evaluate extension of time and cost claims using records and programme evidence.
• Certify interim and final payments and manage retention, securities and insurance.
• Apply dispute avoidance tools, including early warning, dispute board referral and amicable settlement.
• Establish governance and compliance controls over contract files, approvals and ethics.

The programme is aimed at professionals who administer, supervise or audit construction and engineering contracts, including:

• Contract managers and contract administrators
• Project managers and resident engineers
• Quantity surveyors and cost consultants
• Employer representatives in ministries, counties and state corporations
• Procurement and legal officers handling works contracts
• Contractors' commercial and claims managers
• Internal and external auditors of capital projects
• Project officers at development partners and financiers

Participants leave with:

• A contract notice register showing time bars and responsible parties.
• Model wording for notices, instructions and determinations.
• A structured method for assessing extension of time and cost claims.
• A payment certification checklist that supports audit.
• A dispute avoidance protocol for site and head office teams.
• A governance and compliance review sheet for contract files.

The training is case-led and procedural. Delivery includes:

• Clause-by-clause walk-throughs of sample FIDIC conditions
• A running case project from award to final account
• Drafting clinics for notices, determinations and claim responses
• Role plays of claim negotiation and dispute board hearings
• Group review of a contract file against a compliance checklist

A CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion from Vision Reach Global Consultancy is awarded to participants who attend the full programme and complete the drafting and case exercises. It is not a FIDIC-issued qualification.