FIDIC forms govern a large share of internationally funded roads, water systems, energy plants and buildings in Africa and beyond. They allocate risk carefully, but only to parties that follow the procedures: serve notice in time, submit particulars, respect the Engineer's role and keep records that prove what happened. Parties that treat the document as a filing exercise often lose entitlements that were legitimately theirs.

The Professional Contract Management & Administration (FIDIC) Training Course gives participants a working command of the conditions rather than a clause-by-clause lecture. It begins with the structure of the suite and the roles of Employer, Contractor and Engineer, then follows the project from award to final payment. Participants learn how to manage time, instructions and variations, valuation and payment, and claims for time and money, and how to avoid or resolve disagreement through determinations, the Dispute Avoidance and Adjudication Board and arbitration.

Teaching rests on a fictional road and building project that unfolds across the week, with correspondence, programmes and claim scenarios that participants must respond to within the contractual time limits. They draft notices, assess delay, prepare payment certificates and present a claim. Some experience of construction or procurement is helpful; legal training is not required.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Distinguish the risk allocation and procedures of the FIDIC Red, Yellow and Silver Books.
• Interpret the Contract Data, Particular Conditions and order of precedence of documents.
• Describe the duties of the Employer, Contractor and Engineer, including the Engineer's determinations.
• Manage programme, time for completion, instructions and variations in line with the contract.
• Prepare and assess interim payment applications, certificates and final accounts.
• Draft notices and fully detailed claims for extension of time and additional cost within contract time limits.
• Maintain contemporaneous records that support entitlement.
• Use dispute avoidance, DAAB decisions and arbitration appropriately.

The course is aimed at those who prepare, administer or advise on FIDIC contracts, including:

• Contract managers and contract administrators
• Project and construction managers
• Engineers and Engineer's representatives
• Quantity surveyors and cost consultants
• Procurement and tender officers
• In-house counsel and legal advisers
• Government and donor-funded project implementation unit staff
• Contractor commercial and claims teams

Participants leave the programme with:

• A notice and claim calendar showing time limits across the main FIDIC clauses.
• Draft templates for notices, variation requests and claims.
• A method for assessing delay and quantifying time and cost entitlement.
• A contract correspondence and records checklist.
• A worked interim payment certificate.
• An understanding of when and how to use the DAAB and arbitration.

Learning is practical and tied to one project story. Participants will work through:

• Clause-based briefings that link each provision to real decisions
• A running case file of letters, programmes and site records
• Drafting workshops for notices, claims and payment certificates
• Role play as Contractor, Engineer and Employer
• Discussion of participants' own contracts and dispute experiences

Attendance at all sessions and completion of the drafting exercises earns a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy. FIDIC is cited as the subject of study only, and the certificate carries no FIDIC endorsement.