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Brief 08 • FIDIC • 12 min watch • Coming soon

The Engineer's Determination: Reading Between the Lines

Sub-Clause 3.7 in practice. How to read a determination, when to issue a Notice of Dissatisfaction, and what an arbitrator will actually look at.

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Twelve minutes on the determination machinery. The Engineer's neutrality fiction, the 42-day window, the documentation trail that decides outcomes, and the strategic decision of whether to challenge.

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