Particular Conditions: Pricing the Deviations
Half a day on what to do when the Employer hands you a heavily amended FIDIC or NEC contract, before you sign.
About the course
Most contract risk on UAE/GCC projects sits in the Particular Conditions, not the standard form. This half-day session is a practical walkthrough of how to read a marked-up FIDIC or NEC contract, identify the commercial deviations that matter, and price (or negotiate) them at tender.
Who it’s for
- ◆Bid managers and senior estimators on EPC / D&B / civils bids
- ◆Commercial directors signing off on tender returns
- ◆In-house counsel reviewing Employer amendments
What attendees can do afterwards
Outcomes.
- 01 Read a marked-up FIDIC or NEC contract systematically
- 02 Identify the commercial deviations that need pricing vs the cosmetic ones
- 03 Build a Particular Conditions deviations log with priced impact
- 04 Decide what to challenge, what to price, and what to walk away from
Agenda
What the course covers.
Modules below cover the full content; shorter formats cover a subset agreed at scoping. Live drafting workshops and case-study sessions are included on the longer formats.
Module 1: How to read a Particular Conditions document
- ·Working with redlines, marked-ups, and bespoke schedules
- ·The "two-document" reading method
- ·What an Employer is trying to achieve with their amendments
Module 2: The deviations that matter
- ·Time bars and notice regime modifications
- ·Variation and change control amendments
- ·Risk transfer: site conditions, design responsibility, force majeure
- ·Payment terms and security
- ·Dispute resolution
Module 3: Pricing and tender strategy
- ·Building the Particular Conditions deviations log
- ·Quantifying contingent risk
- ·When to clarify, when to price, when to walk
- ·Negotiation tactics with Employer's counsel
Format
How it’s delivered.
- Half-day briefingapprox 3.5 hours
- Full-day with live tender reviewapprox 7 hours, working through a redacted real tender
Take-aways
What attendees leave with.
- ◆ Attendee workbook (PDF). 12-25 pages covering every module, with exercises, model answers, key clause references, glossary, and a CPD record page.
- ◆Particular Conditions deviations log template
- ◆Tender review checklist
- ◆CPD certificate
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Other training courses.
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