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FIDIC Silver Book: A Companion to the 2017 EPC/Turnkey
Contract
Jakob B. Sørensen. ICE Publishing, London, UK, 2019, ISBN 978-0-7277- contains constructive criticisms of subject matters that the contract has become
6436-2, £60·00, 240 pp. silent on or remains silent about and on changes that were desirable but that
were not made in the updated version. There is a consistent comparative
This easy-to-read companion enables the reader to grasp and contractually analysis of changes to clauses, the associated issues that may arise due to
address the key determinants necessary for critical decision-making in initiating changes and the significance of the same. The companion is very well written,
projects and in selecting or modifying the appropriate standard form of and, as such, the reader may be tempted to study the handbook without ever
contract. Throughout the companion, the author explains common practical opening the actual 2017 EPC/Turnkey Contract.
challenges and suggests pathways to manage and mitigate challenges, with
frequent references to specific clauses that the parties should concern
themselves to amend and incorporate in the special provisions. The companion Dian N. Saunders
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