Tag: FIDIC
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Taking over – it really matters
One of most the relevant milestones in the life of a wind farm is the taking over. It happens when the contractual requirements for the wind farm are considered fulfilled by the subcontractor, except for smaller items that are noted in a “punch list” and have to be fixed as soon as possible. The requirements…
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The gentle art of EPC wind farms: design responsibility
In the ideal FIDIC world there is little space for the discussion about design responsibility. Either the Employer (FIDIC Red) or the Contractor (FIDIC yellow & silver) is going to do all (or almost all) the design. Unsurprisingly, real life is more complicate than this. You will have an hard time trying to get reasonable…
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FIDIC contracts in EPC Wind Farms
I’ve recently had the pleasure to be exposed recently to the FIDIC contracts structure. Therefore I want to share with you my impression regarding the possibility of using this type of contract in wind farm EPC tenders. The first FIDIC contract was released in the fifties. After half a century, the FIDIC contract family is…