The International Federation of Consulting Engineers, or the FIDIC, will hold its Asia-Pacific Contract User’s Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Singapore on July 5 and 6, 2011. The two-day seminar provides its participants with marathon lectures on FIDIC contracts and construction dispute resolution spearheaded by experts in said fields.
Engr. Salvador P. Castro, PDRCI’s Trustee and accredited mediator and arbitrator, was invited to be one of the panelists for the session on Dispute Adjudication Board (“DAB”) process. The DAB procedure was introduced as FIDIC’s method for primary dispute resolution and has now been made mandatory by the Multilateral Development Banks (“MDB“) for the MDB Harmonised Edition of the FIDIC Construction Contract. During the conference, Engr. Castro will share his knowledge on the procedural developments of DAB, examples and different forms of DAB and the recent trends in the dispute resolution in the construction industry. He will also discuss the perceived barriers to DABs, the issues concerning the use of DAB in various projects, cost savings and other benefits of DAB and the enforcement of DAB decisions in court.
The two-day conference aims to provide a guide for successfully utilizing the FIDIC construction contracts and effectively resolving construction disputes in the Asia Pacific.