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FIDIC 1999 Red and Yellow Book · FIDIC 2017 · heavily amended forms

EOT claim software that reads your FIDIC contract the way the Engineer will.

Sub-Clause 20.1 (1999) and Clause 20.2 (2017) notice windows counted from the awareness date, every Particular Condition diffed against the standard form, and a clause-cited claim draft your expert signs.

28 days
Standard notice window from awareness under FIDIC 1999 Sub-Clause 20.1 and FIDIC 2017 Clause 20.2, before Particular Conditions vary it
42 / 84
Days for the fully detailed claim: 42 under FIDIC 1999, 84 under FIDIC 2017
[2026] UKPC 2
Privy Council decision confirming Sub-Clause 20.1 is a condition precedent
WHY FIDIC IS DIFFERENT

The claim is lost at the notice stage far more often than at the merits stage

FIDIC's claims machinery is procedural first. The Privy Council reaffirmed in January 2026 that Sub-Clause 20.1 of the 1999 form is drafted in classic condition precedent form: no notice within 28 days of awareness, no entitlement, however good the underlying delay. DraftMyEOT is built around that mechanism rather than around a generic document store.

01

Awareness date, not event date

The 1999 and 2017 clocks run from when the Contractor became aware, or should have become aware. The register stores both dates and computes the deadline from the one your contract names.

02

Particular Conditions override the template

Gulf employer amendments routinely shorten 28 days, add condition-precedent wording, or tighten records duties. Extraction quotes your actual wording and shows it beside the standard form.

03

Family-correct output

A FIDIC claim is structured with contractual basis, statement of facts, cause and effect, and time impact, each paragraph citing an evidence reference number from your locker.

CONTRACT FAMILIES

Profiles shipped, then verified against your document

Each profile pre-loads the expected notice pattern. Extraction always wins: if your Particular Conditions say 21 days, the engine runs on 21 days.

FamilyWhere you meet itWhat the profile expects, subject to your PCs
FIDIC 1999 Red BookGulf building and infrastructure, employer-designedSub-Clause 20.1 notice within 28 days of awareness; fully detailed claim within 42 days; Engineer response within 42 days
FIDIC 1999 Yellow BookDesign and build, plant, MEP packagesSame Clause 20 mechanics as the Red Book; design responsibility shifts which events count as Employer risk
FIDIC 2017 suiteNewer Gulf projects and externally funded Indian worksClause 20.2 notice within 28 days; fully detailed claim within 84 days, with its own time-bar on the statement of contractual basis; agreement or determination under Clause 3.7 on 42-day limits
FIDIC 1987 4th EditionLegacy projects still in progressOlder claim mechanics; the profile flags the differences from the 1999 regime rather than assuming them
Bespoke employer formsGovernment and semi-government employersFalls back to pure extraction with a mandatory confirmation step before the deadline engine activates
HOW IT WORKS

Four steps, each one stamped

N1

Upload the contract

Notice periods, time-bar wording, and LD terms extracted with the quoted clause; Particular Conditions diffs shown against the family baseline.

Profiled
N2

Log delays from site

Event date and awareness date captured separately; diary photos and WhatsApp exports become dated, referenced evidence.

Filed
N3

Guard every window

Deadlines counted in the project's own working week; alerts at 7, 3, and 1 days to every admin and contracts manager.

Served in time
N4

Draft for review

Family-correct claim or notice drafted from your inputs only, exported to Word and PDF with a draft-for-expert-review banner.

Issued
FIDIC 1999 RED BOOKFIDIC 1999 YELLOW BOOKFIDIC 2017 SUITEFIDIC 1987 4TH EDITIONBESPOKE EMPLOYER FORMSBACK-TO-BACK SUBCONTRACTS
PRICING · GULF

Priced in the fraction of one consultant claim

Never per seat. Company-wide plans keep the price predictable no matter how many people touch the project.

PlanPriceWhat is included
48-hour draft (pilot)USD 750One delayed project's records in, one structured EOT claim draft back in 48 hours. First 2–3 logos run free for a testimonial.
Per-claim standardUSD 1,500–2,500Claim narrative, notice history check, evidence gap report, one revision round
Company AnnualUSD 6,000–12,000/yrUnlimited projects and users, deadline engine, notice letters, evidence locker, 4 claim drafts included. Extra drafts USD 900 each.
Enterprise / groupFrom USD 20,000/yrMulti-entity, single-tenant hosting option, priority drafting SLA

See the full pricing breakdown →

FIDIC · FREQUENTLY ASKED

Asked in every first call

Does the software decide whether our notice is a condition precedent?
No. Extraction returns the clause wording and its reference, flags condition-precedent language where the contract uses it, and asks you to confirm every value before anything activates. Whether a clause operates as a strict time-bar on your project is a judgment for your contracts lead or consultant, and the output says so.
We are on FIDIC 2017. Does the 84-day period replace the 28-day notice?
No. Under Clause 20.2 the 28-day notice of claim still applies, and the fully detailed claim follows within 84 days. The 2017 form also puts its own time-bar on the statement of contractual basis, which the profile tracks as a second deadline.
Our Particular Conditions are 60 pages. Will extraction cope?
Upload the General Conditions, Particular Conditions, and any side letters as separate labelled documents. Extraction reads them together, cites which document each rule came from, and highlights every departure from the standard form in gold.
Can it draft the Engineer rebuttal too?
Yes. The rebuttal assistant takes the Engineer's determination letter, maps each ground of rejection to the facts and evidence already in the workspace, marks what is missing, and drafts a response in the same clause-cited register. The DAB or DAAB route is mentioned as information only, never as advice to escalate.
CERTIFICATIONS OF CONDUCT

Why you can put your name near it

Draft for expert review

DraftMyEOT is not a law firm and never claims to be. Every output is a draft, built to be reviewed and signed by your contracts lead or consultant.

Nothing invented, ever

No dates, events, or clause numbers appear that you did not supply. Every paragraph shows the evidence reference it was built from.

Your data, walled off

Each company's workspace is isolated, documents sit in private storage, and consultants see only the project they were invited to.

Send your next FIDIC project

Send a contract, your delay events, and whatever records exist, tidy or not. A structured draft comes back in 48 hours. Not useful? Keep it, owe nothing.

Project
FIDIC 1999 or 2017 project, any employer amendments
Deliverable
EOT claim draft · notice status check · evidence gap list · annexure pack
Rev / Status
REV A · DRAFT FOR EXPERT REVIEW
Issued within
48 hours

Sources

  1. “FIDIC time bar bites: Privy Council holds clause 20.1 is a condition precedent,” Charles Russell Speechlys (2026)
  2. “Sub-Clause 20.1: the FIDIC Time Bar under Common and Civil Law,” Fenwick Elliott
  3. “Time bars under FIDIC 2017: are more notices the answer?” Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner