ESCL-Webinar: Variations: Parties’ Rights and Obligations, the Role of the Engineer, and the Evolution from the 1999 to the 2017 Edition

Date: Tuesday 28 April 2026
Time: 12:30-13:30 CEST 
Title: Variations: Parties’ Rights and Obligations, the Role of the Engineer, and the Evolution from the 1999 to the 2017 Edition

Employers which enter into a construction contract which will take several years to be completed must have a degree of freedom to modify the scope of work. The Fidic contracts offer this flexibility preserving the fair balance of risks and responsibilities between the Parties. The Fidic Engineer has a pivotal role in interpreting the Employer’s needs and in delivering the consequent instructions to the contractor. The procedures set down guarantee the equitable payment and the successful completion of the Works, with mutual satisfaction.

Speaker: Alfonso Pelosi - Alfonso is a Fidic Certified Adjudicator, Fidic Certified Trainer and a contracts and claims specialist. He holds an MSc degree as civil hydraulic engineer, 45+ years of experience in Contracts Management and Construction of infrastructures, Roads, Highways, Railways, Bridges, Viaducts, Tunnels, Dams, Hydroelectric Power Plants, Water and wastewater systems. Alfonso acted with the team of the engineer, the contractor, the designer and as employer’s consultant, designer, project manager, contracts manager and FIDIC Engineer. International experience, 25+ countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand and Central America.
Alfonso has a comprehensive knowledge of the FIDIC Conditions of Contracts and he is a member of the FIDIC contracts committee, in the sub-group TG9 YRE. Alfonso is a trainer and a regular lecturer at a post-graduated master classes in “Contracts claims and delay management” held at Politecnico of Milan, and a visiting lecturer at Luiss Guido Carli university in Rome. 
Alfonso is a chartered member of the Institution of Engineers (Italy), a member of the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) and a member of the Society of Construction Law (SCL).

Moderator: Stephanie Englert – Dougherty, Prof Englert & Partner Rechtsanwälte PartGmbB

Via Microsoft Teams: details will be provided upon request of registration.

Registration is open until 28 April 2026 completing the online form available on www.escl.org.

Target group
The ESCL Webinars are meant for lawyers and people interested in European Construction Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution methods. 

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