HKA and FIDIC – FIDIC Contracts – The Gold Standard For Projects

The Covid crisis has demonstrated how the businesses, governments and societies around the globe have to work together and that such cooperation is vital in achieving the best and most efficient outcome. FIDIC contracts are widely and rightly seen as the gold standard for global infrastructure, engineering and construction projects and provide benefits and confidence to all parties. At this webinar, leading contracts experts will discuss the key advantages and benefits of using the various forms of FIDIC contracts and, crucially, how to make the most of them.

FIDIC and a panelist of speakers including HKA’s Partner and Continent Head, Haroon Niazi, will each give a brief intro (around 5-7 minutes) with their take on the subject being discussed and then we will move to discussion moderated by Dr. Nelson Ogunshakin OBE with questions from the floor. The webinar will last no longer than 90 minutes.

Speakers

Haroon Niazi Partner & Continent Head, HKA

Haroon Niazi is a Partner and Head of HKA’s Middle East operations. Haroon is a former practicing barrister and a Chartered Quantity Surveyor. He holds an honours degree in Law, a master’s degree in Law and a master’s degree in Quantity Surveying. Haroon sits on the working group committee of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Saudi Arabia.

His experience has been gained both in building and civil engineering construction projects where he has provided specialist advice in relation to pre- and post-contract matters for Contractors and Employers alike. Whilst working in the region, Haroon has been involved in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Haroon has led numerous HKA teams working on flagship oil and gas, railway and airport projects throughout the Middle East.

Haroon is responsible for managing the overall business in the Middle East and takes a lead role in agreeing new appointments for HKA, as well as managing the technical deliverables. He is named in Who’s Who Legal – Construction 2020 as a professional that “possesses remarkable case and project management skills” and brings “strategic, legal, technical, financial and commercial” skills to his work.