A new survey has been conducted by the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) in partnership with GCR (Global Construction Review) to understand the financial, operational and personal impacts of COVID-19 on the global construction industry. You can review the entire survey here. The survey was responded by 210 construction professionals, with most responses from Ireland,…
EQUITAS director Metehan C. Sonbahar has been appointed to act as a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitratior’s (CIArb) European Branch Committee. CIArb is an international centre for the practice and profession of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) with 16,000 members from 149 countries and is supported by an international network of 41 branches. CIArb…
On the 29th of April 2020 EQUITAS Consulting and CMS Law presented a webinar with regards the effects of COVID-19 on construction contracts governed under Turkish law. The online seminar included discussions in relation to the relevant provisions under Turkish law, the clauses of the FIDIC 1999 and 2017 form of contracts and the measures…
EQUITASĀ director Metehan C. Sonbahar delivered a presentation on global claims at the DRBF Central & Eastern European Conference on the 13th of March this year. Metehan’s presentation included discussions on types of global claims, why they are pursued and common law and civil law approach to global claims. The presentation was made via video…
Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning, General Directorate of Construction has published a list of measures to be taken by the construction sector of the country. You can download Circular No. 2020/9 via here.
Between 11-13 March 2020 the Dispute Resolution Board Resolution (DRBF) is going to have its Central & European Conference and Workshops in Tbilisi, Georgia. This year’s theme is ” It’s about time” and the agenda focuses on the risk of delay in construction projects, and as to how delays are treated under different forms of…
Wishing all our colleagues and clients a joyful Holiday season and a happy New Year from all at EQUITAS! Happy New Year 2020!
The Convention of Mediation On 07 August 2019 the United Nations Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation was signed by the members of 46 countries at an official signing ceremony in Singapore including, Turkey, Qatar, the United states, China [1].Ā A full list of signatories is at the end of this post. The…
On 5 December 2017 FIDIC (FĆ©dĆ©ration Internationale des IngĆ©nieurs-Conseils) released its new suite of contracts at the FIDIC International Contract Users Conference in London. The new versions of the FIDIC Red Book, Yellow Book and Silver Book (2017 FIDIC Suite of Contracts) were issued, constituting updates of the former 1999 editions. In the guidance section…
The ICC has published its 2018 dispute resolution statistics. Out of 842 new arbitration cases registered in 2018 224 involved disputes from the construction and engineering industry. This is a new record for the industry. Turkey remains the most represented nationality within Central and Eastern Europe with 62 parties. Another interesting development is that in…