Practical Guide to Drafting Letters under the FIDIC Yellow Book: 78 Case-Based Simulations and 266 Sample Letters for Engineers, Contractors, Practitioners, and Learners of FIDIC Contracts

This book is a hands-on training manual for writing effective letters in international construction practice. Under the FIDIC Yellow Book (2017), every entitlement begins with a valid Notice. A late, missing, or defective Notice can result in the loss of claims, payments, or even termination of the project.To prevent that, this guide translates 129 Notice obligations into 78 Situation Drills, each with objectives, realistic scenarios, and assignments to draft letters under time and procedural pressure. Its greatest value lies in Chapter 3: a complete library of 266 Sample Letters—meticulously formatted, clause-referenced, and ready for direct adaptation in real projects.From Variations, Claims, and Suspension to Taking-Over, Defects, and DAAB, the drills and letters cover the full lifecycle of FIDIC contracts (Clauses 1–21). Readers don’t just learn theory—they practice drafting, compare with professional models, and build fluency in enforceable correspondence.For Contractors, Engineers, Employer’s staff, practitioners, and learners, this is more than a guidebook. It is a complete reference for Notices and letters that work in practice.About the AuthorYoung Yong JEON is an international procurement and contract specialist with over 40 years of experience in major infrastructure projects across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. A graduate of Seoul National University in Agricultural Civil Engineering (1978) and holding a Master of Laws in International Commercial Law from the University of Salford, UK (2021), he combines technical and legal expertise in managing complex EPC and FIDIC-based contracts. He is a licensed Professional Engineer (Civil Engineering) in Korea as well as a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Having begun his career in construction companies such as Samsung C&T, he gained extensive site and project management experience before moving into senior leadership and international consultancy roles. He has sinceserved governments, multilateral development banks, and leading engineering firms, bringing unique expertise in FIDIC-based contracts, claims, and project management. This book distills his global field experience into practical guidance for professionals navigating contractual letters under the FIDIC Yellow Book. Read more