Project Contracts & International Contract Resources
Official references, editable initial drafting frameworks and sector-specific negotiation checklists, separated by instrument, project sector and edition.
Sarmad initial frameworks
These are original Sarmad drafting frameworks, not publisher contracts or translations and not ready-to-sign agreements. Country law, actual project documents, time limits and risk allocation need individual review.
Main building and construction contract
Lump sum or remeasurement: choose the pricing basis first.
Sector-specific review points
- Define design responsibility, baseline drawings, measurement and price exclusions.
- Allocate site access, permits, temporary services and contractor interfaces.
- Schedule change instructions, valuation, extensions and sectional acceptance.
Subcontract and mechanical/electrical works
Trade, labour-only or supply-and-install packages.
Sector-specific review points
- List intended flow-down provisions and attach the main-contract version; review blanket incorporation.
- Review pay-when-paid/pay-if-paid enforceability and an ultimate payment date.
- Separate scope boundaries, scaffolding, temporary power, testing, as-builts and interface loss.
EPC / design-build; industrial, oil and gas
Design, equipment and performance-test integration.
Sector-specific review points
- Define guarantees, test conditions, feedstock/utilities and responsibility for defective baseline data.
- Allocate imported-supply, lawful trade restrictions, currency and permitted alternative-sourcing risks.
- Separate mechanical completion, commissioning and commercial acceptance; review cumulative damages.
Consultancy, project management and supervision
Professional services and authority boundaries.
Sector-specific review points
- Define deliverables, revisions and authority to instruct work or certify payments.
- Distinguish professional care from guaranteed outcomes and align professional indemnity cover.
- Address additional services, prolongation, design-file rights and third-party reliance.
Materials, equipment supply and logistics
Domestic or international procurement, with or without installation.
Sector-specific review points
- Define specifications, factory inspection, acceptance, spares and warranty commencement.
- Select delivery rule and named place; address risk transfer, title and payment separately.
- Allocate customs documents, storage, demurrage and import/export authorisations.
Operations, maintenance and facilities management
Buildings, hospitals, industry, water and wastewater.
Sector-specific review points
- Set service levels, availability metrics and excluded downtime.
- Allocate major overhaul, consumables, wear and pre-existing asset defects.
- Define service deductions, outage liability, emergency plans and asset handback condition.
Joint venture and consortium agreement
Joint tendering and project delivery.
Sector-specific review points
- Determine legal structure, work/capital shares and joint or several exposure.
- Define lead-partner powers, signatures, bank controls, reserved matters and deadlock handling.
- Address partner default, exit, transfers and guarantee settlement.
PPP, BOT and DBO project term sheet
Negotiation term sheet, not a complete concession agreement.
Sector-specific review points
- Verify concession authority, land rights, permits and financing conditions.
- Align demand, tariff/availability-payment and change-in-law risk with the financial model.
- Tailor lender step-in, termination compensation and handback standards.
Infrastructure, roads and underground works
Ground, access and utility-interface risks.
Sector-specific review points
- Separate geotechnical baselines, factual data and tender assumptions; allocate ground risk.
- Allocate land acquisition, obstructions, utility diversion and road closures.
- Specify event records, settlement monitoring and differing-condition assessment.
Marine, port and dredging works
Floating plant, weather and environmental permissions.
Sector-specific review points
- Define baseline bathymetry, depth tolerance, volume measurement and material conditions.
- Allocate disposal areas, contaminated sediment, marine permits and navigation restrictions.
- Address weather windows, vessel standby, remobilisation and marine insurance.
Power and renewable-energy projects
Interfaces between EPC, operation and energy-sale agreements.
Sector-specific review points
- Define grid connection, guaranteed capacity and energy-buyer readiness.
- Allocate degradation, reference irradiation/fuel, testing and energy non-delivery.
- Check dates and guarantees across EPC, O&M and power-sale agreements.
BIM, software and smart-project services
Digital delivery, integration and maintenance.
Sector-specific review points
- Specify permitted model use, information requirements, data ownership and portable exports.
- Define acceptance, security, data location, access control and incident reporting.
- Address human output review, source rights, third-party dependencies and exit data handover.
Official references
FIDIC
Red Book — Construction
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 1999 / 2017 / 2017 reprinted 2022: separate versions
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
Yellow Book — Plant and Design-Build
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 1999 / 2017 / 2017 reprinted 2022: separate versions
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
Silver Book — EPC/Turnkey
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 1999 / 2017 / 2017 reprinted 2022: separate versions
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
Green Book — Short Form of Contract
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 2nd edition, 2021
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
White Book — Client/Consultant Model Services Agreement
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 5th edition, 2017
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
Emerald Book — Underground Works
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 2019; check amended reprint and publisher amendments
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
FIDIC
Blue-Green Book — Dredgers Contract
- Source type
- Standard contract form
- Edition / verification scope
- 2nd edition, 2016
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
NEC
NEC contract catalogue
- Source type
- Publisher catalogue
- Edition / verification scope
- Select contract, option and amendments individually
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Applicability and edition depend on the actual agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Written publisher permission required for smart-system use
JCT
JCT 2024 contract family
- Source type
- Publisher catalogue
- Edition / verification scope
- 2024; select the actual contract and amendments
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
UK-oriented forms; review before adapting to another country.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
AIA Contract Documents
AIA contract catalogue
- Source type
- Publisher catalogue
- Edition / verification scope
- Document identifier and edition must be selected
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
US-oriented forms; review before adapting to another country.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
World Bank
Project Procurement Framework and Standard Procurement Documents
- Source type
- Procurement documents
- Edition / verification scope
- Document-specific versions; check project applicability
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Use the version and conditions applicable to the financed project.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
UNCITRAL
Legal Guide on International Contracts for Construction of Industrial Works
- Source type
- Non-binding guide
- Edition / verification scope
- Adopted 1987; published 1988
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Guidance does not replace the contract or applicable law.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
Metadata from official index; page text not reviewed
Open official source ↗UNCITRAL
Model Legislative Provisions on Public-Private Partnerships
- Source type
- Model legislation, not a contract
- Edition / verification scope
- 2019
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
A legislative model, not a ready-to-sign project agreement.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
Metadata from official index; page text not reviewed
Open official source ↗UNCITRAL
Model Clauses on Specialized Express Dispute Resolution
- Source type
- Model clause requiring agreement
- Edition / verification scope
- 2024
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Check party agreement and mandatory law.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
Metadata from official index; page text not reviewed
Open official source ↗UNIDROIT
Principles of International Commercial Contracts
- Source type
- Principles, not automatic governing law
- Edition / verification scope
- 2016
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Not automatically the governing law of every contract.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
ICC
Model contracts and clauses
- Source type
- Publisher catalogue
- Edition / verification scope
- Select publication and licence individually
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Check party agreement and mandatory law.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
ICC
Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses
- Source type
- Model clause requiring agreement
- Edition / verification scope
- 2020
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Check party agreement and mandatory law.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established
ICC
Incoterms® rules
- Source type
- Agreed trade rules
- Edition / verification scope
- 2020; specify rule and named place in the agreement
- Catalogue checked
- 2026-10-12
Check party agreement and mandatory law.
Reference link only; not ingested
Republication and assistant-use permission not established