BACKGROUND

IEM Conditions of Contract for Works Mainly of Civil Engineering Construction was first published in May 1989.  It was modeled very much on PWD 203 Form of Contract and was much used in private sector-financed civil engineering construction works.  It has been a little more than two decades since it was published.  The Institution feels that the time is ripe that the Contract was given an overhaul.  This task has been entrusted to the Sub-Committee on Engineering Contracts.

IEM Form of Contract For Civil Engineering Works (as it has now been renamed), or IEM.CE 2011 in short, is a complete departure from its predecessor.  An opportunity has been taken to take into consideration new developments.  The drafting has also taken a new approach.

The Seminar will provide an opportunity for the Institution to brief the potential users on this new form.  Other IEM Forms of Contract will be launched at a later stage.

BIODATA OF SPEAKER

Ir. Wong See Foong graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Malaya in 1974 and is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers Malaysia.

He is also a Fellow of the Institution of Fire Engineers (U.K.), Malaysian Branch and is a Past President of the Institution of Fire Engineers (U.K.) Malaysia Branch.

Ir. Wong was involved in the drafting of the first edition of the IEM Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works back in 1989 and he also chaired thesub-committee in the drafting of the IEM Conditions of Contract for Mechanical and Electrical Works in 1994.

He is presently a member of the Sub-Committee on Engineering Contracts and contributed to the drafting of the Second Edition of the IEM Conditions of Contract for Civil Engineering Works.