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The Silver Book
The Silver Book entitled “Conditions of Contract for EPC Turnkey
Projects” was published in 1999 by virtue of the insufficiency of the
Orange Book in satisfying the needs of the sector. It was prepared with
the purpose of providing rules that apply to all infrastructure works of
projects in which the term, turnkey, is in question. With respect to con-
struction projects to be considered within the scope of the Silver Book,
the contractor carries out the engineering, procurement and construc-
tion works until the fully equipped facility is completed and com-
mences operations. The employer does not usually concern itself with
the designs of the works to be considered within the scope of this book.
However, the employer will concern itself with the construction works.
Within the framework of its regulations, the Silver Book is more suit-
able for the construction of the plants used for procurement and purifi-
cation of drinking water, or the burning of solid wastes and power
plants.
The Green Book
The Green Book is used for the design works of the construction
project being performed by both by the employer and the contractor in
accordance with the employer’s requests. This is referred to as the
short contract, and is generally preferred in order to be used in accor-
dance with short-term, recurring, and simple construction works. With
respect to various of the works within the scope of the Green Book, the
usage of sub-contractors or engineers may not be necessary in some
cases. Moreover, the contractor usually carries out both the design and
construction works. The Green Book is used for works that are planned
to be concluded within a 6 month period, with a value of USD 500 000
or less
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. Due to this fact, the Green Book it is rather short and concise.
In the light of the above-mentioned information, the general struc-
ture, including the content and regulations of the model contracts that
are envisaged, are set forth below:
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Clause 1
: “General Provisions” – matters that apply to the con-
tract, in general, such as; general definitions, applicable lan-
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FIDIC Kurallarının Karşılaştırmalı Hukuktaki Yeri,
Dr. Nazlı Töre,
p.12, Ankara 2011.