Construction & Engineering

Scope of service

The final scope is confirmed after reviewing the facts, documents, jurisdiction, and applicable deadlines.

Review land status, planning and building approvals, contractor classification, permits, design responsibility, procurement route, financing conditions, insurance, and project-specific regulatory constraints.

Draft and negotiate main contracts, consultancy appointments, subcontracts, supply and installation packages, guarantees, collateral warranties, direct agreements, and interface protocols using the agreed risk allocation.

Set practical contract-administration controls for notices, instructions, submittals, variations, extension-of-time claims, testing, certificates, payment, retention, suspension, termination, handover, and the defects period.

Develop contemporaneous evidence and claim records covering the baseline programme, critical path, progress, disruption, prolongation, acceleration, quantities, valuation, productivity, defects, and mitigation.

Advise on engineer or employer determinations, payment security, performance and advance-payment guarantees, subcontractor exposure, insurance recovery, and urgent measures to preserve rights or assets.

Resolve disputes through structured negotiation, expert determination, dispute boards where agreed, mediation, litigation, or arbitration, coordinating delay, quantum, engineering, and forensic experts.

Typical documents

Review can begin with available records; additional documents may be requested for the matter.

Tender, award, main contract, amendments, subcontracts, consultancy, and supply agreements
Land records, permits, contractor classification, approved designs, specifications, bills of quantities, and insurance
Baseline and updated programmes, progress reports, site diaries, photographs, labour, plant, and productivity records
Instructions, requests for information, submittals, variations, notices, correspondence, and meeting minutes
Measurements, interim and final certificates, invoices, retention, guarantees, payment, and cost records
Handover, testing, snagging and defect records, expert reports, claims, settlement, and prior proceedings

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Legal framework and official references

Authoritative references defining the service’s general framework. The official Arabic text, later amendments, and matter-specific rules remain controlling.

Sources checked 6 September 2026

Egyptian Civil Code No. 131 of 1948Provides the general law of obligations and the statutory framework for muqawala contracts, including contractor and employer duties, subcontracting, design liability, termination, and decennial liability.Building Law No. 119 of 2008 and implementing rulesGoverns planning and building controls, licensing, execution supervision, occupancy, safety-related requirements, and enforcement, subject to later amendments and local requirements.Construction contractor registration and classificationOfficial licensing records identify Egyptian Federation for Construction and Building Contractors registration services relevant to contractor eligibility and classification.Arbitration Law No. 27 of 1994, as amendedApplies where the parties have a valid arbitration agreement and governs tribunal authority, procedure, awards, setting aside, and enforcement in Egypt.