About the Author
Engr. Javed Akhtar Paracha
Civil engineer · NESPAK · Author · 45+ years in practice
Engr. Javed Akhtar Paracha is a Pakistani civil engineer whose career spans more than four decades of practice on major public and private works. His professional life has been shaped by long tenure at the National Engineering Services Pakistan (NESPAK), where he held senior engineering and project management responsibilities across landmark national projects.
He has worked across the full lifecycle of large civil works — design coordination, construction supervision, measurement and valuation, contract administration, variations, claims, and dispute resolution — primarily under the FIDIC Conditions of Contract.
Project Management with FIDIC is the consolidation of that practice. It is written for the field engineer who needs an answer at site: which clause applies, what notice is required, what evidence to gather, what letter to send, and when.
Milestones
A career in the field
Early career
Civil engineering practice
Foundational years in design, supervision, and contract administration on major civil works.
NESPAK tenure
National Engineering Services Pakistan
Senior engineering and project management roles on flagship public-sector projects.
Faisal Masjid
Landmark national project
Contribution to one of the most significant architectural and civil works in the country.
45+ years
Field practice & FIDIC
Decades of measurement, valuation, claims, and dispute work under the FIDIC framework.
2018
Project Management with FIDIC
First edition published in Rawalpindi, distilling a career of practice into a single working reference.
Foreword
“A book that is bound to become an essential reference on the desk of every engineer working under FIDIC — written by a man who has spent his career practising what he is now teaching.”
Mohammed Durrez Khan · Ex. Vice President, NESPAK
Acknowledgement
With gratitude
The author records his gratitude to colleagues at NESPAK, to the engineers and contractors he has worked alongside on site, and to the family who supported the many years of writing required to bring this volume to print.