国际港口工程的EPC合同管理

EPC contract management of international port engineering

港口工程是国际上基础设施落后国家优先发展领域,中国企业越来越多地参与到国际港口工程承包市场。EPC(Engineering-Procurement-Construction)合同是国际港口工程承包市场中最常见的一种合同形式。为提升EPC合同管理水平,文中总结了国际港口工程EPC合同具有专业工程种类多、金额大、工期长、变更和索赔频繁等特点,阐述了EPC合同管理工作的基本目标和内容,着重介绍了合同签订、履约、变更、索赔和文档管理,最后提出了开展国际港口工程EPC合同管理工作的建议,为国际港口工程合同管理提供参考借鉴。

Port engineering is an international priority area for developing countries with backward infrastructure. Chinesecontractors are increasingly participating in the international port contracting market. EPC （Engineering -Procurement -Construction ）contract is the most common form of contract in the international port engineering contracting market. In order toimprove the management level of EPC contract, we summarized the characteristics of EPC contracts in international portprojects such as many types of professional engineering, large contract amount, long construction duration, frequent variationand claims, expounded the basic objectives and contents of EPC contract management, emphatically introduced the contractmanagement of signing, performing, document control, variationand claim. Finally, we put forward the suggestion for EPCcontract management of international port project, which can provide references for the contract management of internationalport engineering.