The EPC Contract in India: What the Standard Forms Actually Allocate

Indian public works increasingly use EPC forms described as transferring construction risk wholesale to the contractor. Read clause by clause, the MoRTH/NHAI model agreement and the Planning Commission model for civil works do something more specific: they transfer design, quantity and ground conditions, keep the correctness of the scope and specifications with the employer, and cap the employer's exposure for late land at a fraction of the contractor's exposure for late completion. This report reads each named form for what it allocates, and where practice here departs from the FIDIC Silver Book.

Part of AECS Research Global's publications programme — drawing on ARG's work across cost management, EPC advisory and integrated project delivery. Download the full report below.