{"id":4258,"date":"2026-10-10T20:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T01:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/september-2026-issue-of-construction-law-international-clint\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T17:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T22:24:02","slug":"september-2026-issue-of-construction-law-international-clint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/september-2026-issue-of-construction-law-international-clint\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2026 issue of Construction Law International (CLInt)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am pleased to share the September 2026 issue of Construction Law International (CLInt), the journal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/international-bar-association\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>International Bar Association<\/strong><\/a> International Construction Projects Committee, which I edit as Committee Editor. The full PDF is attached.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two of the feature articles grew out of panels held at the IBA Annual Conference in Toronto in November 2025, and it is good to see that work now reaching a wider readership.<br\/>In this issue:<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b8 Country updates from Canada (Andrea Lee) on adjudication and prompt payment legislation; Chile (Elina Mereminskaya) on the May 2026 award that denied the Santiago Airport concessionaire compensation for COVID-19-related construction costs; and Vietnam (Vu Le Bang) on the new Law on Construction in force since 1 July 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b8 Features on risk allocation and force majeure in an era of abnormal weather (Michael Earwaker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/anacandidacarvalho\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Ana C\u00e2ndida de Mello Carvalho<\/strong><\/a>); decarbonisation policies and energy infrastructure in Italy, Germany and the US (Zach Torres-Fowler, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/janet-walker-cm-5aa00a94\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Janet Walker, CM<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/hermann-knott-6308b214a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Hermann Knott<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/piergiorgio-zettera-ll-m-9aa1343\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Piergiorgio Zettera LL.M.<\/strong><\/a>); Zimbabwe&#8217;s 2026 PPP Guideline (Rudo Magundani); the Privy Council&#8217;s decision in Uniform Building Contractors v WASA on FIDIC notice provisions (Isa Jeziah Dookie); why delay experts differ (Marianne C Ramey); building trust in EPC negotiations for power projects (Engin Ertu\u015f); and convertible notes as a bridge for early-stage infrastructure funding (Pedro Felipe Eraso).<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b8 An In-House Counsel Interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nick-cowie-38956320a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nick Cowie<\/strong><\/a>, General Counsel of WSP for the Middle East and Asia, by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/aarta-alkarimi-c-arb-fciarb-arb-and-med-b904431\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Aarta Alkarimi, C.Arb, FCIArb (Arb and Med)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u25b8 Book reviews:<br\/>\u2013 Arbitration of Commercial Disputes (2nd edn), by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/andrewtweeddale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Andrew Tweeddale<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/masood-ahmed-52638090\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Masood Ahmed<\/strong><\/a>, reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/joanne-b-clarke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Joanne Clarke<\/strong><\/a><br\/>\u2013 Building Defects Law, by Darryl Royce, reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/thayananthan-baskaran-4582b618\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Thayananthan Baskaran<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/leezzie-john-b445941a9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Leezzie John<\/strong><\/a><br\/>\u2013 Handbook on Construction Law and Arbitration, edited by Krishan Singhania and Srishti Singhania, reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dr-aleksander-godhe-1aa5b9137\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dr Aleksander Godhe<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My thanks to all the authors for their contributions and to the Editorial Board members for their hard work.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fconstructionlaw&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ConstructionLaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Finternationalarbitration&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#InternationalArbitration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Finfrastructure&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Infrastructure<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Ficp&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ICP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/signup\/cold-join?session_redirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Ffeed%2Fhashtag%2Fiba&amp;trk=public_post-text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#IBA<\/a><\/p>\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791600717018.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of ConstructionLaw.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-bec1e844-8bb9-4ecb-8175-287427553b5e\" href=\"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791600717018.pdf\">ConstructionLaw<\/a><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am pleased to share the September 2026 issue of Construction Law International (CLInt), the journal of the International Bar Association International Construction Projects Committee, which I edit as Committee Editor. The full PDF is attached. Two of the feature articles grew out of panels held at the IBA Annual Conference in Toronto in November [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4258"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4260,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4258\/revisions\/4260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legaldelta.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}