As-built records

As-built records document the asset in its delivered condition: the drawings, specifications, equipment schedules, test results and operating and maintenance information that describe what exists rather than what was intended. They are the basis on which an owner can later maintain, modify, value or dispose of the asset.

The 2017 edition of the FIDIC conditions of contract made the supply of as-built records, operating and maintenance manuals and training, where the contract calls for them, an express condition of taking over under Sub-Clause 10.1: the works are not ready for taking over until the required Notices of No-objection have been given or deemed given and the required training has been completed. Under the earlier editions the obligation existed but sat outside the taking-over condition, which made it easier to defer.