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Survey: Use of cloud based systems with NEC contracts

Last year we carried out a “state of the industry survey” around various issues currently faced of which the results are available on our GMH […]

Digital Beehive webinar series – episode 1

I had a lot of fun this week teaming up with Digital Beehive and Neil Earnshaw(NEConsult) in their first of series of webinars that they […]

University of Leeds: Law and Contract Management (NEC4) course

Just to share that shortly the Law and Contract Management course run by University of Leeds is commencing, to which GMH Planning provide the lecturing […]

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HIGHLIGHTS: NEC People Conference Scotland 2025

Really pleased to share the release of our highlights video from the 2025 NEC People Conference held in Glasgow, Scotland on 23rd September. It gives […]

NEC4 Webinar – Common Pitfalls in NEC Contract Management and How to Avoid Them

I am jointly presenting a webinar with Neil Earnshaw in the first of a new series of Webinars with Digital Beehive. this first webinar looks […]

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HIGHLIGHTS: NEC People Conference London 2025

NEC People Conference 2025 Highlights Reel Really pleased to share the release of our highlights video from the 2025 NEC People Conference held in London […]

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HIGHLIGHTS REEL: NEC People Conference 2024 London

Really pleased to share the release of our highlights video from this years NEC People Conference held in London on the 18th June 2024. It gives a good insight and flavour of the day. We already have our Northern Conference advertised for Leeds on the

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SURVEY: State of the Industry – NEC Contracts

As part of this years annual NEC People conference (18th June, 2024) we are carrying out potentially what we hope will be the biggest survey […]

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NEC4 ECC & ECSC – Review of Changes

Here is our updated detailed clause by clause review of the changes introduced within the NEC4 versions of the Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and […]

There is no such thing as concurrency under an NEC Contract!

That is a bold statement isn’t it, but broadly speaking I believe this to be true. It is other forms of contract that use this […]

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Negative Float on an NEC Contract Programme

There are many misconceptions about this topic which this blog post will try to clear up. There are some Clients that actually state within their […]

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Benefits of a programme at tender stage

There are so many good reasons for a Contractor to submit a thoroughly detailed programme at tender stage. Often it will be a tender requirement […]

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Clause 63.1 and “actual” versus “forecast” Defined Cost when assessing a compensation event

It appears to be a quite common misconception that if compensation event works have been carried out and the quotation not been agreed, that the […]

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Top ten most important/favourite NEC4 clauses

Someone asked me recently on a training session what is my favourite clause within the contract. I said it was difficult to pick out a […]

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Which programme should be used as the “baseline”?

I regularly get asked which programme should be used as the “baseline” in our NEC training sessions. There are two occasions when it will be necessary […]

Covid-19 Compensation Event clause

Before we knew anything about Covid-19, the effects would be claimable by the Contractor as a compensation event under clause 60.1(19) as a “force majeure” […]

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Golden Rules for GMH Planning Academy Planners

Under NEC contracts it is imperative to have an Accepted programme every period. Not always easy on our fast paced construction projects where there is […]

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NEC Option A – Don’t Get Caught Out

Still amazes me how people get caught out with NEC option A activity schedule-based contracts. Here are a few golden rules with regards to the […]

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VIDEO: Project Controls Expo 2017- NEC4 Presentation

Here is the presentation I ran jointly with Hezron Ricketts from Th3rdCurve at the 2017 Project Controls Expo. The session explored some of the changes […]

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GMH Planning Academy Launched

This month sees the launch of our GMH Planning Academy. This academy will provide experienced verified planners to our clients to meet their full/part time […]

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NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC) – Review of changes

Here is a review from GMH Planning Ltd of the significant changes within the NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC) contract compared to that of the […]

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