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NEC Supply Contract – CECA Bulletin 45

The NEC family include contracts for a variety of different contractual arrangements that could be necessary on a project. The previous bulletin (no 44) looked […]

NEC4 ECC & ECSC – Detailed review of NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract changes from NEC3

Review by GMH Planning of the significant changes within the NEC4 ECC & ECSC contract compared to that of the NEC3 version. We have not […]

State of the Industry Survey 2024 Results – CECA Bulletin 43

We have recently conducted a detailed survey within the industry to find out people’s experience of managing NEC contracts. The NEC family of contracts have […]

A Positive Approach to Early Warnings – CECA Bulletin 42

Next month we will be issuing a very important bulletin sharing a review of the ‘state of the industry’ regarding the practical application and experience […]

Top 10 Z Clauses That Could Significantly Alter Risk Profile – CECA Bulletin 38

Top 10 Z Clauses That Could Significantly Alter Risk Profile – CECA Bulletin 38 Although the NEC Contract was meant in its base form to […]

Common Misconceptions Associated when Administering NEC Contracts – CECA Bulletin 35

There are some common misconceptions held by individuals or even whole project teams that wrongly assume how a particular clause or process should be understood […]

Project audits and contractual health checks – CECA Bulletin 22

NEC Contract focus month 22 – Project audits and contractual health checks It is essential for any project team to be regularly reviewing and checking […]

VIDEO: NEC People 2022 Conference

Catch up on the videos from our 2022 NEC People conference that was held at the Leonardo Hotel on the 14th June. It was a […]

NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 13: Notifying early warnings and notifying compensation events

GMH Planning in conjunction with CECA (Civil Engineering Contractors Association) are producing a series of monthly bulletins focusing each month on an aspect of NEC […]

NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 5 – Early warnings and the liability for not notifying them

GMH Planning in conjunction with CECA (Civil Engineering Contractors Association) are producing a series of monthly bulletins focusing each month on an aspect of NEC […]

NEC 4 Professional Services Contract PSC

NEC4 PSC- Detailed review of NEC4 Professional Services contract changes compared to NEC3

Here is the GMH Planning detailed guide as to the most important changes within the new NEC4 version of the Professional Services Contract. For those […]

NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract Short Contract ECSC

NEC4 ECSC – Detailed review of NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract changes from NEC3

Here is the GMH Planning detailed guide as to the most important changes within the new NEC4 version of Engineering and Construction Short Contract. If […]

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LinkedIn NEC People Discussions – June 2016-May 2017

Here is a hyperlinked list of all of the discussions held within the group between June 2016 and May 2017. Linked In Discussion Archive Jun […]

NEC3 vs NEC4 – NEC4 Changes

Summary of NEC3 vs NEC4 changes and the NEC4 overview guide from Thomas Telford highlighting the main changes with the NEC4 family of contracts. NEC3 […]

Archived LinkedIn group discussions:2013-June 2014

A list of the 12 months worth of NEC3 discussions held within the LinkedIn group to the period leading up to May 2014.

ECC Early Warning process flowchart

Early Warning process map The early warning process is a very simple system but one that is often misunderstood and mismanaged by on or other […]

Programme effects of an early warning

NEC3 used to require that the effect of notified early warnings should be shown on a programme issued for acceptance, before that requirement was deleted in the June 2006 amendments. What does this mean in terms of what should be shown on the programme in terms of early warnings?