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# Overview and introduction

Posts in this archive: 20

- [Finishing/closing down a project under an NEC contract - CECA Bulletin 68](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/finishing-closing-down-a-project-under-an-nec-contract.md)
- [NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Subcontract (ECSS) High Level User Guide](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-engineering-and-construction-short-subcontract-ecss-high-level-user-guide.md)
- [NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Contract (ECSC) High Level User Guide](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-engineering-and-construction-short-contract-ecsc-high-level-user-guide.md)
- [NEC4 ECC High Level User Guide- CECA Bulletin 52](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-high-level-user-guide-ceca-bulletin-51.md)
- [NEC Supply Contract - CECA Bulletin 45](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-supply-contract.md)
- [Professional Service Contract - CECA Bulletin 44](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-professional-service-contract.md)
- [NEC4 ECC - Detailed review of changes from NEC3](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-detailed-review-changes-nec3.md)
- [NEC4 Term Service Contract (TSC) - Detailed review of changes compared to NEC3](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-tsc-detailed-changes-compared-nec3.md)
- [NEC4 Engineering & Construction Subcontract (ECS) - Detailed review of changes](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecs-detailed-changes-from-nec3.md)
- [Focus on Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) options C & D - CECA Bulletin 28](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-option-c-and-option-d.md)
- [CECA Bulletin 20 - Managing Subcontractors](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/managing-subcontractors-under-nec-contracts.md)
- [CECA NEC4 Bulletin 14: Spirit of mutual trust and cooperation](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/ceca-nec4-bulletin-14-spirit-of-mutual-trust-and-cooperation.md) — One of the more infamous clauses within the NEC contracts is the obligation to “act in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation”. It was introduced into the NEC2 version of the contracts back in 1995 following recommendations from the Latham report. It was brought in to try to encourage a culture and an obligation to act in this way, but what does it really mean?
- [Archived LinkedIn discussions: June 2017-May 2018](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/archived-linkedin-discussions-june-2017-may-2018.md)
- [NEC4 PSC- Detailed review of NEC4 Professional Services contract changes compared to NEC3](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-detailed-review-changes-within-psc.md)
- [NEC4 Alliance Contract Consultation](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-alliance-contract.md)
- [LinkedIn NEC People Discussions - June 2016-May 2017](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/linkedin-nec-people-discussions-june-2016-may-2017.md)
- [Procurement and contract strategies](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/procurement-and-contract-strategies.md) — A useful free guide from the NEC to help choose which NEC3 contract you should be using in a given situation.
- [Archived LinkedIn group discussions:2013-June 2014](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/archived-linkedin-group-discussions2013-june-2014.md) — A list of the 12 months worth of NEC3 discussions held within the LinkedIn group to the period leading up to May 2014.
- [Overview Guide to the ECS Contract](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/overview-guide-to-the-ecs-contract.md)
- [Overview guide to the ECC contract](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec3-overview-guide-to-the-ecc-contract.md)