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Concurrency and NEC Contracts: CECA Bulletin 46

It is widely recognised that a key feature of an NEC contract is the approach that it takes regarding the programme. The programme is required […]

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 – the 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 […]

Role of the Project Manager – CECA Bulletin 39

The Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) is an agreement between the Client and the Contractor as the named Parties. The contract goes on to identify […]

Z clauses that could significantly alter risk profile – CECA Bulletin 38

Although the NEC Contract was meant in its base form to be applicable for all construction projects some Clients may still feel the need 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 […]

CECA Bulletin 30 – Contractual milestones to show on a programme

The current forms of contract within the NEC family place a much greater significance on the importance of the programme and on the specific content […]

CECA Bulletin 22 – Project audits and contractual health checks

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 […]

CECA Bulletin 18 – Clause 63.5 and assessing a compensation event against the last Accepted Programme

June 2022 Introduction: Training and development support is a key part of CECA’s core offer for its membership and working in conjunction with GMH Planning […]

CECA bulletin 17 – Showing non-implemented compensation events on the programme

Project Chatter Podcast – issues around programming under NEC contracts

I recently did a second podcast with Val and Dale at the Project Chatter Podcast talking about issues around programming under NEC contracts. You can […]

NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 6: The importance of a regular Accepted Programme

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 […]

2019 NEC4 amendment to clause 63.5

Without trying to sound to corny this article is a bit of closure for me in my quest for clarification to the industry of how […]

NEC People Conference 2020: Celebrating Success

We are pleased to announce that registration for this years London conference on the 16th June is now open. You can find the agenda by […]

NEC4 Amendments – Jan 2019

NEC have just issued some amendments to the NEC4 suite of contracts. On the whole they are corrections of typo’s or terminology rather than anything […]

NEC4 Practice Note 1 – Rules for assessing compensation events against an Accepted Programme

Finally we have a guidance note as to how to assess compensation events against the last Accepted Programme and what should first be taken into […]

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 […]

NEC4 – the Elephant in the Room

Back in 2013, I wrote an article that exposed issues within NEC contracts as to what programme you should use when assessing compensation events and […]