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description: Learn about the NEC Professional Services Contract (PSC).
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# NEC Professional Services Contract (PSC)

Posts in this archive: 72

- [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)
- [GMH Planning/CECA NEC4 Bulletins - Master List](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-gmh-planning-ceca-bulletins-master-list.md)
- [Start up guide/early stages for an NEC contract - CECA Bulletin 67](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-start-up-guide-early-stages-for-an-nec-contract.md)
- [Behaviours under NEC Contracts- CECA Bulletin 65](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/behaviours-under-nec-contracts.md)
- [Producing Better Scope- CECA Bulletin 64](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-producing-better-scope.md)
- [Dividing Date - CECA Bulletin 63](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-explaining-the-dividing-date.md)
- [NEC4 ECC Overview - Remote NEC4 Training](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/event/nec4-ecc-overview-remote-nec4-training.md) — The NEC4 ECC overview training workshop is a one‐day online NEC4 training course which introduces you to the new contracts within the NEC4 suite and the specific changes introduced to the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC).
- [NEC4 Programme Workshop - Remote NEC Training](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/event/nec4-programme-workshop-remote-nec-training-event.md) — The NEC4 Programme Workshop online training course introduces you to the key aspects of producing and managing a programme during the life of a project.
- [Amending/revising an Activity Schedule - CECA Bulletin 62](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-option-a-amending-revising-an-activity-schedule.md)
- [NEC4 Compensation Event Workshop - Remote NEC Training](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/event/nec4-compensation-event-workshop-remote-training-event.md) — The online NEC4 Compensation Event training workshop introduces the NEC compensation event process, which is the mechanism within the NEC4 contracts for dealing with change.
- [Acceptance: what does it mean? - CECA Bulletin 61](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-acceptance-what-does-it-mean.md)
- [Lack of Response, Time-Bars and Deemed Acceptances in NEC Contracts - CECA Bulletin 59](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts.md)
- [NEC Z Clause of the Year 2025 (NEC User Group Article)](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-z-clause-of-the-year-2025.md)
- [Ten Top Tips for Managing NEC Contracts Effectively - CECA Bulletin 58](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/ten-top-tips-for-managing-nec-contracts-effectively.md)
- [Programme narrative when submitting a programme for acceptance - CECA Bulletin 56](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-programme-narrative.md)
- [Check list before signing a NEC contract - CECA Bulletin 55](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/checklist-before-signing-an-nec-contract.md)
- [Termination - CECA Bulletin 54](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/termination-under-nec-contracts.md)
- [NEC4 Professional Service Contract (PSC) High Level User Guide](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-psc-high-level-user-guide.md)
- [Assessing Compensation Events: Forecast or Actual Cost? - CECA Bulletin 51](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/actual-of-forecast-defined-cost-to-assess-compensation-events.md)
- [Role of Records Alongside Administering NEC Contracts (Ben Walker & Glenn Hide) - CECA Bulletin 50](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/use-of-records-along-side-nec-contracts.md)
- [Programme at Tender Stage - CECA Bulletin 49](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/programme-at-tender-stage-nec-contracts.md)
- [Concurrency and NEC Contracts - CECA Bulletin 46](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/concurrency-and-nec-contracts-ceca-bulletin-46.md)
- [Professional Service Contract - CECA Bulletin 44](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-professional-service-contract.md)
- [State of the Industry Survey 2024 Results - CECA Bulletin 43](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/state-of-the-industry-survey-the-results-ceca-bulletin-43.md)
- [X20 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) - CECA Bulletin 41](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-x20-key-performance-indicators.md) — NEC X20 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allow a Client to create performance measurements to encourage a Contractor to act or perform in a certain way to help achieve wider Client objectives.
- [Secondary Option "Y" Clauses (Glenn Hide & Barry Trebes) - CECA Bulletin 40](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-secondary-option-y-clauses.md)
- [NEC Guidance Notes - An Introduction](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/introduction.md) — An introduction to GMH Planning's NEC guidance notes, a useful  resource at all levels for those involved in projects under the NEC3 & NEC4 forms of contract.
- [VIDEO: NEC People Conference 2023 - Highlights](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-conference-2023-london-highlights-reel.md)
- [FAQ: NEC Compensation Events](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/faq/nec-compensation-events-faq.md)
- [FAQ: NEC Programme](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/faq/nec-programme-faq.md)
- [FAQ: NEC Training Courses](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/faq/faqs-nec-training-courses.md)
- [Z Clauses That Could Significantly Alter Risk Profile - CECA Bulletin 38](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/z-clauses-that-could-alter-risk.md)
- [NEC4 Suite of Contracts Overview](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/nec4-form-of-contract-overview.md) — The NEC contract is deliberately written to formalise the requirement to carry out good practice project management systems that should assist the project teams in understanding the status of both time and cost for the lifecycle of the project.
- [FAQ: NEC Early Warnings](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/faq/nec-early-warnings-faq.md)
- [Payments - CECA Bulletin 36](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-payments.md)
- [SLIDES: NEC People Conference - Leeds 2023](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-conference-leeds-2023.md)
- [VIDEO: NEC People Conference 2023 - London](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-2023-london-conference-videos.md)
- [Periods for response in NEC contracts - CECA Bulletin 34](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-contract-timescales-to-respond.md)
- [Disallowed Costs - CECA Bulletin 31](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-ecc-disallowed-costs.md)
- [Contractual Milestones to Show on a Programme - CECA Bulletin 30](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-contractual-milestones-to-show-on-a-programme.md)
- [NEC People Conference:  Agenda (13th June 2023)](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-2023-annual-conference.md)
- [NEC4 2023 Amendments](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-2023-amendments.md)
- [Secondary Option X1: Price Adjustment for Inflation - CECA Bulletin 25](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/x1-price-adjustment-for-inflation.md)
- [Communication Flow - CECA Bulletin 24](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/communication-flow-under-nec4-contracts.md)
- [VIDEO: NEC People 2022 Conference](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-2022-conference-videos.md)
- [CECA Bulletin 19 - Dispute Resolution Process](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-dispute-resolution-process.md)
- [CECA bulletin 17 - Showing non-implemented compensation events on the programme](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/non-implemented-compensation-events-on-the-programme.md)
- [NEC People Conference agenda - 14th June 2022](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-conference-2022-agenda.md)
- [CECA NEC4 Bulletin 15: Getting compensation events implemented](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-bulletin-getting-compensation-events-implemented.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?
- [NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 13: Notifying early warnings and notifying compensation events](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-notifying-early-warning-compensation-event.md)
- [NEC3/NEC4 Bespoke Project Workshop](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/training/nec-training-course-nec3-bespoke-project-workshop.md) — This one-day NEC Bespoke Project workshop is intended for a particular project or scheme to promote a common understanding of the main elements of their NEC3/NEC4 contract.
- [Understanding Risk within NEC3/NEC4 Contracts Training Workshop](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/training/nec-training-course-understanding-risk-within-nec3-contracts.md) — This half-day workshop on understanding risk within NEC3/NEC4 contracts considers both more traditional approaches to identifying and managing risk compared to the processes specifically identified within the NEC3 / NEC4 suite of contracts. It considers definition of risk and risk management before looking at the traditional risk registers that often get produced and reviewed generally across construction projects.
- [NEC3/NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC) Overview](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/training/nec-training-course-nec-overview-introduction-professional-services-contract.md) — This one-day workshop introduces you to the common philosophies of the NEC family of contracts and focuses in more detail upon the key mechanics and provisions of the NEC3 / NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC).  This is the main contract that will be used to administer works between an Employer and a Consultant.
- [NEC4 2020 amendments](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec4-2020-amendments.md)
- [NEC 2019 amendments - download](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-2019-amendments-download.md)
- [VIDEO: NEC People Conference 2019](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/nec-people-conference-2019-videos.md)
- [NEC People Conference 2020: Celebrating Success](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/builtintelligence-nec-people-conference-2019.md)
- [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)
- [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)
- [Guide: How to REALLY get compensation events implemented.](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/really-get-compensation-events-implemented.md) — Compensation events are always difficult to get agreed (or as the contract calls it - implemented). This guidance document offers very practical advice on how to overcome issues that otherwise may arise to get these signed off.
- [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 Discussions June 2014 - May 2015](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/archived-linkedin-discussions-june-2014-may-2015.md) — A list of the 12 months worth of NEC3 discussions held within the LinkedIn group to the period leading up to May 2015.
- [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.
- [Project Start Up Check List](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/downloads/project-start-check-list.md) — Project start up check list for anyone embarking on an NEC3 contract.
- [ECC Clause 31.3 - Programme Acceptance](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/ecc-clause-31-3-programme-acceptance.md)
- [ECC Clause 31.2 - Programme Requirements](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/ecc-clause-31-2-programme-requirements.md)
- [ECC Clause 31.1 - Programme](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/ecc-clause-3-1-1-programme.md)
- [ECC Section 15 - Early Warnings](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/nec-ecc-clause-16-early-warnings.md)
- [ECC Section 13 - Communications](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/nec3-ecc-clause-13-communications.md)
- [NEC requirement to act in a  "spirit of mutual trust and co-operation"](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/guidance/nec3-contract-ecc-clause-10-1-spirit-of-mutual-trust.md) — The opening clause of the ECC contract brings two very important issues to the fore, that 1) everyone named and involved with the contract has to do what it says, and 2) do this in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation.