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title: Overview guide to the ECC contract
date: 2011-10-30T19:23:15Z
modified: 2024-10-17T00:14:51Z
permalink: "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/nec3-overview-guide-to-the-ecc-contract/"
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status: publish
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nec_contract_type:
  - NEC3
nec_contract_version:
  - NEC Engineering & Construction Contract (ECC)
download_category:
  - Overview and introduction
featured_image: "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/NEC3-and-NEC4-Downloads.png"
featured_image_alt: ECSS
author: Glenn Hide
timestamp: 2024-10-17T00:14:51Z
tags:
  - NEC3
  - NEC Engineering & Construction Contract (ECC)
  - Overview and introduction
---

Update: We now have a new [NEC guidance notes section with updated guidance](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-guidance-notes/#) on the [Engineering & Construction Contract](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/nec_contract_version/nec-engineering-construction-contract-ecc.md) and we are now offering [NEC4 ECC overview training courses](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/training/nec-training-course-nec3-nec4-overview-introduction-ecc-engineering-construction-contract.md).

This simple guide lists out the key sections and clauses of the [ECC contract](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/nec_contract_version/nec-engineering-construction-contract-ecc.md) and shows readers where particular topics or elements are within the contract. This should be useful in particular to new users of the contract and give them a faster way to find their way around the contract.

Download: [ECC High Level User Guide](http://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/NEC-High-Level-User-Guide.pdf)

## Topics

**NEC Contract Editions:** [NEC3](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/nec_contract_type/nec3.md)

**NEC Contract Versions:** [NEC Engineering & Construction Contract (ECC)](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/nec_contract_version/nec-engineering-construction-contract-ecc.md)

**Download Categories:** [Overview and introduction](https://gmhplanning.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/wp-mfa-exports/taxonomy/download_category/overview-and-introduction.md)