NEC People Conference: Agenda (13th June 2023)

We are very pleased to announce the agenda for this years NEC People conference being held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London City on the […]

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CECA Bulletin 27 – Focus on Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) option B

The main contract utilised between the Client and Contractor for general building/construction type projects is the Engineering and Construction Contract(ECC). It is further subdivided into […]

NEC4 2023 Amendments

NEC have published some amendments to their family of NEC4 contracts and you can review/download the amendments here. For example, in the NEC4 ECC contract […]

NEC4 X29 Climate Change

NEC have published a new secondary option X29 based around climate change. It is quite a detailed option and also comes with guidance notes to […]

CECA Bulletin 26 – Focus on Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) option A

The main contract between the Client and Contractor for general building/construction type projects is the Engineering and Construction Contract. It is subdivided into options, of […]

CECA Bulletin 25 – Secondary Option X1: Price Adjustment for Inflation

A Client will decide which secondary options to include within a specific contract. By including a secondary option or indeed deciding not to include it […]

CECA Bulletin 24 – Communication Flow

Good communication is at the heart of any well managed project and NEC contracts have always looked to promote this within their contractual processes. Section […]

CECA Bulletin 23 – Payment, Defined Cost and Schedule of Cost Components

NEC Contract focus month 23 – Payment, Defined Cost and Schedule of Cost Components Contractors need to ensure regular cashflow during a project and to […]

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 […]

CECA Bulletin 21 – Role of the Supervisor

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

CECA Bulletin 20 – Managing Subcontractors

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

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 19 – Dispute Resolution Process

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

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 16 – Quality Management & Managing Defects

April 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

NEC People Conference agenda – 14th June 2022

We are very pleased to announce the agenda for this years NEC People conference being held at the Leonardo Tower Bridge Hotel, London on the […]

CECA NEC4 Bulletin 15: Getting compensation events implemented

March 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 […]

NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract Short Contract ECSC

NEC4 ECSS Contract Data

Please find attached a downloadable and editable version of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Short Subcontract (ECSS) contract data that can be used in compiling […]

CECA NEC4 Bulletin 14: Spirit of mutual trust and cooperation

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?

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 […]