NEC Downloads & Publications

All downloads documents have been produced with over twenty years experience of working under NEC form of contract.

The downloads are available for visitors to the website for them to enhance their knowledge and understanding of the NEC contracts and how they may practically better administer their live projects.

These flowcharts, articles and bulletins should be read in conjunction with the GMH Planning guidance notes section, and also considered along side the suite of NEC3 & NEC4 training courses that are on offered by GMH Planning to develop and enhance the level of understanding to all parties working on an NEC project.

NEC Guidance Notes

NEC4 ECS Contract Data

Please find attached a downloadable and editable version of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Subcontract (ECS) contract data that can be used in compiling your contracts. This was made available for free by Thomas Telford Ltd the authors of the contract. The NEC4 version of contract data is much more user-friendly and intended to be […]

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NEC4 ECC Contract Data

Please find attached a downloadable and editable version of the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) contract data that can be used in compiling your contracts. This was made available for free by Thomas Telford Ltd the authors of the contract. The NEC4 version of contract data is much more user-friendly and intended to be […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 13: Notifying early warnings and notifying compensation events

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The first bulletin in our 2022 series (13th overall) is about the subtle differences as to when an early warning should […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 12: Use of cloud-based systems to manage NEC contracts

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The twelfth bulletin in our 2021 series is about using cloud-based systems to help manage the flow of communications on your […]

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NEC4 Key Dates and the financial liability for missing them

We have seen much debate in the industry on what the actual financial liability is for a Contractor under an ECC contract (or Subcontractor under ECS) for missing a Key Date. Here this matter is considered in detail within this joint article from Rob Horne (Osborne Clarke) and Glenn Hide (GMH Planning) which explores from […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 11: Contract Data parts 1 & 2

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The eleventh bulletin in our 2021 series is about understanding contract data parts 1 and 2, for which you can download […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 10: Float Types and Ownership

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The tenth bulletin in our 2021 series is about the different types of float on a Contractor’s programme and who owns […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 9: Contractor Proposals and Whole Life Cost Savings

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The ninth bulletin in our 2021 series is about the NEC4 processes for use of Contractor proposals (a.k.a. value engineering) and […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 8: Programmes with compensation event quotations

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The eight bulletin in our series is about the requirement or benefits of including a programme with a compensation event quotation, […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 7: Instructions from Project Managers and associated delegation of powers

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The seventh bulletin in our series is about Project Manager instructions and the delegation of any such powers, for which you […]

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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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The sixth bulletin in our series is about the importance of a regular Accepted Programme, for which you can download a […]

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NEC4 CECA Bulletin No 5 – Early warnings and the liability for not notifying them

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 contracts that their members should take particular attention to. The fifth bulletin in our series is about understanding early warnings and the liability/sanctions of a Contractor not notifying early warnings, […]

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