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CECA/GMH Bulletin 3 – ECC Secondary Options

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 […]

Key Dates – NEC4 CECA Bulletin #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 […]

NEC3 & NEC4 Guidance Notes & Free NEC Downloads, NEC Training and NEC Events by GMH Planning Ltd

NEC4 2020 amendments

Here you can download the changes that have been introduced to the NEC4 contracts in 2020 to be read in conjunction with the previous versions […]

NEC4 CECA bulletin No 1 – Z clauses

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 […]

NEC 2019 amendments – download

NEC have issued a revision to their NEC4 contracts in 2019 to supercede the 2017 version. Whilst most of the amendments are simply typo’s or […]

VIDEO: NEC People Conference 2019

NEC People Conference 2019 Playlist: 01 – Introduction to conference – Matt Smith (K&L Gates) 02 – LinkedIn Group and Reachback, new 2019 NEC4 amendments […]

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 […]

Adjudication and Dispute Avoidance Boards

Here is a paper from the output of a break out group at our 2018 NEC People Conference written by Neil Earnshaw and Rob Horne. […]

LinkedIn NEC Contract Discussion Group GMH Planning - NEC Contract Experts

Archived LinkedIn discussions: June 2017-May 2018

NEC3 to NEC4 Supplemental Agreement

Whilst numerous live projects are still contracted under NEC3, it would be great to utilise some of the development of clauses that has been achieved […]

NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract

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 Alliance Contract Consultation

NEC4 have launched their new Alliance Contract but it is only a consultation version where they are inviting industry feedback before it is finalised and […]

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 […]

LinkedIn NEC People Discussions – June 2016-May 2017

Here is a hyperlinked list of all of the discussions held within the group between June 2016 and May 2017. Linked In Discussion Archive Jun […]

NEC3 vs NEC4 – NEC4 Changes

Summary of NEC3 vs NEC4 changes and the NEC4 overview guide from Thomas Telford highlighting the main changes with the NEC4 family of contracts. NEC3 […]

The importance of always having a regularly Accepted Programme in place

Here is an article that has gone into the NEC3 Usergroup newsletter which looks at some of the reasons that programmes are not accepted and […]

ECC Compensation Event Flowchart

Summary flowchart of the ECC compensation event process to help understand the process from notification through to implementation.