Project Start Up Check List

Project start up check list for anyone embarking on an NEC3 contract.

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NEC Works Information Guidance Document

The NEC published in 2012 a free guidance document with regards to producing Works Information. It is a very useful document and available here to […]

Compensation Events – Good Practice Guide

One of the break out sessions at this years conference was hosted by Richard Patterson and Barry Trebes. Attached is the ouput from that session […]

Which programme to use when assessing compensation events

Download: NEC newsletter 61 Programme article Which programme do you use to assess compensation events? This is a common problem that occurs on projects and […]

Get with the Programme…

Download: Newsletter 57 – Get with the Programme Successful management of the programme under an NEC3 contract is so much more than just checking compliance […]

Overview Guide to the ECS Contract

ECS High Level Quick User Guide This simple guide lists out the key sections and clauses of the ECS contract and shows readers where particular […]

ECC Early Warning process flowchart

Early Warning process map The early warning process is a very simple system but one that is often misunderstood and mismanaged by on or other […]

Overview guide to the ECC contract

Update: We now have a new NEC guidance notes section with updated guidance on the Engineering & Construction Contract and we are now offering NEC4 […]

What do you price at tender stage – the Bill of Quantities or the Works Information?

An item that is included within the works information is clearly missing from the bill of quantities. How is this managed under an ECC form of contract?

Managing a programme under the NEC form of contract

A well thought out, detailed contractor’s programme should be used such that is a proactive management tool for both managing the works on a day-to-day basis, and a mechanism to demonstrate the effects and hence entitlement (if any) when change occurs.

Programme effects of an early warning

NEC3 used to require that the effect of notified early warnings should be shown on a programme issued for acceptance, before that requirement was deleted in the June 2006 amendments. What does this mean in terms of what should be shown on the programme in terms of early warnings?

Producing an NEC3 Programme

A well thought out, detailed contractor’s programme should be used such that is a proactive management tool for both managing the works on a day-to-day […]

Programming non-implemented compensation events

What should a programme issued for acceptance contractually be showing in terms of implemented and non-implemented compensation events?

Compensation events and movement in Completion Date

When compensation event quotations take a long time to get accepted, it may create a difference between planned Completion and Completion Date that in the interim neither party are necessarily clear on whose liability that is…

Contractors’ Float in NEC ECC Programmes

A common question is “who owns the float” on a project, but first you have to understand what float you are talking about. Different types of float under an ECC contract have different owners, which this article will explore.

Programming under an NEC contract

Programme management is essential on an ECC contract. Both parties have to understand their contractual obligations to keep on top of this process, so that the transparency that the NEC contract is trying to create is achieved for the benefit of both parties.