Programme

The acceleration provisions  are actually very simple under the contract and are the mechanism for bringing forward the Completion Date at the request of the Project Manager to encourage an earlier completion. In very simple terms when dealing with compensation events, the Contractor is obliged to mitigate delay (do things differently but at no cost […]

This clause requires that all subsequent programmes include actual progress achieved on each operation and effect upon remaining work, , how Contractor plans to deal with delays and correct notified defects and any other changes that the Contractor proposes to make. NEC4 has deleted the requirement stated in NEC3 to also show on a revised […]

The NEC suite of contracts puts far greater contractual requirements upon the Contractor to produce and manage a detailed programme than other forms of contract currently in existence within the construction industry. Clear contractual mechanisms for agreeing change between the parties are key to successs.