NEC Contract Experts

Recognised industry experts in understanding and administering NEC forms of contract and provider of highly engaging NEC3 & NEC4 contract training courses; working with clients, contractors, subcontractors, consultants and suppliers across the construction and engineering industry.

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Helping the construction and engineering industry to further knowledge and understanding of the NEC forms of contract.

Established in 2006, GMH Planning provides to the industry NEC training, scheduled public online NEC training workshops, consultancy & programme management and also numerous free NEC guidance materials in the form of NEC downloads, NEC guidance notes, NEC FAQs and blog posts.

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NEC Training Courses

Helping attendees to understand the principles of NEC contracts, risk profile when pricing and managing contracts and how to administer the contractual clauses effectively.

NEC Training Courses

NEC Public Training Workshops

Public scheduled NEC training workshops, annual conferences, other industry expos and networking events for those working on NEC to share learning and understanding

NEC Public Training Workshops

Free NEC Guidance, FAQs & Downloads

Helping to raise awareness and understanding, and practical knowledge of the differences between the contracts and different clauses to help effectively administer NEC contracts

Free NEC Guidance, FAQs & Downloads

NEC Consultancy & Planning Support

For companies and individuals working on projects under the NEC form of contract we offer advice, contract reviews and audits to ensure the effective administration of projects.

NEC Consultancy & Planning Support

Upcoming NEC Training Workshops & Events

NEC4 ECC Overview NEC Public Training Workshop - Online NEC Training

NEC4 ECC Overview – Remote NEC Training (5th June 2024)

The NEC4 ECC overview training workshop is a one‐day online NEC4 training course which introduces you to the new contracts within the NEC4 suite and […]

Wed, Jun 5, 2024 Event date
9:00 am - 4:15 pm Event time
£195 Price per attendee

NEC4 Programme Workshop NEC Public Training Workshop - Online NEC Training

NEC4 Programme Workshop – Remote NEC Training (17th June 2024)

The NEC4 Programme training workshop introduces you to the key aspects of producing and managing a programme during the life of a project. NEC3 and […]

Mon, Jun 17, 2024 Event date
9:00 am - 4:15 pm Event time
£195 Price per attendee

NEC4 Compensation Events Online NEC Public Training Workshop - Online Training

NEC4 Compensation Event Workshop – Remote NEC Training (19th June 2024)

The NEC4 Compensation Event training workshop introduces the NEC compensation event process which is the mechanism within the NEC4 contracts for dealing with change. The […]

Wed, Jun 19, 2024 Event date
9:00 am - 4:15 pm Event time
£195 Price per attendee

Latest NEC Downloads & Publications

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CECA Bulletin 40 – Secondary Option “Y” Clauses (by Glenn Hide and Barry Trebes)

Where a Client has decided to use an Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) with a Contractor, they would need to choose one primary option (A/B/C/D/E/F) […]

NEC People Conference Agenda – 18th June 2024

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

CECA Bulletin 39 – Role of the Project Manager

The Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) is an agreement between the Client and the Contractor as the named Parties. The contract goes on to identify […]

VIDEO: NEC People Conference 2023 – Highlights

Highlights video reel from our 2023 London NEC People conference so you can get a taste of what is in store if you come to […]

Latest NEC Guidance Notes

NEC3 and NEC4 Guidance Notes – An Introduction

NEC Guidance Notes – An Introduction

An introduction to GMH Planning’s NEC guidance notes, a useful resource at all levels for those involved in projects under the NEC3 & NEC4 forms of contract.

NEC4 Suite of Contracts – Overview

The NEC contract is deliberately written to formalise the requirement to carry out good practice project management systems that should assist the project teams in understanding the status of both time and cost for the lifecycle of the project.

ECC Section 63 – Assessing Compensation Events

The Contractor has to submit their quotation within three weeks of the quotation request. It is important that they present the quotation in a format […]

ECC Section 61 – Notifying Compensation Events

It is not uncommon for people to take a literal meaning of clause 32.1, that a revised programme should show implemented compensation events. Their response has been that therefore that you do not show non-implemented compensation events. Is this actually the case?