NEC articles

NEC was first published in 1993 as the New Engineering Contract. It is a suite of construction contracts intended to promote partnering and collaboration between the contractor and client. It was developed as a reaction to other more traditional forms of construction contract which have been portrayed by some as adversarial.

The intentions of NEC contracts include:

• Stimulating good management.
• Being clear and simple, written in plain English, in the present tense and without legal terminology.
• Being useable in wide variety of situations from minor works to major projects

The suite of documents now include:

• ECC Engineering and Construction Contracts
• ECSC Engineering and Construction Short Contracts
• ECS Engineering and Construction Subcontract
• ECSS Engineering and Construction Short Subcontract
• FC Framework Contract
• TSC Term Services Contract
• TSSC Term Services Short Contract
• PSC Professional Services Contract
• SC Supply Contract
• SSC Supply Short Contract
• AC Adjudicators Contract

There are a number of articles relating to NEC on Designing Buildings Wiki:

• Accepted programme.
• Activity schedule
• Compensation event.
• Cost reimbursable contract.
• Defined cost.
• Delay damages.
• Disallowed cost.
• Early contractor involvement.
• Early warning notice.
• Key dates.
• Latham Report.
• NEC contract change management systems.
• NEC contracts - road development and management schemes.
• NEC contracts and collaborative working.
• NEC early contractor involvement.
• NEC early warning notices - a tool of mutual benefit.
• NEC3.
• NEC4.
• NEC Option A: Priced contract with activity schedule.
• NEC Option B: Priced contract with bill of quantities.
• NEC Option C: Target contract with activity schedule.
• NEC Option D: Target contract with bill of quantities.
• NEC Option E: Cost reimbursable contract.
• Period for reply.
• Term Contract.
• The NEC and the Z clause.
• Time Risk Allowance.
• Z clauses.

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• Design and build.
• Construction management.
• Managing the procurement process.
• Procurement route.
• Selection criteria.
• Sub-contractors.
• Sustainable procurement.