Training and development support is a key part of CECA’s core offer for its membership and working in conjunction with GMH Planning it has delivered a programme of training events around the NEC Form of Contract across several CECA UK regions.
In addition to this training, a series of monthly NEC Contract Bulletins are being produced for both Contractors and Subcontractors to improve practical awareness on key topics within the NEC. The coverage, whilst not exhaustive, is intended as a general overview on some of the contractual principles to increase a wider understanding in support of more sustainable outcomes.
For the purposes of these bulletins a contractual relationship between a “Client” and “Contractor” is assumed. The same rules/principles also apply if the contractual relationship is between a “Contractor” and a “Subcontractor” and so the term “Contractor” will be used to describe both parties.
These bulletins are based on the latest NEC4 family of contracts, but the same principles and rules would apply where parties are engaged under an NEC3 form of contract.
2021
1. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.1 – Amended Contracts & Z Clauses – January 2021
2. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.2 – Bulletin No.2- Key Dates and associated liability – February 2021
4. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.4 – Pricing Compensation Events & The Use of Assumptions – April 2021
5. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.5 – Early Warnings and Liability for Not Notifying – May 2021
6. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.6 – Important of Accepted Programme Every Period – June 2021
8. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.8 – Programmes submittted with compensation event quotations – August 2021
10. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 10 – Float, Types & Ownership – October 2021
11. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 11 – Contract Data Parts 1&2 – November 2021
12. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 12 – Use of cloud-based systems to manage NEC contracts – December 2021
2022
14. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 14 – Spirit of Mutual Trust & Co-Operation – February 2022
15. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.15 – Getting compensation events implemented i.e. accepted – March 2022
16. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 16 – Quality Management & Managing Defects – April 2022
19. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 19 – Dispute Resolution Process – July 2022
20. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 20 – Managing Subcontractors – August 2022
21. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 21 – The Role of the Supervisor – September 2022
22. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 22 – Project audits and contractual ‘health checks’ – October 2022
23. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 23 – Payment, Defined Cost and Schedule of Cost Components – November 2022
24. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 24 – Communication Flow – December 2022
2023
25. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 25 – Secondary Option X1 Price Adjustment For Inflation – January 2023
30. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 30 – Contractual milestones to show on a programme – June 2023
31. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 31 – Disallowed Costs – July 2023
32. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 32 – Engineering and Construction Short Contract (ECSC) – August 2023
33. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.33 – Dictionary definitions versus contractual definitions – September 2023
34. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.34 – Periods for response in NEC contracts – October 2023
35. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No.35 – Common misconceptions when administering NEC contracts – November 2023
36. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 36 – Payments – December 2023
2024
37. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 37 – Top Ten Most Important NEC4 ECC/ECS Clauses – January 2024
38. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 38 – Z Clauses That Could Alter Risk Profile – February 2024
39. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 39 – The Role Of The Project Manager – March 2024
40. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 40 – Secondary Option “Y” Clauses – April 2024
41. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 41 – X20 Key Performance Indicators – May 2024
42. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 42 – A Positive Approach To Early Warnings! – June 2024
43. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 43 – State of the Industry – Survey Results – July 2024
44. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 44 – Professional Service Contract – August 2024
45. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 45 – Supply Contract – September 2024
46. CECA NEC4 Bulletin No. 46 – Concurrency & NEC Contracts – October 2024
48. CECA NEC Bulletin Nr 48 – Assessing weather delays under NEC contracts – December 2024
2025
49. CECA NEC Bulletin Nr 49 – Programme at Tender Stage – January 2025
50. CECA NEC Bulletin Nr 50 – Role of records alongside administering NEC contracts – February 2025
51. CECA NEC Bulletin Nr 51: Assessing Compensation Events – Forecast or Actual Costs? – March 2025
52. CECA NEC Bulletin Nr 52: NEC ECC High Level User Guide – April 2025