No Accepted Programme in place? You can still assess NEC4 compensation events. This practical guide shows the baseline wording, dividing date discipline, and a simple evidence pack that gets decisions.

NEC Whitepaper: “The History of NEC – Evolving to be the world’s favourite procurement suite” The NEC story is not just “contract history”; it explains why NEC projects succeed or fail in practice. The NEC whitepaper traces the suite from its origins in the late 1980s to the current NEC4 era, highlighting the consistent theme: NEC is designed to stimulate good project management, not merely allocate legal risk after the event. First, NEC is explicit that collaboration is “har

Winning NEC Bids for Small Contractors

If you are a small or mid-tier contractor, planning is rarely your only problem. The programme is where cashflow, access, design interfaces, procurement, early warnings and compensation events all meet. Industry precedent: under NEC, the Project Manager’s acceptance of a programme does not change the Completion Date or the Contractor’s obligation to meet it, because the Completion Date can only be changed in accordance with the contract. Under NEC, the programme is not just