If you are working under the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC), your entitlement to time on a compensation event is only as good as the way you assess it. Most contractors do not lose time because the event was weak. They lose it because the programme evidence is unclear, the “dividing date” baseline is wrong, or the delay model mixes the compensation event with unrelated project noise. The NEC approach is deliberately prospective. It is meant to keep commerci

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