Where multiple compensation events arise under NEC4, separate assessment is usually the safer route. This guide explains the accepted programme, the dividing date, and why one blended impact programme can weaken traceability.

Clause 15 only works when early warnings trigger decisions and programme movement. Here’s a quantified register method and weekly rhythm you can run on real jobs.

On NEC4, many CE disputes are decided by process rather than merit. The NEC4 compensation event time bar is the main risk point, and it is driven by timing and evidence, not how strong your narrative feels. Clauses 61 and 62 control that process. Clause 61 is about getting the CE into the system on time. Clause 62 is about turning it into a priced and time-assessed decision, and stopping it from drifting. This article gives a workflow you can run on live projects with a simpl

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.

A contractor playbook for NEC4 Compensation Events: manage the CE clock, use the right programme at the dividing date, and submit a decision pack PMs can accept quickly.

Subcontractor delay becomes the main contractor’s problem on NEC4. Seven pitfalls that weaken your position, and the programme-led controls that keep the narrative, mitigation and evidence defensible.

NEC contracts have become the backbone of UK infrastructure, utility and engineering projects. Whether you are bidding for work in energy, rail, highways, water, industrial facilities or major civils packages, your NEC tender submission is now a core differentiator and the Procurement Act 2023  has raised the bar even higher. Procurement expectations now reward stronger planning evidence and measurable Social Value. Bidders must now demonstrate: robust planning & controls cap

Excel is great for registers and dashboards, but risky as the master NEC programme. Here are 7 pitfalls that undermine cause and effect, plus fixes using a lean logic linked schedule.

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

Construction planning in 2026: how to win and deliver projects successfully Introduction: planning in an age of chronic delay Despite decades of progress in tools and standards, global construction still struggles to deliver projects on time and on budget. Recent systematic reviews show that delays remain endemic across building, infrastructure and industrial projects, with recurring root causes such as design changes, weak planning, poor site management, resource shortages a

A contractor performance dashboard that turns progress meetings into decision sessions: clear KPIs, plan vs actual trends, obstacles, and mitigation—built to satisfy NEC and FIDIC reporting expectations.

Contractors lose entitlement on NEC4 Compensation Events when the process is loose: missed 8-week time bar, wrong Accepted Programme at the dividing date, weak notices and quotations with no programme story. Here are 7 pitfalls and the controls that fix them.

Time Risk Allowances are not padding. Under NEC, they are part of realistic planning. Clause 31.2 requires the contractor’s programme to show float and time risk allowances, and the NEC guidance is clear that where reasonable TRA is missing, unclear or not shown properly, the Project Manager has grounds not to accept the programme because it does not represent the contractor’s plans realistically or does not show the information the contract requires. That sounds technical, b