NEC Flashcards
What are the main types of NEC ECC contract?
A - Priced contract with activity schedule
B - Priced contract with bill of quantities
C - Target contract with activity schedule
D - Target contract with bill of quantities
E - Cost reimbursable contract
F - Management contract
How is the NEC arranged?
Core clauses 1-9 covering the key contractual mechanisms
Main option clauses A-F which cover the contract/ procurement routes (choose 1)
Dispute resolution clauses Option W1 and W2
Secondary Option clauses (X) and (Y)
Cost components
Z clauses - additonal conditions of contract
Contract Data Part 1 and 2
What must an NEC programme contain?
NEC Claus 31.2 says the programme should show:
- Starting date, access date, key dates, and completion date
- Planned completion
- order and timing of the operations which the Contractor plans to do
- provisions for float
- provisions for time risk allowance
- dates when in order to provide the work the Contractor would need access to any part of the site , acceptances , plant and materials provided by the client, info from others
- any other info requested within scope
- statement of how the Contractor plans to do the work identifying principal equipment and resources which will be used
What does contract data part 1 and 2 contain?
Part 1 - Employer
Includes:
description,
parties - Employer, PM, Supervisor, Adjudicator,
Where Works information and Site information is kept
Information on dates and key dates - e.g. start, completion and sectional completion
Testing and defects information
Payment information
Information on compendation events (weather reference info etc)
Risk and insurance
Various options
Part 2 - Contractor
Contractors name address and key people
Contractors design portion of the works - where located
If activity schedule or bills of quantities the details of them
Various rates and percentages for overheads
Design overhead percentages
Various information for rates and rates for equipment etc
What are the main types of NEC contract generally?
ECC - Engineering and construction contract
PSC - professional services contract
Framework
Term Service
DBO - Design, build and operate
ALC - Alliance contract
FM contract
What is the role of the NEC PM?
“act in a spirit of mutual trust and co-operation”
Issues and responds to communication
Issues instructions
Assesses compensation events
Issues EWN
Maintains an Early Warning Register
Manages the programme - acccepts the programmes when submitted by the Contractor
Accepts the quality plan
What are early warning notices?
Early warnings are mandatory and wide-reaching and can require advance notification of anything which could increase the prices, delay completion or the meeting of a key date or be likely to increase the contractor’s total cost.
What is the role of the NEC supervisor
Notified the Contractor of defects
Checks the work against the Works Information
Witnesses testing and checks quality
Signs off the Defects certificate
What happens if the Contractor doesn’t submit a programme?
25% of money for work completed is retained until the Contractor submits a programme
Compensation events under NEC
Instruction changing the works information
Failure to allow access
Instruction to stop work
Weather measurement
Event stopping work being completed by the Contractor
