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ISSUE No.72 MAY 2015 www.neccontract.com
NEwslEttEr
More than 240 NEC users attended the annual
NEC Users’ Group seminar at the Institution of
Civil Engineers headquarters in central London last
month. The sell-out event attracted delegates from
around the world and culminated with the first-
ever NEC awards ceremony.
The keynote speaker was David Hancock, head
of construction at the UK Cabinet Office, who
endorsed the collaborative nature of NEC contracts
in his presentation on the UK government’s
construction strategy for the next 10 years.
Outlining his vision for delivering the targets
set by Construction 2025 he said, ‘having survived
the recession and with a full development pipeline
ahead, it’s time to collaborate as an industry, to
future-proof construction and change it for the
better.’
BIM, FM and NEC
Simon Rawlinson, member of the UK
government’s BIM Task Group and partner at EC
Harris, then described NEC’s role in delivering the
benefits of building information modelling − a
requirement for all UK government contracts from
next year.
Tim Cummins, president of the International
Association for Contract and Commercial
Management, discussed the latest ideas and
models of collaboration and what these mean
for NEC users, after which John Kenny, head
of facilities management at Crown Commercial
Services, explained how the NEC3 Term Service
Contract (TSC) is delivering up to £4 billion of
public sector facilities management frameworks.
Railways and highways
Next up was Phil Bennett, finance and
commercial director for Network Rail’s southern
region infrastructure projects, who described its
decision to start using NEC a year ago as, ‘a new
chapter for Network Rail, based on a spirit of
mutual trust and co-operation.’
In April 2014 Network Rail let four 5-year NEC
Framework Contracts worth £1.2 billion. ‘We are
now one year into the new frameworks and have
already seen reduced management and transaction
costs, increased opportunities to innovate, and
improvements in both the quality of work and the
safety of the workforce,’ he said.
Maththew Lugg, director of public services
at Mouchel Infrastructure Services, and Peter
Higgins, member of the NEC board, concluded the
morning session with a review of how a standard
TSC is helping to deliver the UK Highways
Maintenance Efficiency Programme.
Workshops and awards
The afternoon session involved workshops
on setting and managing target cost contracts;
collaboration, early warning and disputes; and
working with the TSC. An expert panel session on
benefits and challenges to collaborative partnering
concluded the formal sessions, after which NEC
Users’ Group president Rudi Klein presented the
inaugural NEC awards (see page 2).
According to Rekha Thawrani, NEC general
manager, ‘We were thrilled with the overwhelming
success of this year’s seminar and the first ever
NEC awards. Once again, this sell-out event
was a wonderful engaging mix of insightful
presentations, interactive workshops, panel
discussion and excellent networking opportunities
for attending delegates.
‘The event is a standout opportunity to
recognise and celebrate the world’s finest examples
of NEC3 contract collaborations. I congratulate our
sterling and inspirational award winners, and thank
our key speakers, presenters and all the users who
joined us.’ ●
For further information including a detailed seminar
report and copies of presentations visit the NEC website
at neccontract.com/seminar15.
over 240 NEC users attend
annual seminar in london
SIMON FULLALOVE EDitor
CONTENTS
Inaugural NEC award winners include major 2
Dutch project
South African university delivers 35 3
NEC projects
New NEC3 solutions guide published 3
New training course on ECC commercial 3
aspects
NEC contracts and CDM 2015 4
Virtual observations provide NEC users 5
with location-specific weather reports
NEC early warnings – the need for a more 6
positive perception
FAQs 7
ICE Register of Accredited NEC3 ECC 8
Project Managers
Diary 8
The new £136 million permanent premises for the
International Criminal Court in The Hague,
Netherlands, will be delivered on time and budget
in September this year under an NEC3 Engineering
and Construction Contract (ECC) option C (target
cost with activity schedule). Currently the biggest-
ever use of ECC in mainland Europe, the project
won the NEC Large Project of the Year award at
the inaugural NEC awards in London last month
(see page 2)

2. Winners of the inaugural NEC awards last month
included the £136 million International Criminal
Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, which
won the first NEC Large Project of the Year
award. Prizes were also presented to the best
small project, client, contractor and project
manager.
NEC Users’ Group president Rudi Klein
presented awards to the winners and runners-up
in each category at the NEC Users’ Group annual
seminar in London on 20 April 2015. The judges
were NEC Users’ Group chairman Steve Rowsell,
NEC Users’ Group secretary Rob Gerrard, NEC
board member Matthew Symes and Costain
commercial director Matthew Garratt.
According to Rowsell, ‘We were very impressed
with the high number and standard of the
entries. While it was no real surprise, given the
vast increase in the use of NEC contracts for
delivering high quality projects both in the UK
and internationally, it bodes well − both for
future awards events and for the future of the
construction industry as a whole.’
Largest in mainland Europe
ICC is the largest use of NEC in mainland
Europe to date. According to the judges,
the client ‘took an important leap of faith’
in choosing the NEC3 Engineering and
Construction Contract (ECC) option C (target
contract with activity schedule) to support its
desired collaboration strategy.
NEC was selected over the Dutch UAV-GC
and international Fidic forms on the basis that it
was best for promoting a collaborative approach
as well as delivering best value for money.
Contractor Courtys, a joint venture of Visser &
Smit Bouw and Boele & van Eesteren, started
work on the 54,600 m2
building in 2012 and is
due to hand over on schedule in September this
year.
ICC’s project manager Paul Fondse of Brink
Groep said around 150 early warnings have
been issued and resolved to date, including the
unexpected discovery of buried fuel tanks and
ground pollution, and changing the planned
fibre-reinforced-composite facade to aluminium.
He estimates a final shared saving of around £5
million.
The Hong Kong Drainage Services
Department’s £89 million Happy Valley
underground stormwater storage scheme and
RWE Innogy UK’s £44 million Goole wind farm in
Yorkshire, UK were both highly commended in
the large project category.
Councils dominate small category
The winner of the NEC Small Project of the
Year was an 8 week, £250,000 refurbishment
at Rushden Pool in Northamptonshire, UK.
The work was carried out for client East
Northamptonshire Council under an NEC3
Engineering and Construction Short Contract via
the Scape local authority framework.
Together with project manager Pick Everard
and contractor Jeakins Weir, the council
faced a £12,000 weekly penalty if the pool did
not re-open on time. The judges said, ‘Full
application of the contract led to all sorts of
issues being resolved openly, transparently and
with evident collaboration.’
Two other UK local authority projects −
Hadleigh Park in Essex and Kennington Park
One O’clock Club and Adventure Playground in
Lambeth − were both highly commended in the
small project category.
Network Rail wins best client
UK rail infrastructure owner and operator
Network Rail won the NEC Client of the Year
award in recognition of its decision to let four 5
year NEC3 Framework Contracts last year worth
£1.2 billion.
The so-called ‘Control period 5 multi-
functional framework contracts’ cover a portfolio
of over 500 building and civil engineering
enhancement projects on the Anglian, Kent,
Sussex and Wessex routes in south-east England.
The individual projects are being undertaken
using ECC options A (priced contract with activity
schedule, C and E (cost reimbursable), the NEC3
Professional Services Contract option E and the
NEC3 Engineering and Construction Subcontract.
The switch to NEC was a major step for
Network Rail, which has traditionally used
the former ICE Conditions of Contract for
infrastructure projects. According to southern
region finance and commercial director Phil
Bennett, ‘We identified NEC as the optimum
industry contract form which aligns and facilitates
the corporate objective to transition into a more
collaborative client working in a transparent and
trusting manner with our suppliers.’
The judges said the frameworks, ‘demonstrate
how collaboration starts with the selection of
the right suppliers with the right culture and
capability to deliver innovation at an early stage
in a project, based on BS11000 collaboration
principles and supported by the NEC3.’
Britain’s M25 motorway operator Connect
Plus and the ICC were highly commended in the
client category.
VolkerFitzpatrick wins best contractor
VolkerFitzpatrick won the NEC Contractor of
the Year for its role in Network Rail’s £500 million
NEC-based framework for the Anglian route in
south-east England.
The judges said, ‘The project demonstrates a
strong integration of roles, incorporating early
contractor involvement and BS 11000 principles,
to achieve collaboration supported by the use of
the NEC3 to focus on delivering excellence.’
BAM Nuttall and Costain, which are jointly
delivering Network Rail’s £300 million NEC-based
frameworks for the Kent and Sussex routes,
and Graham Construction, currently upgrading
Monklands Hospital in Airdrie, Scotland under
the NEC-based Health Facilities Scotland 2
framework, were highly commended in the
contractor category.
Project manager of the year
Last but not least, the NEC Project Manager
of the Year award went to David Hunter for
achieving the highest marks in the NEC3 ECC
project manager accreditation programme in
2014.
Hunter is a commercial manager with Urban
Vision Partnership, a joint venture between
Capita, Galliford Try and Salford City Council. An
experienced NEC advisor, he nevertheless felt it
important to gain a recognised NEC qualification
and says he also significantly benefited from
attending the programme. ●
For further information on each winning and
highly commended project, visit the NEC website
neccontract.com/awards.
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SIMON FULLALOVE EDitor
inaugural NEC award winners
include major Dutch project
NEC awards winners (left to right) Phil Bennett
of Network Rail, Paul Fondse of Brink Groep,
David Hunter of Urban Vision Partnership and
Paul Gibbs of Pick Everard, together with NEC
Users’ Group president Rudi Klein

3. Last month NEC launched a new one-day training
programme entitled Commercial Management
using the NEC3 ECC. It is specifically designed
for people looking to develop into a more senior
role as a project or contract manager on an NEC3
Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC)
project.
The programme aims to equip delegates with
the skills necessary to manage commercial aspects
and relationships successfully when using the
ECC. It condenses key aspects from the popular
ECC project manager accreditation programme to
offer a consolidated one-day syllabus focusing on
the commercial elements of ECC projects.
Those who enrol in the programme will gain
an appreciation of what commercial management
means under the ECC, understand how ECC
clauses affect commercial management and be
clear on how to develop their own commercial
management plan in practice.
The training is available in a choice of
delivery formats depending on the professional
development objectives and learning preferences
of individuals and organisations. The next
available training day will be on 11 June in
Birmingham. The programme can also be
delivered by NEC tutors directly to organisations,
in-house.●
For further information visit neccontract.com/
commercialmanagement.
The University of the Witwatersrand in
Johannesburg, South Africa has recently
successfully completed a 4 year development
programme involving 35 separate NEC contracts.
In 2008 the university’s campus development
and planning team initiated a 6 year capital
projects programme to improve existing
infrastructure and construct new buildings. A
total of over 1.5 billion rand (£80 million) was
invested across 45 projects, 35 of which were
procured using NEC.
The main framework contractors were
Murray and Dickson Construction, Tyris
Construction and a joint venture of Tri-Star and
Enza Construction. NEC3 contracts included
the Engineering and Construction Contract
(ECC) options A, B and C; the Engineering and
Construction Short Contract (ECSC); the Supply
Contract (SC); and the Short Supply Contract
(SSC).
Promoting collaboration
According to Spencer Hodgson, director of the
capital projects programme, ‘NEC contracts were
adopted as the main standard forms to promote
a culture change from the traditional ‘them and
us’ approach to collaboration. The decision to
adopt NEC has clearly resulted in several tangible
benefits, particularly value for money.
‘An important part of mobilising the projects
has been to ensure that we adopt best practices.
Introducing NEC to the Wits projects put us
on a learning curve with our consultants and
contractors, but it is paying off. We have been
able to activate projects quickly, as well as involve
contractors in design and value engineering and
complete projects within budget.’
The main people in the Wits procurement
team in addition to Hodgson were Emmanuel
Prinsloo, Ron Watermeyer and Dean Barnes.
Successful delivery
A study published last year (Laryea and
Watermeyer, 2014) indicates that overall the
portfolio of projects was delivered within 6% of
the control budget over a period of 6 years.
‘The main factors that have contributed
to the achievement of projects on time and
budget include the cultural change from
master−servant to collaboration, discipline of
the control budget, competitive negotiation
tendering procedure, framework agreements,
early contractor involvement and management
of building projects by project managers rather
than principal agents. All of this has been made
possible by using NEC contracts,’ says Hodgson.
The success of NEC at Wits has led to its
adoption on construction projects at South
Africa’s two newest universities: University
of Mpumalanga in Mbombela and Sol Plaatje
University in Kimberley. Both opened to students
in 2014. ●
Reference
Laryea S and Watermeyer R (2014) Innovative
construction procurement at
Wits University. Proceedings of the Institution of
Civil Engineers − Management, Procurement
and Law 167(5): 220 –231.
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south african university
delivers 35 NEC projects
SAMUEL LARYEA wits uNiVErsity
ELIZABETH BROOKFIELD NEC
New training course on
ECC commercial aspects
ELIZABETH BROOKFIELD NEC
New NEC3 solutions guide published
A new practical solutions guide has been
published on contractual issues faced by users
of the NEC3 suite of contracts.
Based on 245 real queries posed to the
NEC Users’ Group Helpdesk over the past
10 years, NEC3 Practical Solutions is intended
to be a helpful problem-solving tool, providing
hints, tips and answers to common questions.
The 296-page guide has been written by
NEC Users’ Group secretary Rob Gerrard and
NEC trainer Stuart Kings.
It focuses on implementing
good practice and guides
readers through common
project pitfalls.
The relevant NEC3
contract clause number
is given for each query,
and tips for the successful
use of NEC3 contracts are
provided at the end of each chapter. Priced
£37.50, the guide is aimed at anyone wishing to
work successfully with the NEC3 suite.●
For further information and to purchase a
copy please visit neccontract.com/practicalsolutions.
Wits University’s new Undergraduate Science
Centre in South Africa was delivered under a £10
million NEC3 Engineering and Construction
Contract option C
The next one-day Commercial Management
using the NEC3 ECC programme is on 11 June
The new book provides answers to 245
common ECC questions

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The Construction (Design and Management)
Regulations 2015 (CDM 2015) came into force on
6 April 2015, replacing the 2007 regulations. CDM
2015 creates a new role of principal designer and
does away with the former CDM coordinator role,
which has implications for NEC3 Engineering and
Construction Contracts (ECC) in the UK. Other
CDM roles, including the principal contractor,
remain unchanged.
Responsibility for co-ordination of work in
(or ‘safety during’) the pre-construction phase
– which is crucial to the management of any
successful ECC project – now rests with the CDM
principal designer. The role will typically be taken
by the lead designer for the project. The role is
complimentary to but distinct from the physical
and technical co-ordination of design elements
produced by various teams and specialists on a
project.
Pre-construction information
CDM requires the client (ECC employer) to
pass on to bidders ‘pre-construction information’,
which includes residual risks known to those
preparing the bid documents. Under CDM 2015
the principal designer has to ‘assist’ the employer
with preparing the pre-construction information.
At this stage it is likely that the principal designer
will be the employer’s lead designer.
The pre-construction information will contain
some information that should be in the ECC
works information and some that should be
in the ECC site information. Good practice is
to put the information that should be works
information or site information in the relevant
ECC documents and refer them from the pre-
construction information document.
Selecting the principal designer
As soon as design work is being carried out,
the employer is required by CDM to appoint
the principal designer. The appointment must
be in writing. The principal designer could be
a standalone role or could be part of a wider
appointment for design. If the employer has to
appoint an external organisation it could use the
NEC3 Professional Services Contract or the NEC3
Professional Services Short Contract.
The ECC works information should name
the CDM principal designer. In a contract with
significant design by the contractor it is likely
to be appropriate, but not essential, for the
contractor to take over the role of principal
designer.
Where there is significant design to be
done after award by both the contractor and
employer (e.g. for different parts of the works),
the principal designer role might be given to the
employer’s designer. Split design responsibilities
after award of contract may make the CDM
principal designer role particularly difficult, not
least as the contractor and employer remain
responsible for their own designs while the
principal designer has responsibilities regarding
the health and safety of both designs.
The same applies to temporary works design
where the principal designer must ensure the
contractor’s designer has access to all relevant
health and safety information to inform
their design, and receives health and safety
information back from them to ensure it is made
available to other designers and contractors.
There would also need to be technical interaction
between the temporary works designer and the
designer of any permanent works that could be
affected by it.
Bidders for a contract involving contractor
design where design is carried out as part of
the bid have to act as coordinators of designers,
effectively carrying out the role of the CDM
principal designer in respect of their bid design.
This is so even if the employer’s designer has
retained the formal principal designer role, as
will normally be the case.
If a bidder’s designer wants more information
about health and safety issues during the bid
stage they should be asking the incumbent
principal designer. This will normally be via
the process for requesting information set out
in the instructions to bidders. However, direct
involvement of the principal designer may be
difficult in the bid stage because of the need for
commercial confidentiality. It should be noted
CDM 2015 gives no ‘concession’ to the role of the
principal designer in the bid period.
Selecting the principal contractor
The appointment of the principal contractor
must be in writing. The works information should
include either the name and contact details of the
principal contractor (if that is not the contractor),
or a statement that the contractor is to be the
principal contractor.
Design submission after award of
contract
In ECC design and building contracts, the
project manager has to accept stated ‘particulars
of the contractor’s design’ to be submitted after
award of contract. This is for the project manager
to have a chance to reject the design if it does
not comply with the requirements of the works
information or the law. Any such ‘particulars of
the contractor’s design’ to be submitted must be
set out in the works information (clause 21.2).
If the CDM principal designer is the same
organisation as the ECC project manager, then
the project manager will logically carry out the
principal designer duties in parallel with their
ECC obligations to accept or not accept designs
under the contract. The organisation which is
both project manager and principal designer
should be very clear who it appoints to carry out
each role. It is recommended that the roles are
not carried out by the same individual, except
perhaps on a very small project.
If the CDM principal designer is the ECC
contractor, then the ECC works information
should state that the contractor’s designs should
be reviewed by the principal designer prior to
submission to the project manager. The works
information should require evidence of such a
review to be included with the submission of
designs for project manager acceptance.
If the CDM principal designer is neither the
ECC contractor nor from the same organisation
as the project manager, and is also responsible
for reviewing design for compliance with the
employer’s requirements, then the employer
would normally have the project manager pass
the designs received from the contractor to the
principal designer for comment prior to the
project manager accepting or not accepting those
designs.
However, the employer may set out in the
works information that the contractor’s designs
should be reviewed by the principal designer
prior to submission to the project manager. This
is more likely if the principal designer has no
other design role in relation to the contract. The
works information should require evidence of
such a review to be included with the submission
of designs for project manager acceptance.
Construction phase plan
CDM 2015 requires the construction phase
plan to be ‘sufficient to ensure that construction
work is carried out, so far as is reasonably
practicable, without risks to health or safety’
before the contractor starts construction. The
principal designer is required to liaise with the
principal contractor regarding a ‘construction
phase plan’.
In the 2007 version, the CDM coordinator was
required to confirm that the plan was adequate
prior to construction being allowed to start.
This is no longer the case – CDM 2015 puts
responsibility for the construction phase plan’s
adequacy squarely on the contractor, with the
client now only having a duty to ensure there is
one before construction works commence.
In an ideal world it would be sufficient for
a competent contractor to assess and manage
risks themselves without external checks, but
experience with CDM 2007 suggests otherwise.
Some employers may still wish to have the
principal contractor’s construction phase plan
independently reviewed prior to a start on site.
The ECC works information could usefully
reinforce the importance of the construction
phase plan by stating that construction can
not start until the principal contractor has
formally confirmed to the project manager that
the construction phase plan is adequate. An
alternative is to make the ‘access date’ (stated in
contract data part one) conditional on the formal
confirmation from the CDM principal contractor
that its construction phase plan is adequate.
Health and safety file
CDM requires a ‘health and safety’ file to
be prepared to help the employer safely use,
maintain and alter the assets delivered by
the contract. To comply with the Heath and
Safety at Work Act, the employer must be able
to make available relevant health and safety
information, including the health and safety file,
to anyone − including its own staff − who is
using or maintaining the asset. Under CDM 2015
the principal designer is required to prepare
and update the file as design and construction
proceeds.
The ECC works information will normally
require the contractor to submit for project-
manager acceptance the as-built drawings and
operation and maintenance manuals (if there is
NEC contracts and
CDM 2015
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Virtual observations provide
NEC users with location-specific
weather reports
JOHN FARAGHER MEt oFFiCE
A particular challenge for NEC users is ensuring
that the weather information contractors
incorporate into planning and post-project
phases reflects as closely as possible the actual
conditions expected or experienced on site.
In the UK weather information is generally
provided by observation stations. The Met Office
runs a network of more than 300 stations around
the UK, over 100 of which produce 1-in-10
year weather data for NEC users (see issue 70).
However, the Met Office has recently developed a
system of ‘virtual observations’ which means this
weather information can now come from over
3600 UK locations.
Producing virtual observations
Physical land surface weather observation
stations provide automatic, frequent and accurate
readings for weather elements such as wind,
rainfall and temperature. It is now possible to
interpolate this data into a gridded dataset of
virtual observations. Sophisticated statistical and
modelling techniques take into account local
topography, exposure, altitude and any coastal
effects to ensure accurate representation at fine
resolution.
A second method of producing virtual
observations is to use a wider combination of
data sources, including weather radar, satellite
images, radiosonde and observations from
aircraft and ships. These are assimilated and
interpolated to provide a detailed view of the
current state of the atmosphere, which can then
be used to generate observations for any location.
The Met Office has used the first method to
produce the 1-in-10 year weather values and
long-term averages for NEC users on a 1 km grid.
These statistics are less sensitive to changes in
the data collection frequency or methodology
– something that often occurs in longer-term
historic data sets. Both are available in the Met
Office’s planning average reports.
For monthly downtime summary reports, the
Met Office uses the latter method, incorporating
a wider range of data sources. This methodology
was chosen as the required underlying data
can be produced routinely and is available
immediately at the end of the month, rather than
some time later.
Benefits of virtual weather reports
Virtual observations can be used by NEC users
in the same way as station-based observations,
and can also be used to address a number
of issues that are sometimes associated with
station-based observations. For example, they are
typically closer to a contractor’s site, and datasets
are always complete with no missing values.
The Met Office’s systematic verification process
has ensured that the new virtual observation
reports offer data comparable to actual station-
recorded data. While it is not possible to say they
are always 100% correct, they provide a more
representative view for sites not close to physical
observation sites.
The new location-based reports can provide
more flexibility to contractors, as the previous
system sometimes left them finding reports that
were not representative of actual on-site weather
conditions. In addition, where the station-based
reports have just temperature, rain and snow
information, the new reports summarise up to 16
different weather elements, 10 of these including
long-term averages and 1-in-10 year values. The
system has been rigorously tested over a year to
verify its robustness.
In summary, virtual observations provide NEC
users with a greater density of coverage of the
UK. The weather information they provide can
more accurately reflect on-site conditions for
locations that may be a long distance from an
observation station or in an area with a different
weather profile due to local topography. ●
For further information see the NEC and the
Weather webinar at neccontract.com/weather.
The Met Office
now provides
virtual weather
observations at
over 3600 sites
in the UK
contractor design). Under CDM 2015 the principal
contractor is only required to provide ‘other
information’ required by principal designer to
prepare health and safety file.
It is essential therefore to make the
contractor’s provision of information required
for the health and safety file a requirement
for completion under ECC. If the design is
complete and the employer chooses to end the
appointment of the principal designer prior to
completion, the employer can pass on to the
contractor the direct obligation to complete the
health and safety file. If this is foreseen at the
tender it should, of course, be included in the
ECC works information.
Conclusion
NEC users in the UK all need to be aware
of CDM. The changes in CDM 2015 may take a
little time to get used to. Those preparing and
managing ECC contracts need to be aware of and
properly manage the interactions between CDM
and the contract. ●
This is summary of a briefing article by the
authors to be published in the ICE journal
Management, Procurement and Law, www.
managementprocurementandlaw.com.
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At a recent seminar a colleague and I were
discussing the merits of the NEC early warning
mechanism. He noted the changes made 10
years ago to clause 16 in the NEC3 Engineering
and Construction Contract (ECC), especially
those altering the phrase ‘early warning’ to ‘risk
reduction’. Certainly it seems odd that the clause
title remained as ‘Early warning’ whereas I have
always considered (and lectured others) that the
emphasis is more on reducing risk.
If you type ‘early warning’ into Google
expecting to find pages of information and
informed discussion relating to NEC and more
specifically the ECC early warning clause 16,
you will be disappointed. The first two pages
of results read like a list of disaster movie
catchphrases: tsunami, disaster reduction, fraud,
severe weather, dementia, production collapse,
exam marking fiasco, diabetes, global meltdown,
swine flu and so on.
For the past 15 years or so of my professional
career I have come across so many companies
and individuals who have had difficulty with
the NEC early warning and compensation event
mechanisms, in particular the use of early
warnings. Some of the comments I have heard
over the years, and I am sure all readers will
recognise some of these, make me shudder.
■ ‘Your early warning is rejected’ − from a
project manager.
■ ‘Every time you sneeze you send in an early
warning’ − from a project manager.
■ ‘Let’s not send in this early warning, it will
upset the client’ − from a commercial
director.
■ ‘I thought this contract was about partnering
and keeping it friendly, why are you
submitting claims all the time?’ − from an
employer.
Word association
Potentially the problem lies in word
association. Word association, in this context, is
basically the unreflective and immediate human
response to a given word or set of words. Type
‘warning’ into online dictionary Wordnik.com
and you get the following definitions.
■ ‘An intimation, a threat or sign of impending
danger or evil.’
■ ‘Advise to beware, counsel to desist from a
specified and undesirable course of action.’
■ ‘A cautionary or deterrent example.’
■ ‘Something, such as a signal, that warns.’
So which of these descriptions best
emphasises the intent of NEC contracts? More
importantly, which do NEC users think best
describes the intent?
Time for some analogous thinking. An air-raid
siren is a type of early warning; it is a sign of
impending danger or threat so falls into the first
and fourth definitions above. A guardian angel
could be said to be another type of early warning,
guiding and guarding whomsoever is lucky
enough to have one, giving warning to those
who believe in them. They perhaps fall into the
second and third definitions above.
So which of the options do NEC users
normally associate with the word ‘warning’? We
are bombarded daily with negative associations
of the word, such as veiled warnings, profit
warnings and warnings about global warming.
As such I believe it is the air-raid siren analogy
which more readily addresses our initial and
basic instincts.
It may be therefore that our basic human
instincts and unreflective thoughts are actually
counter-intuitive to NEC contracts; a prejudice
to bad news demonstrably causing individuals
to react negatively to NEC’s ‘jewel in the crown’
early warning procedure. I am sure the NEC
drafters would prefer users to consider words
such as ‘opportunity’, ‘mitigation’, ‘facilitation’
or ‘prevention’ when using the early warning
mechanisms.
So yes, I think word association has a part to
play in understanding why, for some reason, it
occasionally goes wrong.
Buddha and ’bergs
Let me turn your attention to Buddha just
for a moment. According to a report in the
New Scientist, committed Buddhists have been
found to have an unusually active left prefrontal
lobe in their brains; the lobe that is associated
with positive emotions, good morals, foresight,
planning and self-control.
Buddhist meditation apparently brings about
a radical change in perception; the Buddhist
literally sees a different world from the ‘bad
or mediocre man’. Is it too much for us to
heed Buddha’s warning that greed, hatred and
delusion drive most human beings and are the
sources of all suffering?
I mentioned disaster movies earlier on so
let us also consider the lesson learned from
James Cameron’s Titanic. Course corrections
are far easier when you have time to make small
adjustments; it is too late when you are close to
the iceberg.
The purpose of this article is to give NEC
users a little more insight into what is possibly
happening on a fundamental and human level.
When we attend the annual NEC seminar and
hear how NEC delivers on its promises, how
project after project succeeds where others fail
because it has mechanisms in place that deal
specifically with risk, it is easy to assume that
every project is like this. This is not the case.
Fundamentally what NEC contracts encourage
most (in this context) is the concept that
contracting parties warn one another about
impending bad news. This is not necessarily
contentious bad news, but information about
events which could increase the prices or delay
completion, which delay meeting a key date or
impair the performance of the works. The parties
can then do something about it, setting in motion
a course of action that will prevent, or at least
diminish, the risks and the resultants costs or
delays that inevitably follow the event.
Duty to warn
The concept of openness, of warning one
another, is relatively new to the construction
industry, especially as a contractual obligation.
The duty to warn was always a concept that
arose in the law of torts in limited circumstances,
indicating that a party will be held liable for
injuries caused to another, where one party had
the opportunity to warn the other of a hazard
but failed to do so. But, from a practical and day-
to-day perspective, this duty had limited impact
upon construction professionals.
NEC elevated the obligation to warn to one of
fundamental importance, recognising this by the
introduction of a specific clause in the contracts
and making that obligation considerably broader
in scope than other contracts may have done in
the past.
The NEC basis is one of foresight; the
word ‘could’ in ECC clause 16.1 recognises
the requirement to look out for ‘potential’
problems, directly contrasting with provisions
in other standard form contracts which appear
reactionary in nature; to events that have already
happened.
In a future revision of NEC, I would like to
suggest the following changes in the light of the
above.
■ Change the title ECC clause 16 to ‘Risk
reduction’.
■ Call an early warning a ‘risk reduction notice’
and remove all reference to early warnings.
■ Consider making provisions to incentivise
the process, for instance a contractor’s early
warning that saves the project financially
could be shared; specifically in non-target cost
contracts or target cost contracts that have
limited pain-share provisions.
■ Remove any linkage between early warnings
(risk reduction notices) and compensation
events, so that users do not confuse the two.
I think these measures will improve NEC
contracts, helping to diminish if not entirely
remove the negative attitude of some parties.
All too often NEC users are confusing the vital
and genuine need for project risk reduction with
the commercial needs of the contractor to make
money, though it is rarely done with devious
intent and purpose.
Perhaps we need to insist as an industry that
only Buddhists are allowed to be NEC project
managers! ●
NEC early warnings −
the need for a more positive
perception
STEVE GOODWIN gVE CoMMErCial solutioNs

7. 7CoNtraCts • BooKs aND guiDEs • traiNiNg • usErs’ group • proJECt support sErViCEs • CoNFErENCEs • rECruitMENt • soFtwarE
This is a selection of recent questions to the NEC
Users’ Group helpline and answers given. In all
cases it is assumed there are no amendments
that materially affect the standard NEC3 contract
referred to.
What is an experienced contractor?
Question
In the NEC3 Engineering and Construction
Contract (ECC) clause 60.1(19), bullet point four,
the phrase ‘an experienced’ is being subjectively
applied by some project managers. Are there any
suggestions on dealing with this?
Answer
This particular clause would only generally
apply for rare events. All of the preceding parts
have to be positively answered before addressing
the issue of ‘an experienced’. This term is used
to make sure it is not the particular contractor’s
experience that is used to judge this part of the
clause but that of an experienced contractor.
Otherwise, you may have skewed outcomes
where a contractor is inexperienced or new to
this type of work.
Ambiguities and the project manager
Question
If there is an ambiguity and the project
manager has to make a decision to correct it,
how can the project manager decide whether it
constitutes a compensation event under the ECC?
Does the project manager automatically have to
take the position that the contractor had made
the lowest cost assumption during the bid?
Answer
If the ambiguity exists in the works
information, the project manager corrects this
ambiguity via a change to the works information,
(clauses 14.3 and 17) which is a compensation
event. It is then assessed as if the prices, the
completion date and key dates were for the
interpretation most favourable to the party which
did not provide the works information, see clause
63.8. Therefore if the works information prepared
by the employer is changed then your assertion
is correct.
Replacing sentences
Question
Instead of Z clauses, can you remove and
replace core clause sentences?
Answer
You can indeed, but what would you call this
and how would you make sure such changes
were properly incorporated into the contract? By
pointing to the Z clauses in contract data part one
and making sure all such clauses sit clearly under
the heading ‘Option Z: Additional conditions of
contract’, then there should be no doubt of their
inclusion.
In addition you need to be aware that, if you
are using an electronic licence to print your own
contracts, the terms of that licence requires that
if you make any changes from the standard text
they have to be clearly annotated as such.
Amending a core clause
Question
Would it be correct to say that an amendment
of a core clause is actually a Z clause?
Answer
That would be correct. Any amendment,
addition or deletion of any core clause should be
contained in a Z clause.
Examples of bad drafting
Question
Is there a forum we can use to share examples
of bad drafting of Z clauses for the benefit of
good practice?
Answer
We could definitely develop such a forum
which might be best via social media but, to be
clear, we do not have a right to publish Z clauses
we come across as they are the property of
others.
Common Z clauses
Question
Why not look into developing a guidance
document or FAQs covering various situations
where Z clauses are widely or commonly used?
Answer
We consider that we have already covered the
common amendments and additions needed in
the contract through the use of the secondary
options that we publish. Many of the Z clauses we
see have very little practical use and are poorly
drafted. However, this has been mentioned a few
times and perhaps there may be some merit in
trying it.
We have yet though to come across an
organisation wishing to provide their Z clauses
for open scrutiny. If there are any Z clause donor
organisations willing to try this, we would be
pleased to hear from them.
Using other main option clauses?
Question
Can you write a Z clause to amalgamate
certain provisions from one NEC3 contract main
option into another, for example using progress-
payment provisions from ECC option B (priced
contract with bill of quantities) in ECC option
A (priced contract with activity schedule)? The
reason would be to change the usual option A
requirement of requiring completion of a whole
activity prior to payment.
Answer
Yes, it would be possible to do this. However
it will lead to sterile arguments about just how
much of each activity has been carried out or not
carried out each month.
The whole point of developing option A was
to develop a clear and simple method that would
eliminate these monthly arguments that often
engender so much ill-will and distrust between
the parties.
If you are concerned that the activities cover
several months of work then you should use
smaller activities that cover shorter durations. So,
for example, instead of having one activity for all
of the piling, break it down into piling in each
area, defined by building or grid lines.
Valid Z clauses?
Question
We regularly use Z clauses to deal with issues
such as professional indemnity insurance
requirements, assignment and collateral
warranties. Are these valid uses for Z clauses or
should we remove them?
Answer
It is important to determine what the
perceived inadequacy is within say the ECC to
decide if indeed a Z clause is required. On the
face of it, these are the sorts of matters that could
well be appropriate Z clauses.
There is though provision in the contract
data part one to add in additional insurance
requirements to that contained in the core
clauses − professional indemnity insurance
requirements should therefore be added here
instead.
If you consider that assignment is an essential
provision between the two parties then this
should be added as a Z clause – but is it essential
and what would happen (where a party needed
to assign) if such a clause was not included?
A similar comment exists for collateral
warranties: are these absolutely necessary and
could the provisions of Y(UK)3 be used here
instead saving on drafting fees?
Mixing contract clauses
Question
We are currently working under an NEC3
Term Service Contract (TSC) option C with some
additions from the ECC via Z clauses. However,
although the contract refers to defects and how
they are to be dealt with, the defect liability
period is excluded. How is this to be dealt with?
Answer
We are not sure what a defect liability period
is as this is not a phrase used in either the TSC
or the ECC. Under the TSC, defects are to be
notified until the end of the service period and
in turn corrected by the contractor within a
time which minimises the adverse effect on the
employer and others. ●
FAQsROBERT GERRARD
NEC usErs’
group sECrEtary

8. 8 NEC users’ group Newsletter•No.72•May 2015 telephone: +44 20 7665 2446 email: info@neccontract.com wEB: neccontract.com
04 May ECC project manager accreditation Hong Kong
07 May TSC pre- and post-contract workshop West Midlands
11 May ECC project manager accreditation Scotland
11 May ECC project manager accreditation Hong Kong
12 May Preparing and managing the ECC South West
14 May Introduction to the SC West Midlands
18 May ECC project manager accreditation West Midlands
21 May Introduction to the ECC West Midlands
28 May Introduction to the TSC London
02 June ECC compensation events workshop Scotland
02 June Producing better works information West Midlands
04 June ECC project managers workshop South West
04 June Introduction to the PSC West Midlands
09 June NEC Users' Group workshop Nottingham
11 June Commercial management using ECC West Midlands
15 June NEC Users' Group workshop London
17 June Introduction to the ECC Scotland
17 June Managing risk under the ECC West Midlands
24 June ECC programming workshop Scotland
01 July NEC golf day London
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Transport for London
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Organisation
Department of Health ProCure21
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Driving Standards Agency
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Farrans (Construction) Ltd
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Horizon Nuclear Power
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Jackson Civil Engineering
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Natural History Museum
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NWSSP Specialist Estates Services
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Rider Levett Bucknall
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SLR Consulting Ltd
South London & Maudsley
NHS Trust
Springfields Fuels Ltd
SSE Plc
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The British Museum
The Capita Group PLC
The Coal Authority
UK Power Networks Ltd
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University Of Cambridge
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Volker Wessels UK Ltd
VPI Immingham
Warwickshire County Council
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WYG Management Services
YGC
SILVER
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BAM Construct UK Ltd
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DarkStar Surveying Ltd
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Dee Valley Water Plc
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DLA Piper UK LLP
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Flagship Housing
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Gleeds
Gve Commercial Solutions
Health Facilities Scotland
Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd
Hill & Smith Ltd T/A Techspan
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Imtech Traffic & Infra UK Ltd
IPP Contracting Ltd
J N Bentley Ltd
Jacobs UK Ltd
John Sisk & Son Ltd
John X Birchall
Knowles Ltd
Land Engineering (Scotland)
Liverpool Mutual Homes
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Northern Ireland Water
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Playle & Partners
Prysmian Cables & Systems Ltd
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Ramboll UK
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Resolute Project Services Ltd
Salvation Army
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Thames Tideway Tunnel
The Orange Partnership
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Thorntask Limited
Turner & Townsend
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UK Limited
Volker Rail Ltd
Walter Thompson (Contractors)
Ltd
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Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
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Allied Infrastructure Management
Ltd
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Ardent Consulting Ltd
Argyll and Bute Council
Beattie Communications
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Bilfinger Industrial Services Uk Ltd
Black & Veatch Ltd
Blake Newport Associates
Bowdon Consulting Limited
Brachers LLP
Brodies LLP
C&V Consulting
Caledonian Maritime Assets
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Castle Hayes Pursey LLP
Chandler KBS
Client Managers Toolkit
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Construction Dispute Resolution
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Ctori Construction Consultants
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DKB Project Controls Ltd
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Doig & Co
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Engineering Contract Strategies
Fladgate LLP
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Hanover Housing Association
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JJL Consultancy Ltd
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McAdam Design
Met Office
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Authority
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Patronus Consulting Ltd
pdConsult
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Portsmouth City Council
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Navigant Consulting (Hong
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