Does NEC3 have too much process and procedure ?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, Compensation Events, Early Warnings, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
NEC contains a lot of processes from early warning through programme updates to compensation events. In this video, the panel discusses whether these process add unnecessary cost and bog a project down in unnecessary administration?
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NEC: Is there really a difference between 'approved' and 'accepted'?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, Administration, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
Accepted and approved sound very similar. One is used in the NEC the other is not. Is this just a matter of semantics or is there an important point of principle underlying this choice of words. What does it mean to “accept” under the NEC and are there any particular consequences ? Jon, Ian, Ewen and Rob discuss and come up with a simple suggestion to improve the contract.
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Is an NEC programme just a bar chart?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
The programme is central to most process under the NEC but what exactly is the programme? If it isn’t just a bar chart what exactly is it or what could it include? Jon, Ian, Ewen and Rob discuss.
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How much detail should the Programme include?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
For long and complex projects the programme can itself be complicated. How much information should anyone reasonably expect to see on a programme and does the distance away from “time now” matter? If things are further in the future is it OK to be a little more vague about them?
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Is there an implied acceptance of programmes?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
Given how central the programme is to NEC, it must be important that everyone works to the same, up to date, version of it. So what happens then if a Contractor submits a programme and hears nothing back? Is it accepted or not ? And does it make a difference? Jon, Ian, Ewen and Rob discuss.
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Are the programmes requirements of NEC too complicated?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
Clause 31.2 contains a very long list of what must be included in a compliant programme and clause 32.1 adds to that for each update. Isn’t that really all too much particularly if the project is a relatively simple one ? Rob, Ian, Ewen and Jon discuss.
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NEC: Float and time risk allowance are the same, aren't they?
TAGS: Accepted Programme, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
An NEC programme should show both time risk allowance and float. What are the practical and programming differences between the two? How do you show them and use them effectively? Rob, Ian, Ewen and Jon discuss.
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Compensation Events tie together all contractual consequences
TAGS: Accepted Programme, Compensation Events, NEC, NEC3, NEC4
The theory behind compensation events in the NEC is to take an event and deal with all of its consequences and how all parties have dealt with it in one go. Does that produce a better result or just a more complicated process? Is it really any different to other contacts in practice ? Ian, Ewen, Rob and Jon discuss.
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