Home Page Icon
Home Page
Table of Contents for
Cover
Close
Cover
by Frances Forward
Architect’s Guide to NEC4
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
About the author
Introduction
1 Background to the NEC
Procurement strategy
Contract typology
Contract form
Project-specific strategies
Genesis and philosophy of the NEC
Origins
Application – what is in a name?
Guiding principles
The NEC contract family
The NEC family relationship for architects
Compatibility, ‘nesting’ of contracts and uniformity
NEC4 published contracts
2 Structure and content of NEC4
‘Pick-and-mix’ assembly of the contract
Clause hierarchy and contract layout
Necessary clauses
‘Designing’ the project-specific contract
Core clauses
Core Clause Section 1: General
Core Clause Section 2: The Contractor’s main responsibilities
Core Clause Section 3: Time
Core Clause Section 4: Quality management
Core Clause Section 5: Payment
Core Clause Section 6: Compensation events
Core Clause Section 7: Title
Core Clause Section 8: Liabilities and insurance
Core Clause Section 9: Termination
Main option clauses
Main Option A: Priced contract with activity schedule
Main Option B: Priced contract with bill of quantities
Main Option C: Target contract with activity schedule
Main Option D: Target contract with bill of quantities
Main Option E: Cost reimbursable contract
Main Option F: Management contract
Secondary option clauses
Secondary Option X1: Price adjustment for inflation
Secondary Option X2: Changes in the law
Secondary Option X3: Multiple currencies
Secondary Option X4: Ultimate holding company guarantee
Secondary Option X5: Sectional Completion
Secondary Option X6: Bonus for early Completion
Secondary Option X7: Delay damages
Secondary Option X8: Undertakings to the Client or Others
Secondary Option X9: Transfer of rights
Secondary Option X10: Information modelling
Secondary Option X11: Termination by the Client
Secondary Option X12: Multiparty collaboration
Secondary Option X13: Performance bond
Secondary Option X14: Advanced payment to the Contractor
Secondary Option X15: The Contractor’s design
Secondary Option X16: Retention
Secondary Option X17: Low performance damages
Secondary Option X18: Limitation of liability
Secondary Option X20: Key Performance Indicators
Secondary Option X21: Whole life cost
Secondary Option X22: Early Contractor involvement
Secondary Option Y(UK)1: Project Bank Account
Secondary Option Y(UK)2: The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996
Secondary Option Y(UK)3: The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999
Secondary Option Z: Additional conditions of contract
Options W1, W2 and W3: Dispute resolution options
Option W1
Option W2
Option W3
Contract Data
Role of the Contract Data
Part One: Data provided by the Client
Part Two: Data provided by the Contractor
Schedule of Cost Components
Role of the Schedule
Defined Cost
Disallowed Cost
Scope
Site Information
Completeness of Contractor’s perception of Commercial Risk
The Agreement
3 Contract machinery
People
Client and Contractor
Project Manager and Supervisor
Subcontractor
Others
Adjudicator
Consultant
Promoter
Programme
Pricing and payment
Design
Design responsibility
Design submission and acceptance
‘Future’ design
Temporary works design
Design liability
Defects
Dispute management
Early warning
Adjudication
The Tribunal
Communications
Rigour of communication
Collective responsibility
Communication types
Change control
Time-barring
Completion
Definition of Completion
Take over
4 Collaborative working with NEC4
Professional services
Relationship to the building contract
Application of the PSC for any discipline of Consultant
Cultural and procedural change
Responsibility, authority and people organisation
Multidisciplinary and project-specific nature of the Scope
No conventional percentage fee basis
Fine-tuning a PSC Consultant’s role
Subcontracting
Project profiles
Partnering
The history of Secondary Option X12
Extent of partnering
Structure and status
Secondary Option X12: People definitions and scope of application
Implementation of Secondary Option X12 documents
Partners’ management responsibilities
Secondary Option X12: Multiparty collaboration clauses
Framework agreements
Project-specific emphasis
The NEC Framework Contract
Term Services
Management systems
Paperless methods
Support
5 International use
Domestic and cross-border
Domestic
Cross-border
Jurisdiction
Language
Culture
6 In conclusion: decisive features of NEC4
Relative certainty and carpe diem
Temporal longstops and avoidance of delay
Real time
Consistency
The whole project
A way of life
Commitment
All or nothing
Use patterns
Appendix: NEC4 ‘Toolkit’
Communication checklist
Index
Search in book...
Toggle Font Controls
Playlists
Add To
Create new playlist
Name your new playlist
Playlist description (optional)
Cancel
Create playlist
Sign In
Email address
Password
Forgot Password?
Create account
Login
or
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Sign Up
Full Name
Email address
Confirm Email Address
Password
Login
Create account
or
Continue with Facebook
Continue with Google
Next
Next Chapter
Title
Add Highlight
No Comment
..................Content has been hidden....................
You can't read the all page of ebook, please click
here
login for view all page.
Day Mode
Cloud Mode
Night Mode
Reset