This 1 day course will be particularly attractive to delegates who have already been on out ‘Getting to Grips with NEC’ and ‘NEC Compensation Events’ courses. It is necessary that delegates have a detailed background and a working knowledge of the form.
All contracts within the NEC3 family are based on the application of sound project management principles. Central to such principles is the management of time. To this end the ECC devotes an entire core clause (number 3) to issues related to time. The core document that comes out the application of this core clause is the Accepted Programme, which by the application of the procedures becomes a dynamic management tool at the centre of the project management regime.
The underlying principle of time management is that it should be constantly monitored. As a result there is a positive obligation for time to be managed by regular updates of the programme, each one of which should act to replace the previous Accepted Programme, thereby keeping the programme fresh.
Course Content:
Introduction
• NEC forms and time
• Underlying principles
• What other contractual entitlements apply?
Differences Between the Second and Third Editions
• Key dates
• Risk Register
• Prevention
• Key performance indicators
• Compensation event procedures
The Accepted Programme
• General principles
• Required contents (including time risk allowances and float
• Tender programmes
• Revising the Accepted Programme, timing and content
• Grounds for withholding acceptance
Programme Management and Use
• Link to other provisions
• Early warnings
• Programme updates
• Tracking progress and slippage
• Agreeing progress
• Records and record keeping
Notification of Compensation Events
• Contractual requirements and limitations
• Notifications; by the Project Manager
• Quotations for proposed instructions
• Notifications; by the Contractor
• Notification of compensation events arising from main options and secondary options
• Project Manager’s response to contractor notification
• Notification of failure to give early warning
• Latest time for notification
• Quotations for compensation events
• Status of quotations; if instructed
• Status of quotations; if not instructed
• Procedure and timetable
• Instructions for alternative quotations
• Contractor’s alternatives
• Revised quotations
• Project Manager’s assumptions
• Extended time for quotations and replies
• Failure to reply to quotations
• Cost of preparing quotations
• Project Manager’s assessments; obligations
Project Delays
• Grounds for EOT – compensation events
• Assessing delay under the ECC
• Delay analysis techniques and the ECC
Problematic Issues
• Float
• Concurrency
• Acceleration
• ‘Wait and See’ pitfalls
• Cause and effect linkage
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