Practical Guide to the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract
Michael Rowlinson
- Launched
- in
- 1993,
- the
- NEC
- Engineering
- and
- Construction
- Contract
- has
- become
- one
- of
- the
- UK's
- leading
- standard
- forms
- of
- contract
- for
- major
- construction
- and
- civil
- engineering
- projects.
- The
- third
- edition,
- popularly
- known
- as
- NEC3,
- is
- a
- process
- based
- contract
- embodying
- project
- and
- commercial
- management
- best
- practice,
- so
- its
- basic
- philosophy
- differs
- from
- the
- more
- adversarial
- approach
- of
- other
- standard
- construction
- contracts.
- Since
- the
- first
- edition
- of
- this
- book,
- the
- third
- edition
- of
- the
- contract
- has
- seen
- the
- introduction
- of
- a
- new
- secondary
- option
- for
- use
- in
- the
- UK
- and
- amendments
- to
- a
- number
- of
- clauses.
- In
- addition,
- in
- September
- 2011,
- changes
- were
- introduced
- to
- cater
- for
- the
- amendments
- to
- the
- Housing
- Grants,
- Construction
- and
- Regeneration
- Act
- 1996
- contained
- in
- the
- Local
- Democracy,
- Economic
- Development
- and
- Construction
- Act
- 2009,
- which
- became
- effective
- for
- all
- new
- contracts
- entered
- into
- from
- 1
- October
- 2011.
- These
- amendments
- have
- been
- incorporated
- into
- the
- text.
- A
- Practical
- Guide
- to
- the
- NEC3
- Engineering
- and
- Construction
- Contract
- will
- be
- useful
- to
- everyone
- in
- the
- construction
- industry
- working
- on
- a
- project
- under
- this
- contract.
- It
- will
- be
- of
- interest
- to
- the
- complete
- construction
- supply
- chain,
- including
- employers,
- construction
- professions,
- contractors
- and
- sub-contractors,
- as
- well
- as
- consultants
- and
- lawyers
- advising
- any
- of
- these
- parties,
- either
- in
- the
- preparation
- of
- contract
- documentation
- or
- the
- day
- to
- day
- management
- or
- the
- resolution
- of
- problem
- situations
- which
- may arise.
