Answered: NEC3 ECC: Who carries the risk of exchange rate increase if the...
It is probably the longest period of forecasted cost to be included within a Contractor assessment. Not sure why you would ever want seven weeks forecast (I have seen regularly 1-4 weeks but not...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC3 ECC: Ambiguity within Works Information clarified by Tender...
If during the tender process there was a TQ questioning do you want the shed demolished or left that was resolved stating "please demolish" then assuming TQ responses are part of the signed contract I...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC3 ECSC: If a Contractor is aware of ambiguity between drawings...
All very well for Works Information to state that "ambiguities between Works Info documents" should be raised, but they might not have spotted them - what then? If it is so obvious that the Contractor...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC3 ECC Option C: Ambiguity in Works Information?
What would have been helpful here would have been to "resolve" the ambiguity earlier. First question to resolve would be is or isn't the road signs to be part of the technology scope. You say the...
View ArticleNEC3 ECC what happens when I have 2 schedules of cost components?
If both the full SCC and Shorter SCC is used under an ECC Main Option C or A, it is understood that the Project Manager can use one or the other to make his own assessment and not both together?
View ArticleUsing both SCC and SSCC under ECC Main Option A & C?
Under an ECC Main Option A or C, if both the SCC and Shorter SCC are used within the contract data, it is understood the Project Manager or Contractor use one or the other and not both to assess a...
View ArticleShould the Contract Documents include details of Tender Addenda?
Having received a significant addendum whilst tendering, should that have been included within the Contract Documents? We have a separate estimating/bidding team, and they had incorrectly filed the...
View ArticleShould the NEC Supervisor / Project Manager confirm in writing that a Defect...
The contract has been written to omit the Supervisor and transfer his duties and responsibilities to the Project Manager. The Works Information states that the Contractor must follow his own quality...
View Article11.2 (17) Definition Removed from Contract
If in a framework agreement the definition of a Subcontractor means a person (agents, etc) engaged to perform part or all of the work, and Clause 11.2(17) has been removed from the project specific...
View ArticleWho is responsible for accepting/confirming close out of a defect
The contract has been written to omit the Supervisor and pass on his duties and responsibilities to the Project Manager. The Works Information states that the Contractor must follow his own quality...
View ArticleNEC3 Option B - The affect of Z-Clauses and Contractors Proposals on...
Clause 60.1(12), 60.2, 60.3, 60.4 and 60.5 have been removed from an Option B Contract via a Z-Clause. The Works Information requires on site testing of formation following excavation and a...
View ArticleCan I claim gain achieved whilst within a CE
I have a current project in which the groundworks activity was generous in the time allowed and I expected to finish this item in 10 days rather than the 22 contained in the accepted programme....
View ArticleNEC3 ECSC: Payment of CE
I have an issue where our client is waiting for their end client to assess a CE which originated from us as a Contractor. This CE resulted from an instruction to complete additional works and has not...
View ArticleNEC3 ECC: Are these elements to be included in a CE quote?
NEC Option C being used for main contractor, sub-contractor engaged by Contractor on NEC Option B Two parts to my question, please: 1. If I agree to prolongation as part of a CE, then the prolongation...
View ArticleAnswered: Who is responsible for accepting/confirming close out of a defect
If the PM has taken on the duties of the Supervisor then the role must rest with the PM in the same way as if rather than omitting the Supervisor the same name had been filled in for both PM and...
View ArticleAnswered: 11.2 (17) Definition Removed from Contract
Simply deleting the definition of "Subcontractor" doesn't remove the idea of an entity being a subcontractor. All it does is remove the agreed definition and leave you with a plain English term....
View ArticleAnswered: NEC3 ECC what happens when I have 2 schedules of cost components?
Just adding to Dave's answer, the SSCC and the SCC should, in theory, come to the same result as they are generally the same (it is just the detail that has been removed from the SSCC). In a general...
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