Answered: NEC ECS: How should you assess the cost of delay under option C?
They are largely right. See the detail of the SSCC : i.e. site management people who on site longer are paid at cost with uplift (percentage for WA overheads). Accommodation is within Equipment....
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: Retrospective acceptance of materials/resource
"Should the PM issue acceptance retrospectively (for any future use) ?" Yes."Should the PM point out that the lack of response/acceptance did not cause any delay and even identify the date of...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: Comparison of Option A v C Tender Prices
A better place to raise this more discursive question would be on the BuiltIntelligence LinkedIn discussion forum. Personally, I am not aware of any such research.
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: Option C - Schedule of cost components Item 7
Yes that's right, how much the Contractor recovers from his insurer is immaterial to the Employer. If this wasn't the case the Employer may find he is liable for some costs for events that aren't his...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC TSC: Who owns Intellectual property contained within an...
The standard TSC is silent on this however you may want to check your Z clauses which quite often deal with IP issues. I suspect you don't have much of a leg to stand on unless there are explicit...
View ArticleNEC ECC: Can I insist on native electronic format of the programme
Can you add an additional requirement/ clause in a subcontract to submit the native format with a programme submission? Some subcontractors seem to not want to share a Primavera xer format..
View ArticleNEC ECC: Using CECA rates for plant equipment.
Should CECA rates be used for the productive time on site or the time actually whilst on site during working hours?
View ArticleNEC ECC: Can history be removed from the programme?
The Contractor have a option E contract with the Project Manager. the Project Manager requested the Contractor to remove the historical scope from the programme. i cant seem to find anything in the...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: Can I insist on native electronic format of the programme
I hear this quite often. Arguably the contract does not make this an express provision, but i would question what have they got to hide? Having been a planning manager for a main Contractor I would...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC PSC: Option E - Who is liable for mistakes?
Assuming it is an un-amended contract, you would have to be able to demonstrate that the consultant did not, to quote clause 21.2 "use the skill and care normally used by professionals providing...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECS: Clause 63.2 – reduction of prices
First of all, I would challenge whether they can reduce your Prices. They are imposing a further constraint that is forcing you to use this Subsubcontractor, but you could choose to use this...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: What is the likely effect on tender prices of not having...
I assume you mean not having the percentage for Working Area overheads under options C, D and E. For me, it is more realistic Prices because the risk - which could be both threat and opportunity -...
View ArticleNEC ECC: When is a defined cost a defined cost
Background: Option C contract each project is a CE, each with sectional completion. Project (CE) value was agreed with client and an approx 2 1/2 month duration into project before project was stopped...
View ArticleNEC ECC: Removing clauses from Specification for Highway Works (MCDHW 1)
We overbanded day joints as per Specification for Highway works clause 711. The client has recorded this as a defect as they say it was not a requirement as it was " Not used" in "Volume 2 , Works...
View ArticleNEC ECC: Contractor submitted a programme requesting several weeks beyond...
Agreed and implementation of 2 CE's resulted in Two weeks delay to completion date but in contractors submission of a revised programme they are now playing further 6 weeks extension of time. This is...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: What is the likely effect on tender prices of not having...
Probably wont alter tendered total of Prices too much, but will obviously affect the fee percentage as the element for recovery of people/working area overhead will now have to be included within the...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC PSC: Option E - Who is liable for mistakes?
Just to add to Jon's point which is probably obvious but none the less worth saying. Any such recovery would have to be via the contract that you have with your consultant under PSC option E. There is...
View ArticleNEC ECC: What is the difference between Socc 1.3(b) subsistence & lodging &...
ECC Option D: What is the difference between Socc 1.3 (b) Subsistence and Lodging and Socc 2. Equipment -Accommodation? We need to understand to understand the difference to properly classify the cost...
View ArticleAnswered: NEC ECC: Why choose NEC3 Option B for a public sector project
Like any option it should be used in the right situation. I see no reason why you would not want to use option B if the project lends itself to a B of Q type project. I suspect value for money is...
View ArticleNEC ECC: Consequences of Contractor design errors
The Contractor has discovered a design error in so far as some hand railing he has manufactured will not fit into an enclosed hoist which is fixed to the outside of an existing building thereby...
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