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For further information regarding the course, please contact:
info@asia-masters.com
www.asia-masters.com
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Richard was part of the drafting team for NEC4.
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Through Mott MacDonald, Richard delivers in-house and client training and training for NEC Training, including the four day ECC Project Manager accreditation course.
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https://www.apm.org.uk/news/nec-contracts-programmes-under-ecc-and-psc-webinar/
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https://youtu.be/OG0dZCrprz0
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https://www.apm.org.uk/news/nec3-to-nec4-webinar/
https://youtu.be/hGJKYh1iXYg
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https://youtu.be/QOrw_KqUZiE
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info@asia-masters.com
www.asia-masters.com
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Richard was part of the drafting team for NEC4.
Richard advised on possibly Mott’s first use of the NEC when he moved to their contracts/procurement team in 1996 and has worked with the NEC ever since. He advises Motts teams and their clients on NEC in all sectors including the Halley VI research station on the Antarctic, Transnet in South Africa and the Jumeriah Golf Estates in Dubai. In Hong Kong, he has supported the Mott MacDonald’s Hong Kong team on its commissions, advising various departments of the Government of Hong Kong first on their trial projects using NEC, and is happy now to see NEC as ‘business as usual’ in Hong Kong.
Through Mott MacDonald, Richard delivers in-house and client training and training for NEC Training, including the four day ECC Project Manager accreditation course.
Richard has contributed to two NEC books, had seven NEC papers published in ICE’s Proceedings and sat on the Editorial Advisory Panel of the ICE’s journal, Management, Procurement and Law. He is a also a frequent contributor to the NEC website and newsletter (34 articles at the last count) . Most of his articles are linked from his Linked-in page.
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/nec-contracts-programmes-under-ecc-and-psc-webinar/
https://youtu.be/_lymxkMz7Kc
APM webinar sponsored by the Thames Valley Branch on 12 August 2021.
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Speaker:
Richard Patterson, NEC4 drafter and Procurement & NEC Specialist at Mott MacDonald
https://youtu.be/OG0dZCrprz0
https://www.apm.org.uk/news/nec-contracts-the-risk-registerearly-warning-register-and-risk-allocation-and-management-webinar/
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APM webinar held on 24 November 2021, sponsored by the Thames Valley branch.
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https://www.apm.org.uk/news/nec3-to-nec4-webinar/
https://youtu.be/hGJKYh1iXYg
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Programme Acceptance
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4. New members of the NEC4 family :
•Design Build and Operate
Contract
•Alliance Contract
•Dispute Resolution Service
Contract (revised)
•Professional Services
Subcontract
•Term Service Subcontract
7. Clause 13 - communication
• 13.2 – states if Scope confirms use
of contract administration tool, the
date of communication has effect
when entered into that system.
Otherwise as before the address as
stated in CD1
• 13.4 – amendment to wording that
requires Project Manager to confirm
reasons for rejection in sufficient
detail to allow the Contractor to
correct the matter
8. Clause 15(not 16) – Early Warnings
• 15.1 – introduces Early Warning
Register rather than Risk Register
• 15.2 – now obligates the Project
Manager to produce and issue the first
Early Warning Register within one week
of the starting date
• Project Manager also instructs
Contractor to attend first early warning
meeting within 2 weeks of starting date
• 15.2 confirms that later meetings will
be as instructed by either party, or at
intervals stated in Contract Data
9. • 15.2 states that Subcontractor
can attend if it would assist to
decide actions to be taken
• 15.3 – extra emphasis on early
warning meeting to review
previous actions and decide if any
different actions need to be taken
and who should take them
• 15.4 – obligation on Project
Manager to reissue Early Warning
Register within one week
Clause 15 - Early Warnings
10. Clause 16 – Contractor Proposals
• 16.1 – Contractor can propose to
Project Manager a change in
Scope in order to reduce the
amount the Client pays the
Contractor to provide the Works
• 16.2 – within four weeks the
Project Manager accepts the
proposal and issues instruction
changing Scope, instructs a
proposed quotation, or rejects
proposal
11. • 63.12 (A/B) confirms that changes to
Client Scope proposed by Contractor
and accepted, the Prices are reduced
by an amount calculated by applying
the value engineering percentage in
contract data (clients be careful you
get this the right way round!)
• 63.13 (C/D) verifies that change to
Client Scope proposed by Contractor
will NOT reduce the total of the Prices
– and so assessed as part of
gainshare
Clause 16 – Contractor Proposals
12. Section 3: Programme
• 31.2 - Only change to 31.2 is last line
“a programme issued for acceptance is
in the form stated in the Scope”
•
• 31.3 – If Project Manager fails to
respond to programme within two
weeks, Contractor can notify this non-
response. Failure to respond within
further one week by Project Manager
will mean that the programme is
“deemed accepted”.
• 32.1 – deleted requirement to show
implemented compensation events on
a revised programme
13. 13
Contractor shown on each revised
programme:
• the actual progress achieved on
each operation and its effect upon
the timing of the remaining work
• implemented compensation events
• how the Contractor plans to deal
with any delays
• other changes the Contractor
proposes to make
NEC3 ECC Clause 32.1
NEC4
14. Section 3: Acceleration
• 36.1 – Project Manager can no longer
instruct quote for acceleration
• either party can propose, and if BOTH
are prepared to consider the change
then the Project Manager can instruct a
quotation to accelerate
• now there are timescales of up to
three weeks to produce quotation and
three weeks to reply
• also includes response to acceleration
quotation as core clause now
15. • 50.2 – obligates the Contractor to submit
applications detailing how they have been
assessed and in the form stated in the
Scope
• 50.4 – if the Contractor does not submit an
application then the amount due will either
be the amount at the previous application or
whatever the Project Manager assesses –
whichever is lower i.e. Contractor obligated
to put in an application if they want paying
that month!
• 50.5 – previously 50.3 where 25% can be
withheld for first programme not submitted
showing information contract requires
Section 5: Payments
16. Two new ones:
• 60.1(20) – Project Manager
notifies the Contractor that a
quotation for a proposed
instruction is not accepted
• 60.1(21) – additional
compensation events as stated
in contract data part 1
Section 6: Compensation
Events
17. • 61.4 response to notified compensation
event clarifies that if compensation not
notified within timescales of contract, the
Project Manager would confirm no
change to Prices/Key Date/ Completion
Date
• 63.1 – adds the term “dividing date” in
terms of actual/defined cost. Dividing
date is the date of the Project Manager
instruction/changed decision, or for all
other compensation events the dividing
date is the date the compensation event
is notified.
Section 6: Compensation
Events
18. • 63.5 (old 63.3) delay to Completion
Date assessed as the length of time
that due to the compensation event
planned Completion is later than
planned Completion as shown on the
Accepted Programme current at the
dividing date. Repeats for Key Dates.
• new sentence in 63.5: “When
assessing delay only those operations
which the Contractor has not completed
and which are affected by the
compensation event are changed” - ???
Section 6: Compensation
Events
19.
20.
21. NEC4 Practice Note 1 -
positives
• download a copy from gmhplanning
website or pick up a copy from our stand
today
• well written by four experienced
practitioners
• says what I have been saying in other
published articles in past ten years
• summary: whilst you use the last Accepted
Programme to assess compensation events
against, you first have to take into account
progress and other compensation events
that have occurred up to the dividing date
22. • this has been so late in coming!
• guidance notes are not part of the
contract
• still currently left with last line if 63.5
which we don’t know what it means
• only specifically written for NEC4 ECC,
although principles should be exactly
the same for NEC3 and all contracts
where a programme is operated
• potentially 1) contract clause 63.5,
2) guidance notes and 3) practice not
are not aligned with each other!
NEC4 Practice Note 1 -
negatives
23. This is a flavour of NEC4…
Full NEC4 comparison
document available to download
(for free) on our website for
ECC, TSC, PSC, ECS, ECSC
25. th3rdcurve.com Where I have seen Project
Controls and the NEC working…
and not working together?
26. th3rdcurve.com
Why do some of our major projects and
programmes choose not to adopt true
controls and performance management
whilst using the NEC form of contract?
Ultimately when delivering projects the default position is that
Contract is King, to often the Commercial Argument takes
precedent over honest reporting and pushing the job forward.
A Lack of Understanding drives behaviours that cause us
to stay in our comfort zone despite the numbers telling us we
far from it. In addition the application of project controls
across our project follows No Industry Standard, this has
led to the production of a Lack of Clear, Consistent Data
with which to measure performance, subsequently
Confidence in applying proper controls with the contract isn’t
always the default choice.
28. th3rdcurve.com
Contract is King…
or is it the Client?
• Project Control is mechanism for
us to ensure that we do what we
said we could
• to identify problems early enough to
minimise their impact
• to ensure those who gave the
remit to build something get what
they bargained for
• to keep the ratio of costs to benefits
within a realm that the client can
justify
29. th3rdcurve.com
• RESET
Regular programme acceptance effectively resets the
basis of measurement with each iteration, the
standard NEC contract does not dictate the use of a
baseline. Performance measurement is redundant.
So what’s the real issue?
• Programme
Submission
Acceptance
• Programme
Submission
Acceptance
• Programme
Submission
Acceptance
• Programme
Submission
Acceptance
Monthly
Process
Project
change
31. th3rdcurve.com
The Solution – “Performance
Measurement Baseline”
• Takes a snapshot of the first accepted
programme and locks it down
• Updated each period with Implemented
Compensation
• Matches change with an un-
progressed version of the original
programme
• Acts as a traditional baseline filling the
gap between the Starting Date and
Completion Date (and key dates, sectional
completions) with a full programme
34. The Cons
• Well, its twice the work isn’t it.
• General changes to the
programme outside of contract
change are not applied to the PMB.
• The impacts of CE’s can become
difficult to directly compare with a
PMB and the PfA.
• Requires more front end work to
set up integrated systems and
processes.
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35. The Cons…Sorted
• Well, its twice the work isn’t it.
• Not really if we actually use those systems we put
more work into setting up.
• General changes to the programme outside of
contract change are not applied to the PMB.
• If we apply the usage of work and planning packages
these impacts can be minimized.
• The impacts of CE’s can become difficult to directly
compare with a PMB and the PfA.
• This is the essence of CE assessment and should be
where the focus of work is concentrated to agree
change.
• Requires more front end work to set up integrated
systems and processes.
• With the benefit of saving time throughout the lifetime
of the project.
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37. • The ethos of both PM and Contractor teams needs
to be to close out contract admin in a timely manner
There will be a “deemed acceptance” of the
programme if the Project Manager fails to
respond to the issued programme and a
subsequent reminder (GMHPlanning)
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Contract Administration
38. • The collaboration of Controls (Planning,
Cost & Risk) and Commercial teams in the
assessment of changes is essential to
effectively forecast the full impact of changes,
in particular when trying to apply to both the
PfA, Last accepted programme and the PMB
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40. The behaviours around interpreting EV data
must be well educated throughout the
organisation and supply chain. The use of the
data will dictate the effectiveness of the
decision making off of the back of analysing
results.
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Education