NEC • Flagship course • 7-14 CPD hours depending on format

NEC4 in Practice for Contractor Commercial Teams

The Early Warning, compensation event and programme machinery, built around what actually wins money on NEC jobs.

About the course

Two-day intensive on the ECC under NEC4, focused on the daily commercial mechanics: Early Warnings, compensation events, the Accepted Programme, Defined Cost, and payment. Built around the operational realities of running NEC commercially as a contractor.

Who it’s for

◆Contractor commercial managers and senior QSs on NEC3/NEC4 projects
◆Junior QSs joining an NEC project for the first time
◆Project managers wanting commercial fluency
◆Subcontractor commercial teams working under NEC sub-contracts

What attendees can do afterwards

Outcomes.

01 Operate the Early Warning regime so the EWN actually changes Employer behaviour
02 Notify, quote and price compensation events under clauses 60-65 with confidence
03 Submit a programme that satisfies clause 31, gets accepted, and protects payment under clause 50.3 / 50.5
04 Build a Defined Cost quotation under SCC / SSCC that survives PM scrutiny
05 Run payment, retention and the assessment day correctly

Agenda

What the course covers.

Modules below cover the full content; shorter formats cover a subset agreed at scoping. Live drafting workshops and case-study sessions are included on the longer formats.

Module 1: The NEC4 philosophy

·Mutual trust, the spirit of the contract, and what it means commercially
·Main and Secondary Options: ECC Option A through E, the X clauses
·Roles: PM, Supervisor, Contractor, and why they matter
·NEC3 → NEC4: the changes that matter on a live project

Module 2: Early Warnings (clauses 15 / 16)

·What is and isn't an EW
·The Early Warning Register and the risk reduction meeting
·Clause 61.5: the trap for late notification
·Live drafting workshop: write an EWN from a fact pattern

Module 3: Compensation events (clauses 60-65)

·The 19 events at clause 60.1
·Notification: who, when, and the 8-week trap at 61.3
·PM response, quotation structure, assessment
·Time-only, cost-only, and combined CEs
·The implementation moment and why it matters

Module 4: The Accepted Programme (clause 31)

·Clause 31.2: the things a programme must show, items (a) through (l)
·The Accepted Programme as a contract document
·Clause 50.3 / 50.5: the 25% retention lever
·Programme updates, reasons for non-acceptance, the recovery dance

Module 5: Defined Cost, payment, retention

·Defined Cost vs Disallowed Cost, the lines that matter
·The Fee and how it really works
·Schedule of Cost Components vs Shorter Schedule
·Assessment Day, the application, the payment certificate

Module 6: Disputes and dispute resolution

·W1, W2 and the Adjudicator
·Option W3, the Dispute Avoidance Board
·What goes into a strong CE quotation bundle
·When to settle and when to refer

Format

How it’s delivered.

1-day overview

approx 7 hours
2-day deep dive

approx 14 hours

Take-aways

What attendees leave with.

◆ Attendee workbook (PDF). 12-25 pages covering every module, with exercises, model answers, key clause references, glossary, and a CPD record page.
◆The NEC commercial template pack: EWN, CE Notice, CE Quotation cover, Defined Cost build-up workbook
◆Full course workbook with worked CE examples
◆CPD certificate and 30 days post-course Q&A access