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‘The Employer, the Contractor, the Project Manager and the Supervisor shall
act as stated in this contract and in a spirit of mutual trust and co-operation.
In these conditions of contrast, terms identified in the Contract Data are in
ics and defined terms have capital initial
(1) The Accepted Programme is the programme identified in the Contract
Data or is the latest programme accepted by the Project Manager. The latest
programme accepted by the Project Manager supersedes previous Accepted
Programmes.
(2) Compietion is when the Contractor has
* done all the work which the Works Information states he is to do by the
Completion Date and
* corrected notified Defects which would have prevented the Employer trom
using the works and Othors from doing their work,
If the work which the Contractor is to do by the Completion Date is not stated
in the Works Information, Completion is when the Contractor has done all the
work necessary for the Emplayer to use the works and for Others to do their
work.
(3) The Completion Date is the completion date unless later changed in
accordance with this contract.
(4) The Contract Date is the date when this contract came into existence.
(5) A Defect is
* a part of the works which is not in accordance with the Works Information
or
+ a partof the works designed by the Contractor which is not in accordance
with the applicable law or the Contractor's design which the Project
Manager has accepted,
(6) The Defects Certificate Is either a list of Defects that the Supervisor has.
notified before the defects date which the Contractor has not corrected or, if
there are no such Defects, a statement that there are none.
(7) Equipment is items provided by the Contractor and used by him to Provide:
the Works and which the Works Information does not require him to include in
the works.
(8) The Fee is the sum of the amounts calculated by applying the subcon-
tracted fee percentage to the Defined Cost of subcontracted work and the
direct fee percentage to the Defined Cost of other work.
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(9) A Key Date is the date by which work is to meet the Gonalition stated. Thy
Key Date is the key date stated in the Contract Data and the Condition is thy
condition stated in the Contract Data unless later changed in accordance wit
this contract,
(10) Others are people or organisations who are nat the Employer, the Proje
Manager, the Supervisor, the Adjudicator, the Contractor or any employee
Subcontractor or supplier of the Contractor.
(44) The Parties are the Employer and the Contractor.
(412) Plant and Materials are item:
(43) To Provide the Works means to do the work necessary to complete th
works in accordance with this contract and all incidental work, services ang
actions which this contract requires.
intended to be included in the works.
(14) The Risk Register is a register of the risks which are listed in the
Contract Data and the risks which the Project Manager or the Contractor has}
notified as an early warning matter. it includes a description of the risk and a
description of the actions which are to be taken to avoid or reciuce the rish,
(45) The Site is the area within the boundaries of the site and the volumes]
above and below it which are affected by work included in this contract
(16) Site Information is information which
* doscribes the Site and its surroundings and
= isin the documents which the Contract Data states itis in.
(47) A Subcontractor is @ person or organisation who has @ contract with the:
Contractor to
* construct or install part of the works,
* provide a service necessary to Provide the Works or
* supply Plant anc Materials which the person or organisation has wholly
oF partly designed specifically for the works,
{18} The Working Areas are those parts of the working areas which are
+ necessary for Providing the Works ane
* used only for work in this contract
Unless later changed in accordance with this contract.
(19) Works Information is information which either
‘ specifies and describes the works or
* states any constraints on how the Contractor Provides the Works
and is either
* in the documents which the Contract Data states it Is in or
* inn instruction given In accordance with this contract.
In this contract, except where the context shows otherwise, words in the
singular also mean in the plural and the other way round and words in the
masculine also mean in the feminine and neuter
This contract is governed by the law of the contract.
No change to this contract, unless provided for by the conditions of contract,
has effect unless it has been agreed, confirmed in writing and signed by the
Parties,
This contract is the entire agreement between the Parties.
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Each instruction, certificate, submission, proposal, record, acceptance,
notification, reply and other communication which this contract requires is
communicated in a form which can be read, copied and recorded. Writing is in
the language of this contract.
A communication has effect when it is received at the last address notified by
the recipient for receiving communications or, if none is notified, at the
address of the recipient stated In the Contract Data.
If this contract requires the Project Manager, the Supervisor or the Contractor
to reply to a communication, unless otherwise stated in this contract, he
replies within the period for reply,
‘The Project Manager replies to a communication submitted or resubmitted to
him by the Contractor for acceptance. If his reply is not acceptance, the
Project Manager states his reasons and the Contractor resubmits the commu
hication within the period for reply taking account of these reasons. A reason
for withholding acceptance is that more information is needed in order to
assess the Contractor's submission fully.
‘The Project Manager may extend the period for reply to a communication if the
Project Manager and the Contractor agree to the extension before the reply is
due. The Project Manager notifies the Contractor of the extension which has
been agreed.
‘The Project Manager issues his certificates to the Employer and the Contrac-
lor. The Supervisor issues his certificates to the Project Manager and the
Contractor.
A notification which this contract requires is communicated separately from
other communications.
The Project Manager may withhold acceptance of a submission by the
Contractor. Withholding acceptance for a reason stated in this contract is not
compensation event.
The Project Manager's or the Supervisor's acceptance of a communication
from the Contractor or of his work does not change the Contractor's responsi-
bility to Provide the Works or his liability for his design,
‘The Project Manager and the Supervisor, after notifying the Contractor, may
delegate any of their actions and may cancel any delegation. A reference to
an action of the Project Manager or the Supervisor in this contract includes an
action by his delegate.
The Project Manager may give an instruction to the Contractor which changes.
the Works Information or @ Key Date.
‘The Employer may repiace the Project Manager or the Supervisor after he has
notified the Contractor of the name of the replacement.
The Contractor may submit a proposal for adding an area to the Working
‘Areas to the Project Manager for acceptance. A reason for not accepting is
that the proposed area is either not necessary for Providing the Works or used
for work not in this contract.
‘The Contractor and the Project Manager give an early warning by notifying the
other as soon as either becomes aware of any matter which could
‘© Increase the total of the Prices,
+ delay Completion,
+ delay meeting a Key Date or
‘+ impair the performance of the works in use.
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The Contractor may give an early waming by notifying the Project Manager ¢
any other matter which could increase his total cost. The Project Manag
enters early waming matters in the Risk Register. Early warning of a matte|
for which a compensation event has previously been notified is not required,
Either the Project Manager or the Contractor may instruct the other to attend 4
risk reduction meeting. Each may instruct other people to attend if the othe
agrees.
fisk reduction meeting, those who attend co-operate in
making and considering proposals for how the effect of the registered
risks can be avoided or reduced,
seeking solutions that will bring advantage to all those who will
affected,
deciding on the actions which will be taken and who, in accordance wit
this contract, will take them and
deciding which risks have now been avolded or have passed and can by
removed from the Risk Register.
The Project Manager revises the Risk Register to record the decisions made a
each risk reduction meeting and issues the revised Risk Register to t
Contractor, If a decision needs a change to the Works Information, the Projed
Manager instructs the change at the same time as he issues the revised Rist
Register,
The Project Manager or the Contractor notifies the other as soon as eith:
becomes aware of an ambiguity ar inconsistency in or botween the documents
which are part of this contract. The Project Manager gives an instructiot
resolving the ambiguity or inconsistency. |
The Contractor notifies the Project Manager as soon as he considers that thi
Works Information requires him to do anything which is illegal or impossibl
If the Project Manager agrees, he givos an instruction to change the Works
Information appropriately.
Han event occurs which
‘+ stops the Contractor completing the works or
‘+ stops the Contractor completing the works by the date shown on th
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‘+ neither Party could prevent and
‘= an experienced contractor would have judged at the Contract Date t
have such a sinall chance of occurring that it would have been unreason
able for him to have allowed for it,
the Profect Manager gives an instruction to the Contraetor stating how he is t
deal with the event.
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‘The Contractor's design
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Design of Equipment
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The Contractor Provides the Works in accordance with the Works Information.
The Contractor designs the parts of the works which the Works information
states he is to design.
The Contractor submits the particulars of his design as the Works Information
roquires to the Project Manager for acceptance. A reason for not accepting
the Contractor's design is that it does not comply with either the Works
Information or the apolicable law.
The Contractor does not proceed with the relevant work until the Project
Manager has accepted his design,
The Contractor may submit his design for acceptance In parts if the design of
each part can be assessed fully
The Employer may use and copy the Contractor's design for any purpose
connected with construction, use, alteration or demolition of the works unless
otherwise stated in the Works Information and for other purposes as stated in
the Works Information,
‘The Contractor submits particulars of the design of an item of Equipment to
the Project Manager for acceptance if the Project Manager instructs him to. A
reason for not accepting Is that the design of the item will not allow the Con:
tractor to Provide the Works in accordance with
© the Works Information,
* the Contractor's design which the Project Manager has accepted or
© the applicable law.
‘The Contractor either employs each key person named to do the job stated in
the Contract Data or employs a replacement person who has been accepted
by the Project Manager. The Contractor submits the name, relevant quaiifica
tions and experience of a proposed replacement person to the Project
‘Manager for acceptance. A reason for not accepting the person is that his
relevant qualifications and experience are not as good as those of the person
who is to be replaced.
The Project Manager may, having stated his reasons, instruct the Contractor
to remove an employee. The Contractor then arranges that, after one day, the
employee has no further connection with the work included in this contract,
‘The Contractor co-operates with Others in obtaining and providing information
which they need in connection with the works. He co-operates with Others and
shares the Working Areas with them as stated in the Works Information.
The Employer and the Contractor provide services and other things as stated
in the Works Information. Any cost incurred by the Employer as a result of the
Contractor not providing the services and other things which he is to provide is,
assessed by the Project Manager and paid by the Contractor.
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tated for a Key Date by the dati 4 and, as a result, the Employer ine
additional
* in carrying out work
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on the same project, the additional the Empfoyer has paid
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tor submits the name of each props
Manager for acceptance. A reason for not acceptin:
is that his appointment will not allow the Contractor to Provide the Work
Contractor does not appoint a prop contractor until the Prd
Mani ‘cepted him.
The Contractor submits the proposed ¢
tract to the Proj
® the Project Manager has agreed that no submission is required.
The Contractor does not appoint a Subcontractor on the proposed si
ditions submitted until the Project Manager hi pted tl
for not accepting them is that
‘will not allow the Contractor to Provide the Works
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mutual trust and co-operation.
Other respons
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being stored for this contract for
+ the Project Manager,
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tified to him by the Project Manager.
sntractor obeys an instruction which is in accordance with this
and is given to him by the Profect Manager or the Supervisor.
The Contractor acts in accordance with the health and safety requiren
stated in the Works Information.
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The Contractor does not start work on the Site until the first access date and
does the work so that Completion is on or before the Completion Date.
The Project Manager decides the date of Completion. The Project Manager
certifies Completion within one week of Completion.
The Contractor does the work so that the Condition stated for each Key Date
is met by the Key Date.
If 2 programme is not identified in the Contract Data, the Contractor submits.
a first programme to the Project Manager for acceptance within the period
stated in the Contract Data.
‘The Contractor shows on each programme which ho submits for acceptance
© the starting date, access dates, Key Dates and Completion Date,
* planned Completion,
© the order and timing of the operations which the Contractor plans to do
In order to Provide the Works,
* the order and timing of the work of the Employer and Others as last
agroed with them by the Contractor or, if not so agreed, as stated in the
Works Information,
* the dates when the Contractor plans to meet each Condition stated for
the Key Dates and to complete other work needed to allow the Employer
and Others to do their work,
© provisions for
* float,
«= time risk allowances,
+ health and safety requirements and
+ the procedures set out in this contract,
+ the dates when, in order to Provide the Works in accordance with his
programme, the Contractor will need
‘© access to a part of the Site if later than its access date,
* acceptances,
= Plant and Materials and other things to be provided by the Employer
and
* information from Others,
+ for each operation, a statement of how the Contractor plans to do the
work identifying the principal Equipment and other resources which he
plans to use and
* other information which the Works Information requires the Contractor to
show on a programme submitted for acceptance.
Within two weeks of the Contractor submitting a programme to him for
acceptance, the Project Manager either accepts the programme ar notifies the
Contractor of his reasons for not accepting it. A reason for not accepting a
programme is that
the Contractor's plans which it shows are not practicable,
it does not show the information which this contract requires,
it does not represent the Contractor's plans realistically or
* it does not comply with the Works information.
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32.1 The Contractor shows on each revised programme
* the actual progress achieved on each operation and its effect upon
timing of the remaining work,
* the effects of implemented compensation events,
* how the Contractor plans to deal with any delays and to correct notif
Defects and
‘any other changes which the Contractor proposes to make to thd
Accepted Programme.
The Contractor submits 2 revised programme to the Project Manager fom
acceptance
‘© within the period for reply after the Project Manager has instructed hin}
to,
when the Contractor chooses to and, in any case,
at no longer interval than the interval stated in the Contract Data fron]
the starting date until Completion of the whole of the works.
Access to and use of
the Site 3 ‘The Employer allows access to and use of each part of the Site to the Contrac}
tor which is necessary for the wark included in this contract. Access and usd
is allowed on or before the later of its access date and the date for access
shown on the Accepted Programme.
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Instructions to stop or not
to start work The Project Manager may instruct the Contractor to stop or nat to start any
work and may later instruct him that he may re-start or start it
Take over,
The Employer need not take over the works before the Completion Date if iti
stated in the Contract Data that he is not willing to do so. Otherwise th
Employer takes over the works not later than two weeks after Completion.
‘The Employer may use any part of the works before Completion has beer
certified. If he does so, he takes over the part of the works when he begins tq
use it except if the use is.
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‘= to suit the Contractor's method of working.
The Project Manager certifies the date upon which the Employer takes ove
any part of the works and Its extent within one week of the date.
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Acceleration
The Project Manager may instruct the Contractor to submit @ quotation for af
acceleration to acnieve Completion before the Completion Date. The Projeg
Manager states changes to the Key Dates to be included in the quotation.
{quotation for an acceleration comprises proposed changes to the Prices and
revised programme showing the earlier Completion Date and the changed K
Dates. The Contractor submits details of his assessment with each quotation.
‘The Contractor submits @ quotation or gives his reasons for not doing s|
within the period for reply.
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Testing and inspection 44
before delivery 41.1
Searching for and 42
notifying Defects 42.4
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Conrecting Defects 43
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43.2
Tho subclauses in this clause only apply to tests and inspections required by
the Works Information or the applicable law.
The Contractor and the Employer provide materials, facilities and samples for
tests and inspections as stated in the Works Information.
The Contractor and the Supervisor each notifies the other of each of his
tests and inspections betore it starts and afterwards notifies the other of its
results. The Contractor notifies the Supervisor in time for a test or inspection
to be arranged and done before doing work which would obstruct the test or
inspection. The Supervisor may watch any test cone by the Contractor.
If a test or Inspection shows that any work has a Defect, the Contractor
corrects the Defect and the test ar inspection is repeated.
The Supervisor does his tests and inspections without causing unnecessary
delay to the work or to a payment which is conditional upon a test or inspec-
tion being successful. A payment which is conditional upon a Supervisor's test,
or inspection being successful becomes due at the later of the defects date
and the end of the last defect correction period if
+ the Supervisor has not done the test or inspection and
* the delay to the test or inspection is not the Contractor's fault.
The Project Manager assesses the cost Incurred by the Employer in repeating
a test or inspection after a Defect is found. The Contractor pays the amount
assessed.
The Contractor does not bring to the Working Areas those Plant and Materials
which the Works Information states are to be tested or inspected before
dotivery until the Supervisor has notified the Contractor that they have passed
‘the test or inspection.
Until the defects date, the Supervisor may Instruct the Contractor to search for
a Defect. He gives his reason for the search with his instruction. Searching
may include
+ uncovering, dismantling, r0-covering and re-erecting work,
+ providing facilities, materials and samples for tests and inspections done
by the Supervisor and
* doing tests and inspections which the Works Information does not
require,
Until the defects date, the Supervisor notifies the Contractor of each Defect as
soon as he finds it and the Contractor notifies the Supervisor of each Defect
as soon as he finds it.
‘The Contractor corrects a Defect whether or not the Supervisor notifies him of
it
The Contractor corrects @ notified Defect before the end of the defect
correction period. The defect correction period begins at Completion for
Defects notified before Completion and when the Defect is notified for other
Defects.
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‘The Supervisor issues the Defects Certificate at the later of the defects da
and the end of the last defect correction period. The Employer's rights
Fespect of a Defect which the Supervisor has not found or notified are
affected by the Issue of the Defects Certificate.
The Project Manager arranges for the Employer to allow the Contractor ace:
The Contractor and the Project Manager may each propose to the other th
the Werke information should be changed so that 4 Defect does not have |
be corrected. .
If the Contractor and the Project Manager are prepared to consider
change, the Contractor submits a quotation for reduced Prices or an ear
Completion Date or both to the Project Manager for acceptance. If the Proj
anager aecepts the quotation, he gives an instruction to change the Wo
Information, the Prices and the Completion Date accorcingly.
Ir the Contractor is given access in order to correct a notified Defect but
has not corrected it within its defect correction period, the Project Mana,
assesses the cost to the Employer of having the Defect corrected by otf
people and the Contractor pays this amount. The Works Information is treat
as having been changed to accept the Defect.
If the Contractor is not given access in order to correct a notified Def
before the defects date, the Project Manager assesses the cost to the Contr
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The Project Manager assesses the amount due at each assessment date. The
first assessment date is decided by the Project Manager to suit the
procedures of the Parties and is not later than the assessment interval after
the starting date, Later assessment lates occur
the end of each assessment interval until four weeks al Supervisor
issues the Defects Certificate and
* at Completion of the whole of th
‘The amount due
+ the Price far Work Done to
* plus other amounts to be paid to the Contractor,
* less amounts to be paid by or retained from the Contr
whieh U juires the Employer to pay to the Contractor
«din the amount due.
If no programme is identified in the Contract Data, one quarter of the Price
i: Done to Date is retained in assessments of the amount due until
@ Contractor ti mitted a first programme to the Project Manager for
showing the information which this contract require
sssing the amount due, the Project Manager co any application
for payment the Contr 18 submitted on or bef
The Project Manager comects any wrongly assessed amount due in a later
payment certificate,
snager certifies a payment within one week of ¢
date. The first payment is the amount due. Other payms change in
the amount due since the last payment certificate. A payment is made by the
Contractor to the Employer if the the amount due, Other
payments are made by the Employer to the Contractor. Payments are in the
currency of this contract unless otherwise stated in this contract.
Each cettified payment is made within th assessment date or,
if @ different period is ithin the period stated. If
certified payment is late, or if a payment is late because the Project
Manager does not Issue a certificate which he should issue, interest is paid
on the late payment. Interest is assessed from the date by which the late
payment should have been made until the date when the late payment
made, and is included in the frst assessment after the late payment is mat
if an amount du ter certificate eith
+ by the Project Manager in relation to a mistake or a compensation event
ollawing a decision of the Adjudicator or the tribunal,
interest on the correcting amount is paid. Interest Is assessed from the date
when the incorrect amount was certified until the date when the correctin
mount Is certified and is included in the as: ant which includes
orrecting amount.
Interest is calculated on a daily basis at the interest rate and is compounded
annually.
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52.1 All the Contractor's costs which are not included in the Defined Cost ax
‘treated as included in the Fee, Defined Cost includes only amounts calculated
using rates and percentages stated in the Contract Oata and other amounta
at open market or competitively tendered prices with deductions for al
discounts, rebates and taxes which can be recovered,
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60.4 The following events,
Project Manager gives an instruction changing the Works Information
‘sa change made in orcler to accept a Defect or
+a change to orks Information provided by the Contractor for his
design which is made either at his requ mply with other Works
Information provided by the Employer.
2) The Employer does nat allow a f @ part of the Site by the
later of Its access date and the own on the Accepted Programme,
3) The En’ does not provide something which he is to provide by the
date for providing it shown on the Accepted Programme.
4) The Project Manager gives an instruction to stop or not to start any work
or to change
(5) The Employer or Others
* do not work within the times shown on the Acct
> not work within the conditions stated in the Works
* carry out work ot stated in the Works information.
(6) The Project Manager or the Supervisor does not reply to a communic
from the Contractor within the period required by this contract.
(7) The Project Manager gives an Instruction for dealing with an object of
value or of historical or other Interest found within the Sit
(8) The Project Manager or the Supervisor changes a decision which he h
smmunicated to the Contractor.
(9 ject Manager withhold reptance (other than acceptance of
‘2 quotation for not correcting a Defect) for a reason not
stated in this e¢
(10) The Supervisor instructs the Contractor to search for a Defect and no
Defect is found uniess the search is needed only because the Contractor gave
ingutticient notice of doing work obstructing a required test or i
(11) A test or inspection done by the Supervisor causes uni ary delay,
(42) The Contractor encounters physical conditions which
* are within the
* are not
peri ntractor would have judged at the Contract Date to
ich a small chance of occurring that it would have been unreason:
able for him to have allowed for them.
Only the difference between the physical conditions encountered and thos
hich it would have been reasonable to have allowed is taken into account
ssing @ compensation event,
(13) A weather measurement is recorded
* within a calendar month,
‘= before the Completion Date for the whole of the works and
the place stated in the Contract Data
the value of which, by comparison with the weather data, is shown
rage less frequently than once In ten years,
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(24) An event which is an Employer's risk stated in this contract
(415) The Project Manager cerlifies take over of a part of the works
both Completion and the Completion Date.
(16) The Employer does not provide materials, facilities and samples for
and inspections as stated in the Works Information,
(17) The Project Manager notifies a correction to an assumption which n
stated aboul a compensation event.
(48) A breach of contract by the Employer which is not one of the
‘compensation events in this contract.
(49) An event which
+ stops the Contractor completing the works or
+ stops the Contractor completing the works by the date shown
Accepted Programme,
‘and whieh
+ neither Party could prevent,
* an exoerienced contractor would have judged at the Contract D
have such 3 small chance of occurring that it would have been unr
able for him to have allowed for it and
# is not one of the other compensation events stated in this contract,
In judging the physical conditions for the purpose of assessing @ com
tion event, the Contractor is assumed to have taken into account
the Site information,
publicly available information referred to in the Site Information,
tommtion obteinabie fom a visual mspection of the Site and
other information which an experienced contractor could reason
expected to have or to obtain.
If there Is an ambiguity or inconsistency within the Site Information (in
the information referred to in it), the Contractor is assumed to have tak
‘account the physical conditions more favourable to doing the work.
For compensation events which arise from the Project Manager or the
sor giving an instruction or changing an earlier decision, the Project M
notifies the Contractor of the compensation event at the time of giv
instruction or changing the earlier decision, He also instructs the Contr
Submit quotations, unless the event arises from a fault of the Contre
quotations have already been submitted. The Contractor puts the inst
or changed devision into effect.
‘The Project Manager may instruct the Contractor to submit quotatior
propased instruction or a proposed changed decision. The Contractor a
put a proposed instruction or a proposed changed decision into effect.
‘The Contractor notifies the Project Manager of an event which has ha
of which he expects to happen as a compensation event if
+ the Contractor believes that the event is a compensation event any
© the Project Manager has not notified the event to the Contractor.
If the Contractor does not notify a compensation event within eight
of becoming aware of the event, he is not entitled to a change in th
the Completion Date or 2 Key Date unless the Project Manager shot
notified the event to the Contractor but did not
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* arises from a fault of the Contractor,
* has not happened and is not expected to happen,
* has no effect upon Defined Cost, Completion or meeting a Key Date or
* is not one of the compensation events stated in this contract,
he notifies the Contractor of his decision that the Prices, the Completion Date
and the Key Dates are not to be changed.
If the Project Manager decides otherwise, he notifies the Contractor accord
ingly and instructs him to submit quotations.
If the Project Manager does not notify his decision to the Contractor within
either
* one week of the Contractor's notification or
* a longer period to which the Contractor has agreed,
the Contractor may notify the Project Manager to this effect. A failure by the
Project Manager to reply within two weeks of this notification Is treated as
acceptance by the Project Manager that the event is a compensation event
and an instruction to submit quotations,
If the Project Manager decides that the Contractor did not give an early
warning of the event which an experienced contractor could have given, he
notifies this decision to the Contractor when he instructs him to submit
quotations.
If the Project Manager decides that the effects of a compensation event are
too uncertain to be forecast reasonably, he states assumptions about the
event in his instruction to the Contractor to submit quotations. Assessment of
the event is based on these assumptions. If any of them is later found to have
been wrong, the Project Manager notifies @ correction.
A compensation event is not notified after the defects date.
After discussing with the Contractor different ways of dealing with the com-
pensation event which are practicable, the Project Manager may instruct the
Contractor to submit altemative quotations. The Contractor submits the
required quotations to the Project Manager and may submit quotations for
other methods of dealing with the compensation event which he considers
practicable,
Quotations for compensstion events comprise proposed changes to the Prices
and any delay to the Completion Date and Key Dates assessed by the
Contractor. The Contractor submits details of his assessment with each
quotation. If the programme for remaining work is altered by the compensa
tion event, the Contractor includes the alterations to the Accepted Programme
in his quotation.
The Contractor submits quotations within three weeks of being instructed to
do so hy the Project Manager. The Project Manager replies within two weeks of
the submission. His reply is
* an instruction to submit a revised quotation,
‘+ an acceptance of a quotation,
+ a notification that a proposed instruction will not be given or a proposed
changed decision will not be made or
a notification that he will be making his own assessment.
The Project Manager instructs the Contractor to submit a revised quotation
only after expiaining his reasons for doing so to the Contractor. The Contractor
submits the revised quotation within three weeks of being instructed to do so.
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‘The Project Manager extends the time allowed for
= the Contractor to submit quotations for a compensation event and
‘ the Project Manager to reply to a quotation
if the Project Manager and the Contractor agree to the extension before
Submission or reply is due. The Project Manager notifies the extension th,
has been agreed to the Contractor.
If the Project Manager does not reply to a quotation within the time allowec
the Contractor may notify the Project Manager to this effect. If the Contract
Submitted more than one quotation for the compensation event, he states i
his notification which quotation he proposes is to be accepted. If the Proj
Manager does not reply to the notification within two weeks, and unless th
quotation is for @ proposed instruction or a proposed changed decisior
the Contractor's notification Is treated as acceptance of the quotation by the
Project Manager.
The changes to the Prices aro assessed as the effect of the compensatio
event upon
‘+ the actual Defined Cost of the work already done,
© the forecast Defined Cost of the work not yet done and
« the resulting Fee.
The date when the Project Manager instructed or should have instructed th
Contractor to submit quotations divides the work already done from the wor
not yet done.
If the effect of a compensation event is to reduce the total Defined Cost, t
Prices are not reduced excent as stated in this contract.
‘A delay to the Completion Date is assessed as the length of time that, due
the compensation event, planned Completion is later than planned Completi
fas shown on the Accepted Programme. A delay to a Key Date is assessed a)
the length of time that, due to the compensation event, the planned dal
when the Condition stated for a Key Date will be met is later than the dai
shown on the Accepted Programme.
The rights of the Employer and the Contractor to changes to the Prices, th
Completion Date and the Key Dates are their only rights in respect of
compensation event.
If the Project Manager has notified the Contractor of his decision that th
Contractor did not give an early waming of a compensation event which a
experienced contractor could have given, the event is assessed as I tl
Contractor had given early warning.
‘Assessment of the effect of a compensation event includes risk allowance
for cost and time for matters which have a significant chance of occurring an}
ate at the Contractor's risk under this contract.
‘Assessments are based upon the assumptions that the Contractor reac
competently and promptly to the compensation event, that any Defined
‘and time due to the event are reasonably incurred and that the Accept
Programme can be changed,
‘A compensation event which Is an instruction to change the Works Informatl
in order to resolve an ambiguity or inconsistency Is assessed as if the Price}
the Completion Date and the Key Dates were for the interpretation moj
favourable to the Party which did not provide the Works Information.
if a change to the Works Information makes the description of the Conditi
for a Key Date incorrect, the Project Manager corrects the description. TH
correction is taken into account In assessing the compensation event for tH
change to the Works Information
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* ifthe Contractor has not submitted a quotation and details of his assess
ment within the time allowed,
« if the Project Manager decides that the Contra
compensation event correctly in a quotation and he does not instruct the
Contractor to submit a revised quotat
2 allowed, * if, when the Contractor submits quotations for a compensation event, he
reactor: has not submitted a programme or alterations to a programme which
this contract requires him to submit or
* if when the Contractor submits quotations for @ compensation event, the
Project Manager has not accepted the Contractor's latest programme for
decision, one of the rea
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Manager notifies the Contractor of his assessment of a compen-
him dotails of it within the period allowed tor the
on of his quotation far the vent. This peri
Project. Manager’ sssment becomes
apparent.
If the Project Manager does not assess @ compensation event within the time
allowed, thi yr may notify the Project Manager to this eff
Contractor submitted more than one quotation for the compensation
he states in his notification which quotation he proposes is to be ac
the Project Manager does not reply within two weeks of this notificat
tification is treated as acceptance of the Contractor's quotation by the
Project Manage:
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‘compensation events Acompensi ent is implemented when
+ the Project Manager notifies his acceptance of the Contractor's
quotatior
* the Project Manager notifies the Contractor of his own a:
‘* a Contractor's quotation is treated as having b
Project Manager.
The assessment of 2 compensetion event is not revised if a forecast upon
which itis based is shown by later recorded information to have been wrong.
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Working Areas passes to the Employer if the Supervisor has marked it as
this contract.
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Employer if it has been brought within the Working Areas. The title to Pla
andl Materials passes baok to the Cantractor if tt is removed from the Workin
‘Areas with the Project Manager's permission.
The Supervisor marks Equipment, Plant and Materials which are outside t
Working Areas If
+ this contract identifies them for payment and
3 the Contractor has prepared them for marking as the Works Informati
requires,
‘The Contractor removes Equipment from the Site when it is no longer need
unless the Project Manager allows it to be left in the works.
‘The Contractor has no title to an object of value or of historical or ott
interest within the Site. The Contractor notifies the Project Manager when su
‘an object is found and the Project Manager instructs the Contractor how
deal with it. The Contractor does not move the object without instructions.
The Contractor has title to materials from excavation and demolition only
stated in the Works Information.
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Insurance policies
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any insurance which the Employer is to provide as stated in the Contract Day
The Contractor provides additional insurances as stated in the Contract Data}
The insurances are in the joint names of the Parties and pravide cover 4
events which are at the Contractor's risk from the starting date until y
Defects Certificate or a termination certificate has been issued,
INSURANCE TABLE
Insurance against
Loss of or damage to the works, Plant
and Materials
Loss of or damage to Equipment
ability for loss of or damage to
property (except the works, Plant and
Materials and Equipment) and
liability for bodily injury to or death of
a person (not an employce of the
Contractor) caused by activity in
connection with this contract
Liability for death of or bodily injury to
employees of the Contractor arising
out of and in the course of their
‘employment in connection with this
Minimum amount of cover or
minimum limit of indemnity
The replacement cost, including the
amount stated in the Contract Data
for the replacement of any Plant
and Materials provided by the
Employer
‘The replacement cost
‘The amount stated in the Contract,
Data far any one event with cross
liability so that the insurance
applies to the Parties separately
‘The greater of the amount required
by the applicable law and the
amount stated in the Contract Data
for any one event
contract
Before the starting date and on each renewal of the insurance policy unti
defects date, the Contractor submits to the Project Manager for acceptan
certificates which state that the insurance required by this contract is in ford
The certificates are signed by the Contractor's insurer or insurance broker.
reason for not accepting the certificates is that they do not comply with 1
contract
Insurance policies inclucle a walver by the insurers of their subrogation righ
against directors and other employees of every insured except where there
fraud.
‘The Parties comply with the terms and conditions of the insurance policies.
‘Any amount not recovered from an insurer is borne by the Employer for over
which are al his risk and by the Contractor for events which are at his risk
The Employer may insure 2 risk which this contract requires the Contractor
insure if the Contractor does not submit a required certificate. The cost of t
insurance to the Employor is paid by the Contractor:
The Project Manager submits policies and certificates for insurances provid
by the Emplayer to the Contractor for acceptance before the starting date a!
afterwards as the Contractor instructs. The Contractor accepts the poli
and certificates if they comply with this contract.
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the Employer does nat change the responsibility of the Employer to provide
the insurances stated in the Contract Data
‘The Contractor may insure a risk which this contract requires the Employer to
»r does not submit a required policy or cortificate. The
ntractor
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if either Party wishes to terminate the Contractor's obligation to Provide
Works he notifies the Project Manager and the other Party giving details of
Yeason for terminating. The Project Manager issues a termination certificate
both Parties promptly if the reason complies with this contract.
‘The Contractor may terminate only for a reason identified in the Terminat
Table. The Employer may terminate for any reason. The procedures followed
the amounts due on termination are in accorcance with the Termination Table
TERMINATION TABLE
Reason
Terminating Party
Amount due
‘A1, A2 and A
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‘The procedures for termination are implemented immediately after the Pr
Manager has issued a termination certificate.
Within thirteen weeks of termination, the Project Manager certifies @
payment to or from the Contractor whieh is the Project Manager's assess!
Pr the amount due on termination tess the total of previous paym«
Payment is made within three weeks of the Project Manager's certificate.
‘After a termination certificate has been issued, the Contractor does no furl
work necessary to Provide the Works,
Either Party may terminate if the other Party has done one of the followin
its equivalent.
‘+ If the other Party is an individual and has
presented his petition for bankruptey (R1).
had a bankruptey order made against him (R2).
had a receiver appointed over his assets (R3) or
made an arrangement with his creditors (R4).
« If the other Party is a company or partnership and has
had a winding-up order made against it (R5),
hhad a provisional liquidator appointed to it (R6),
passod a resolution for winding-up (other then in order to amalgal
‘or reconstruct) (R7),
had an administration order made against it (R8),
had a receiver, receiver and manager, or administrative rec
appointed over the whole or a substantial part of its undertakin
assets (RO) or
+ made an arrangement with its creditors (R10).
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Contractor has defaulted in one of th
right within four weeks of the notification.
fect Manager has notified that the
lowing ways and not put the default
* Substantially failed to comply with his obligations (R11)
» Not provided a be hich this contract requires (R12).
© Appointed a substantial work before the Project
loyer may terminate if the Project Manager has notified that the
ntractor has defaulted in ono of the following ws d not
faulting within four weeks of the natification,
‘ubstantially hindered the Employer or C
Substantially broken a health or safety regulation (
The Contractor may terminate if the Employer has not paid an amount certified
ithin thirteen weeks of the date of the certificate
may terminate if the Parties have released under the law
f the whole of this contract (R17).
from further performa
IF the Project Manager has instructed the Gontractor to stop or not to start any
substantial work of all work and an instruction allowing the work to re-start or
art has not been given within thirteen weeks,
= the Emp ay terminate if the instruction was due to a default by the
Contractor (R18),
* the Contractor may terminate if the instruction was di default by
Employer (R19) and
ly may terminate if the instruction was due to any other reason
The Employer may terminate if an event occurs which
works by the date shown
to dela
and whieh
© neither Party could prevent and
‘© an experienced contractor would have jud
have such a small chance of occurring that it
able for him to have allowed for it (R21),
On termination, the Employer may complete the works and may use
and Materials to which he has title (P1)
The procedure on termination al one oF more of the following as
The Employer may instruct the Contractor to leave the
Equipment, Plant and Materials from the Site and a
any subcontract or other contract relate: formance of this contract
to the Employer.
‘The Employer may use any Equipment to wh fontractor has title to
complete the works. The Contractor promptly removes the Equipment
from Site when the Project Manager notifios him that the Employer no
longer requires it to complete the works.
‘The Contractor leaves the Working Areas and removes the
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93.1 The amount due on termination includes (A1)
‘= an amount due assessed as for normal payments,
the Defined Cost for Plant and Materials
: * within the Working Areas or
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| * other Defined Cost reasonably incurred in expectation of completing
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; ‘+ any amounts retained by the Employer and
/ * a deduction of any un-repaid balance of an advanced payment.
93.2. The amount due on termination also includes one or more of the following,
set out in the Termination Table,
A2_ The forecast Defined Cost of removing the Equipment.
3A deduction of the forecast of the additional cost to the Employer of cor
pleting the whole of the works.
Ad The direct fee percentage applied to
* for Options A, B, © and D, any excess of the total of the Prices at th
Contract Date over the Price for Work Done to Date or
* for Options E and F, any excess of the first forecast of the Defined Cos
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fined Cost is the cost of the components in the Shorter Schedu
‘ost Components whether work is subcontracted or not exoluding the co:
aring quotations for compensation
{27) The Price for Work Done to Date total of the Prices for
h group of completed activities and
h completed activity which Is not in a group,
pleted activity is one whieh is without Defects which would either delay
or be covered by immediately following work.
(30) The Prices are the lump sum prices for each of the activities on the
later changed in accordance with this contract.
The Contractor provides information which shows haw each activity on the
Activ n amme which he
submits
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ty Schedule is not Works Information or Site informatio
anges a planned method of working at his discretion so
activities on the Activity Schedule do not relate to the operations on
‘pted Programme, he submits @ revision of the Activity Schedule to the
Project Manager for acceptance.
A reason for not accepting a revision of the Activity Scheaule is that
* it does not comply with the Accepted Programme
© ar are not reasonably distributed between the activities
the Prices is
If the effect of a comper s to red al Defined Ci
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‘a change to the Works Information or
* a correction of an assumption stated by the Profect Manager for a
an earlier compensation event,
the Prices are reduced,
Assessments for changed Prices for compensation events are in the form of
changes to the Activity Schedule.
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If the Project Manager and the Contractor agree, rates and lump sums may
Used to assess a compensation event instead of Defined Cost.
‘The changes to the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates
included in the notification implementing a compensation event.
‘The amount due on termination is assessed without taking grouping
activities into account.
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(21) The Bill of Quantities is the bil! of quantities as changed in accordance
with this contract to accommodate implemented compensation events and for
accepted quotations for acceleration,
(22) Defined Cost is the cost of the components in the Shorter Schedule of
Cost Components whether work is subcontracted or not excluding the cost of
preparing quotations for compensation events.
(28} The Price for Work Done to Date is the total of
* the quantity of the work which the Contractor has completed for each
item in the Bill of Quantities multiplied by the rate and
* a proportion of each ump sum which is the proportion of the work
covered by the item which the Contractor has completed
Completed work is work without Defects which would either delay or be
covered by immediately following work.
(31) The Prices are the lump sums and the amounts obtained by multiplying
the rates by the quantities for the items in the Bill of Quantities.
When the Project Manager accepts a quotation for an acceleration, he
changes the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates accordingly and
accepts the revised programme.
Information in the Bill of Quantities is not Works Information or Site Information.
AA difference between the final total quantity of work done and the quantity
stated for an item in the Bill of Quantities is a compensation event if
+ the difference ddes not result from a change to the Works Information,
* the difference causes the Defined Cost per unit of quantity to change
and
* the rate in the Bill of Quantities for the item multiplied by the final total
quantity of work done is more than 0.5% of the total of the Prices at the
Contract Date.
If the Defined Cost per unit of quantity is reduced, the affected rate is
reduced.
A difference between the final total quantity of work done and the quantity for
an item stated in the Bill of Quantities which delays Completion or the meet-
ing of the Condition stated for a Key Date is a compensation event
‘The Project Manager corrects mistakes in the Bill of Quantities which are
departures from the rules for item descriptions and for division of the work
Into items in the method of measurement or are due to ambiguities or
inconsistencies. Each such correction is @ compensation event which may
lead to reduced Prices.
In assessing a compensation event which results from a correction of an
Inconsistency between the Bill of Quantities and another document, the
Contractor is assumed to have taken the Bill of Quantities as correct.
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an earlier compensation event,
the Prices are reduced.
Assessments for changed Prices for compensation events are in the form
changes to the Bill of Quantities.
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and for which there is an item in the Bill of Quantities, the changes are
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* a changed rate,
* a changed quantity or
» a changed lump sum,
+ For the whole or a part of a compensation event for work not yet
‘and for which there is no item in the Bill of Quantities, the change i
new priced item which, unless the Project Manager and the Contrac
agree otherwise, is compiled in accordance with the method of measur
ment.
* For the whole ar a part of a compensation event for work already do
the change is a new lump sum item,
If the Project Manager and the Contractor agree, rates and lump sums may
used to assess a compensation event instead of Defined Cost,
The changes to the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates
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the cost of components in the Schedule of Cost Components for other
work
Disallowed Cost,
) Disallowed Cost is cost which the Project Manager decides
is not justified by the Contractor's accounts and records,
tractor did not
* give an early warnin
and the cost of
correcting Defects after Completion,
correcting Di b for not complying with a
faint on how he is to Provide the Works stated in the Works
Information,
Plant and Materials not used to Provide the Works (after allowing for
reasonable wi to the We
Information,
resources not used to Provide the Works (after allowing for reasonable
lability and utilisation) or not taken away from the Working Ar
when the Project Manager requested and
* preparation for and conduct of an adjudication or proceedings of the
tribunal.
(29) The Price for Work Done to Date is thi fi st which the
Project Manager forecasts will have been paid by the Contractor before the
next assessment date plus the Fee.
) The Prices are the lump sum prices for each of the activities on the
ivity Schedule unless later changed in accordance with this contract.
Providing the Works
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the works in consultation with the Project Manager and submits the
the Project Manager. Forecasts are prepared at the intervals stated in g
Contract Data from the starting date until Completion of the whole of 4
works. An explanation of the changes made since the previous forecas
submitted with each forecast
Subcontracting 26
26.4 The Contractor submits the proposed contract data for each subcontract
acceptance to the Project Manager it
‘+ an NEC contract is proposed and
= the Project Manager instructs the Contractor to make the submission,
A reason for not accepting the proposed contract data is that its use will g
allow the Contractor to Provide the Woras.
The programme 31.
31.4 The Contractor provides information which shows how each activity on
Activity Schedule relates to the operations on each programme which
submits for acceptance.
Acceleration 36
36.3 When the Project Manager accepts a quotation for an acceleration,
changes the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates accordingly a
accepts the revised programme.
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40.7 When the Project Manager assesses the cost incurred by the Employer)
repeating a test or inspection after 2 Defect is found, the Project Manag
does not include the Contractor's cost of carrying out the repeat test
inspection,
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50.6 Payments of Defined Cost made by the Contractor in a currency other than t
currency of this contract are included in the amount due as payments to #
| made to him in the same currency. Such payments are converted to tf
curreney ‘of this contract in order to calculate the Fee and any Contracto
share using the exchange rates.
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52.2 The Contractor keeps these records
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+ accounts of payments of Defined Cost,
‘+ proof that the payments have been made,
+ communications about and assessments of compensation events
Subcontractors and
«+ other records as stated in the Works Information.
52.3 The Contractor allows the Project Manager to inspect at any time wit
‘working hours the accounts and records which he is required to keep.
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53.1 The Project Manager assesses the Contractor's share of the differen:
between the total of the Prices and the Price for Work Done to Date. The dif
ence is divided into increments falling within each of the share ranges.
limits of a share range are the Price for Work Done to Date divided by th
total of the Prices, expressed as a percentage. The Contractor's share equ:
the sum of the products of the increment within each share range and
‘corresponding Contractor's share percentage.
53.2 If the Price for Work Done to Date is less than the total of the Prices,
Contractor is paid his share of the saving. If the Price for Work Done to Date,
greater than the total of the Prices, the Contractor pays his share of
excess.
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The Project Manager makes a preliminary assessment of the
share at Completion of the whole of the works using his forecasts of th
Price for Work Done to Date and the final total of the Prices. Thi
included in the amount due following Completion of the whofe of the works.
The Project Manager makes final assessment of the Contractor’s sha
using the final Price for Work Done to Date and the final total of the Prices,
‘This share is included in the final amount due.
{Information in the Act
If the Contractor changes a planned method of working at his discretion sc
that the activities on the Activity Schedule do nat relate to the operations on.
the Accepted Programme, he submits a revision of the Activity Schedule to the
Project Manager for acceptanc:
A reason for not accepting a revision of the Activity Schedule is that
* it does not comply with the Accepted Programme,
* any changed Prices ar
+ the total of the Prices is changed,
If the effect of a compensation event Is to reduce the total Defined Gost and
the event is
* a change to the Works Information, other than a change to the Works
pmation provided by the Employer which the Contractor proposed and
the Project Manager has accep
* a correction of an assumption stated by the Project Manager for asses
sing an earlier compensation event,
the Prices are reduced.
Assessments for changed Prices for compensation events are in the form of
anges to the Ac
If the Project Manager and t ractor agree, the Contractor a:
nt using the Shorter Schedule Compon
his own assessments using the Shorter
The changes to the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates are
in the notification implementing a compensation event.
*t Manager assesses the Contre hare
atter he rent uses, as the Price for Work
Done to Da st which the Contractor has paid and
which he is committed to pay for work done before termination. The asses
ment uses as the total of the Pri
© the tu ‘or each activity which has been completed and
© a proportion of the lump sum price for each incomplete activity which is
‘the proportion of the work in the activity which has been completed.
The Project Manager's assessment of the Contractor's share is added to the
amount due to the Contractor on termination if there has been a saving or
deducted if there has been an
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Identified and defined 44.
terms 11.2
{2:1} The Bill of Quantities is the bill of quantities as changed in accorda
with this contract to accommodate implemented compensation events andj
accepted! quotations for acceleration.
(23) Defined Cost is,
‘+ the amount of payments due to Subcontractors for works which is sul
tracted without taking account of amounts deducted for
‘* retention,
* payment to the Employer as a result of the Subcontractor failing
meet a Key Date,
‘* the correction of Defects after Completion,
* payments to Others and
+ the supply of equipment, suppties and services included in the chay
for overhead cost within the Working Ateas in this contract
and
+ the cost of components in the Schedule of Cost Components for ot)
work’
less Disallowed Cost.
(25) Disallowed Cost Is cost which the Project Manager decides
«is not Justified by the Contractor's accounts and records,
‘= should not have been paid to @ Subcontractor or supplier in accorday
with his contract,
‘+ was incurred only because the Contractor did not
+ follow an acceptance or procurement procedure stated in the We
Information or
+ give an early warning which this contract required him to give
and the cost of
+ correcting Defects after Completion,
* correcting Defects caused by the Contractor not complying with a o
straint on how he is to Provide the Works stated in the Works informati
nt_and Materials not used to Provide the Works (after allowing
feasonabie wastage) uniess resulting from a change to the Works In
mation,
* resources not used ta Provide the Works (after allowing for reasonall
availability and utilisation) or not taken away from the Working. AV
when the Project Manager requested and
* preparation for and conduct of an adjudication or proceedings of &
tribunal.
(29) The Price for Work Done to Date is the total Defined Cost which tl
Project Manager forecasts will have been paid by the Contractor before the
assessment date plus the Fee.
(34) The Prices are the lump sums and the amounts obtained by multiply
the rates by the quantities for the items in the Bill of Quantities.
(33) The Total of the Prices is the total of
* the quantity of the work which the Contractor has completed for 2:
item in the Bill of Quantities multiplied by the rate and
+a proportion of each lump sum which is the proportion of the wo
Covered by the item which the Contractor has completed.
Completed work is work without Defects which would either delay or
covered by immediately following work,
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20.3
20.4
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52.2
52.3
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53.5
53.6
‘The Contractor advises the Project Manager on the practical implications of
the design of the works and on subcontracting arrangements.
The Contractor prepares forecasts of the total Defined Cost for the whole of
the works in consultation with the Project Manager and submits them to the
Project Manager. Forecasts are prepared at the Intervals stated in the
Contract Data from the starting date until Completion of the whole of the
works, An explanation of the changes made since the previous forecast is,
submitted with each forecast,
The Contractor submits the proposed contract data for each subcontract for
acceptance to the Project Manager if
* an NEC contract is proposed and
© the Project Manager instructs the Contractor to make the submission.
A reason for not accepting the proposed contract data is that its use will not
allow the Contractor to Provide the Works.
When the Project Manager accepts @ quotation for an acceleration, he
changes the Prices, the Completion Date and the Key Dates accordingly and
accepts the revised programme.
When the Project Manager assesses the cost incurred by the Employer in
repeating a test or inspection after a Defect is found, the Project Manager
does not include the Contractor’s cost of carrying out the repeat test or
inspection.
Payments of Defined Cost made by the Contractor in a currency other than the
currency of this contract are included in the amount due as payments to be
made to him in the same currency. Such payments are converted to the
currency of this contract in order to calculate the Fee and any Contractor's
share using the exchange rates.
The Contractor keeps these records
‘+ accounts of payments of Defined Cost,
+ proof that the payments have been made,
* communications about and assessments of compensation events for
Subcontractors and
* other records as stated in the Works Information.
The Contractor allows the Project Manager to inspect at any time within
working hours the accounts and records which he is required to keep.
The Project Manager assesses the Contractor's share of the difference
between the Total of the Prices and the Price for Work Done to Date. The
aifference Is divided into increments falling within each of the share ranges.
‘The limits of a share range are the Price for Work Done to Date divided by the
Total of the Prices, expressed as a percentage. The Contractor's share equals
the sum of the products of the increment within each share range and the
corresponding Contractor's share percentage.
If the Price for Work Done to Date is less than the Total of the Prices, the
Contractor is pald his share of the saving. If the Price for Work Done to Date is,
greater than the Total of the Prices, the Contractor pays his share of the
excess.
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The Project Manager makes a preliminary assessment of the Contracg
share at Completion of the whole of the works using his forecasts of the
Price for Work Done to Date and the final Total of the Prices. This shay
Included in the amount due following Completion of the whole of the work,
The Project Manager makes a final assessment of the Contractor's gh
using the final Price for Work Done to Date and the final Total of the Prigg
This share is included in the final amount due. 4
Information In the Bill of Quantities is not Works Information or Site Infor
tion,
A difference between the final total quantity of work done and the quan
stated for an item in the Bill of Quantities is a compensation event if
* the difference does not result from a change to the Works Information,
© the difference causes the Defined Cost per unit of quantity to chan
and
‘© the rate in the Bill of Quantities for the item multiplied by the final t
quantity of work done is more than 0.5% of the total of the Prices at i
Contract Date.
If the Defined Cost per unit of quantity is reduced, the affected rate
reduced.
A difference between the final total quantity of work done and the quantity f
an item stated in the Bill of Quantities which delays Completion or the meg
Ing of the Condition stated for a Key Date is a compensation event.
The Project Manager corrects mistakes in the Bill of Quantities which ai
departures from the rules for item descriptions and for division of the wo
into items in the method of measurement or are due to ambiguities @
inconsistencies. Each such correction is a compensation event which m4
lead to reduced Prices.
In assessing @ compensation event which results from a correction of
inconsistency between the Bill of Quantities and another document,
Contractor is assumed to have taken the Bill of Quantities as correct.
I the effect of a compensation event is to reduce the total Defined Cost a
the event is
‘© a change to the Works Information, other than a change to the Wott
Information provided by the Employer which the Contractor proposed af
the Project Manager has accepted or
+ a correction of an assumption stated by the Project Manager for asse
ssing an earlier compensation event,
the Pri
Js are reduced.
Assessments for changed Prices for compensation events are in the form
changes to the Bill of Quantities.
‘* For the whole or a part of a compensation event for work not yet cof
and for which there is an item in the Bill of Quantities, the changes are
+ a changed rate,
‘* a changed quantity or
* a changed lump sum.
‘For the whole or a part of @ compensation event for work nat yet done al
for which there is no item in the Bill of Quantities, the change is a nel
priced item which, unless the Project Manager and the Contractor agret
othenvise, is compiled in accordance with the method of measurement.
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the change is a new lump sum item.
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Project Manager may make his own
of Cost Componen
The changes to the Prices, the Completion Date and the
uded in the notification implementing a compensation event
If there is a termination, the Project Manager assesses the Contractor's share
after he has certified termination. His assessment uses, as the Price for Work
Done to Date, the total of the Defined Cost which the Contractor has paid and
which he is committed to pay for work done before termination.
The Project Manager’ ent of the Contracto:
amounts due to the Contractor on termination if there has been a saving or
deducted if there has been an exces:
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Identified and defined 44.
terms 11.2 (23) Defined Cost is
* tho amount of paymonts due to Subcontractors for work whichis subg
tracted without taking account of amounts deducted for
+ retention,
* payment to the Employer as a result of the Subcontractor falling =
meet a Key Date, ‘
« the correction of Defects after Completion,
* payments to Others and
* the supply of equipment, supplies and services included in the chayp
for overhead cost within the Working Areas in this contract
and
* the cost of components in the Schedule of Cost Components for ott
work
less Disallowed Cost.
(28) Disallowed Cost Is cost whieh the Project Manager decides
* is not justified by the Contractors accounts and records,
* should not have been paid to a Subcontractor or supplier in accorda
with his contract,
+ was inourred only because the Contractor did not
* follow an acceptance or procurement procedure stated in the Wore
Information or
* give an early warning which this contract required him to give
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+ correcting Defects after Completion,
+ correcting Defects caused by the Contractor not complying with a cong
aint on how he is to Provide the Works stated in the Works Information,
* Plant and Materials not used to Provide the Works {after allowing
reasonable wastage) unless resulting from a change to the Works inf
mation, |
+ resources not used to Provide the Works (after allowing for reasonably
availability and utilisation) or not taken away from the Working Ared
when the Project Manager requested and
+ preparation for and conduct of an adjudication or proceedings of
tribunal.
(29) The Price for Work Done to Date Is the total Defined Cost which
Project Manager forecasts will have been paid by the Contractor before ttf
next assessment date plus the Fee.
(32) The Prices are the Defined Cost plus the Fee.
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20.3. The Contractor advises the Project Manager on the practical implications 4
the design of the works and on subcontracting arrangements.
20.4 The Contractor prepares forecasts of the total Defined Cost for the whole 4
‘the works in consultation with the Project Manager and submits them to t
Project Manager. Forecasts are prepared at the intervals stated in
Contract Data from the starting date until Completion of the whole of th
works. An explanation of the changes made since the previous forecast #
submitted with each forecast. :
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‘The Contractor submits the proposed contract data for each subcontract for
acceptance to the Project Manager if
* an NEC contract is proposed and
© the Project Mai ucts the Contractor to make the submission.
;pting the proposed contract data is that its use will not
ontractor to Pravide the Works
Acceleration
Completion Dat the forecast of the total
st of the whole of the works accordingly and accepts the revised
programme,
Tests and inspections
When the Project Manager as incurted by the Employer in
Tepeating a test or Inspection after a Defect Is found, the Project Manager
does not include the Contracto
inspection,
Assessing the amount due
Payments of Defined Cost made by the Contract c other than the
‘currency of this contract are included in the amount due as payments to be
made to him in the same currency. Such payments are converted to the
; urrency of this contract in order to calculate the Fee using the exchange
prordanc rates,
Defined Cost
+ accounts of payments of Defined Cost,
* proof that the payments ha
compensation events for
Contractor allows the Project Manager to inspect at any time within
working hours the accounts and records which he is required to keep.
Assessing compensation
events If the Project Mar and the Contractor agree, the Contractor asses:
npensation event using the Shorter Schedule of Cost Component:
Project Manager may make his own assessments using the Shorter Schedule
of Cost Components.
Implementing
Compensation events, The changes to the forecast amount of the Prices, the Completion Date and
the Key Dates are incluced in the notification implementing a compensation
event.
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«+ the amount of payments due to Subcontractors for work which is Subeg
tracted without taking account of amounts deducted for
+ retention,
+ payment to the Employer as a result of the Subcontractor failing g
meet a Key Date, 4
the correction of Defects after Completion,
payments to Others,
the supply of equipment, supplies and services included in the cha
‘for overhead cost within the Working Areas in this contract
and
+ the prices for work cone by the Contractor himself
less Disallowed Cost.
(26) Disallowed Gost is cost which the Project Manager decides
* is not justified by the accounts and records provided by the Contractor,
‘ should not have been paid to a Subcontractor or supplier in accordang
with his contract,
‘+ was inourred only because the Contractor did not
‘+ follow an acceptance or procurement procedure stated in the Worle
Information or
* give an early warning which this contract required him to give or
‘ is a payment to a Subcontractor for
‘= work which the Contract Data states that the Contractor will do himset
or
= the Contractor's management.
(29) The Price for Work Done to Date is the total Defined Cost which
Project Manager forecasts will have been paid by the Contractor before t
next assessment date plus the Fee.
(32) The Prices are the Defined Cost plus the Fee.
‘The Contractor manages the Contractor's design, the provision of Site servi:
and the construction and installation of the works. The Contractor subcol
tracts the Contractor's design, the provision of Site services and t
construction and installation of the works except work which the Contratl
Data states that he will do himself.
The Contractor advises the Project Manager on the practical implications 4
the design of the works and on subcontracting arrangements, 4
‘The Contractor prepares forecasts of the total Defined Cost for the whole @
the works In consultation with the Project Manager and submits them to thé
Project Manager. Forecasts are prepared at the intervals stated in tl
Contract Data from the starting date until Completion of the whole of
works. An explanation of the changes made since the previous forecast
submitted with each forecast.IF work whic
, the Pre gree the change to the price
for the work and any change to the Completion ate and Key Dates. If they
cannot agree, the Project Manager decides the change.
‘Subcontracting
submits the proposed contract data for each subcontract for
10 the Project Manager if
tract is proposed and
ct Manager instr tontractor to make the submission.
A reason for not accepting the proposed contract data is that its use will a¢
allow the Contractor to Provide the Works.
Acceleration
When the Project Manager a quotation for an acceleration, he
s the Completion Date, the Key Dates and the forecast of the total
Gost of the whole of the works accordingly and accepts the revised
ssing the amount due
Payments of Defined Cost made by the Contractor in a c other than the
curreney of this contract are included in the amount due as payments to t
made to him in th
urrency of thi
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orks Information,
The Contractor allows. the Project Manager to Inspect at any time within
working hours the accounts and records which he is required to kee
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DISPUTE RESOLUTION
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Dispute resolution procedure (used unless the United Kingdom Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration 4
1996 applies).
Dispute resolution Wa.
W1.1. A dispute arising under or in connection with this contract is referred to a
decided by the Adjudicator.
‘The Adjudicator W1.2 (1) The Parties appoint the Adjudicator under the NEC Adjudicator's Contrag
current at the starting date,
(2) The Adjudicator acts impartially and decides the dispute as an indepe
dont adjudicator and not as an arbitrator.
{3) If the Adjudicator is not identified in the Contract Data or if the Adjudicate
resigns or is unable to act, the Parties choose a new adjudicator jointly. I
Parties have not chosen an adjudicator, either Party may ask the Adjudlcaty
nominating body to choose one. The Adjudicator nominating body chooses
adjudicator within four days of the request. The chosen acljudicator beca!
Coe
5 3 ‘the Adjudicator.
g3 (4) A replacement Adjudioator has the power to decide a dispute referred
go his predecessor but not decided at the time when the predecessor resigned
gs became unable to act. He deals with an undecided dispute as if it had bee
& referred to him on the date he was appointed.
(5) The Aajudicator, his employees and agents are not liable to the Part
{or any action or failure to take action in an adjudication unless the action ¢
fallure to take action was in bad faith,
The adjudication W1.3 (4) Disputes are notified and referred to the Aajudicator in accordance with:
the Adjudication Table.
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Dispute about Which Party may | When may it be referred to the
refer it to the Adjudicator?
Adjudicator?
An action of the Between two and fo
after the C
ion of the dispute to the
Employer and the Pro
Manager, the notification itself
being made not more than four
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The Project Mana The Contractor | Between two and four w
oF Supervisor not after the Contractor's
having taken an of the dispute to the
action Employer and the Project
Manager, the notification itself
being made not more than four
tor the Contractor
aware that the a
was not taken
A quotation for a The Employer Between (wo and four weeks
‘compensation event after the Project Manager's
which a notification of the dispute to the
Contractor,
accepted the notification itself being
made not more than four weeks
aiter the quotation was treated
Any other matt
fore the not
snsion that has been agi
notified and referred within the times set out in this contract, neither Party may
ysequently refer it to the Adjudicator or the tribunal.
(3) The Pany referring the dispute to the Adjudicator includes with his referral
mation to be considered by the Adjudicator. Any more Information from a
sidered by the Adjdicator Is provided within four weeks of the
s period may be extended if the Adjudicator and the Parties agree.
ter disputed by the Contractor under or in tion with
is also a matter disputed under or in connection with this contract,
and if the subcontract allows, the Contractor may refer the subcontract dis
to the Aajudicator at the same time as the main contract referral, The
Adjugicator then decides the disputes together and references to the Parties
for the purposes of the dispute are interpreted as including the Subcontractor.
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(5) The Adjudicator may
* review and revise any action or inaction of the Project Manager
Supervisor related to the dispute and alter a quotetion which has ty
treated as having been accepted,
* take the Initiative in ascertaining the facts and the law related to
dispute,
* instruct a Party to provide further information related to the dispug
within a stated time and
* instruct a Party to take any other action which he considers necessary
reach his decision and to do so within a stated time,
(6) A communication between a Party and the Adjudicator is communicated:
the other Party at the same time.
(7) If the Adjudicator’s decision includes assessment of additional cost g
delay caused to the Contractor, he makes his assessment in the same way a
a compensation event is assessed.
(8) The Adjudicator decides the dispute and notifies the Parties and th
Project Manager of his