An Introduction and Background to NEC4 ECS

This course is designed to provide you with a detailed knowledge of the unamended NEC4 Engineering and Construction Subcontract.  Over the next seventeen courses, we will cover all aspects of the contract, its optional clauses and the basic concepts which sit behind it.

In this course, we will start by looking at the history of the contract suite, who is behind it and some of the unique features of the NEC forms.  We will also look at changes from the last version (NEC3) to the new NEC4 and some of the criticisms of the NEC suite of contracts.

By the end of this course, you should:

1. Know a bit about the NEC and ICE
2. Understand the background of the contracts and their approach to contracting
3. Be able to explain some of the potential pitfalls of the NEC forms and why it is seen as something of a “marmite” contract suite
4. Have a basic understanding of the different types of contracts available and pricing structures; and
5. Know some of the changes made when the suite was updated to NEC4 in 2017