Webinar On-Demand - NEC3 ECC 6-Part Series

This course provides structured Continuing Professional Development (CPD). Recognition of CPD is subject to individual professional body requirements and the learner’s role. This course is not formally accredited unless explicitly stated.

Suitable for CPD requirements of RICS, CIOB, ICE, APM, and PMI members.

The series includes:

Part 1: How to put together an NEC3 ECC and choose the right main and secondary options


This one-hour online training session introduces you to the common philosophies of the NEC family of contracts and focuses in more detail upon the key mechanics and provisions of the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). This webinar will review the contract as well as consider the choice of secondary options that are available, all of which alter the risk profile and the payment mechanisms on a given contract. We will also take you through how to put together a contract agreement.

Part 2: Understanding Employer’s and Contractor’s Obligations under NEC3 ECC

This one-hour webinar provides a quick and punchy summary of the main roles and responsibilities of both the Employer and the Contractor under the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). The session will take you through some of the general provisions, governing actions, identified and defined terms, communications, the roles of the Employer and Contractor, early warnings, Contractor’s main responsibilities for Providing the Works, People and working with the Employer and Others.

Part 3: How to produce and update your Programme, NEC3 Quality Management, Managing Defects and producing Good Works Information under NEC3 ECC


This one-hour webinar provides a quick and easy walk you through programming obligations work under NEC3 ECC and provides an overview of the main provisions of under section 3 of the ECC : producing a programme, updating the programme, programme acceptance and how float is incorporated into the programme.

This session will also include a review of Quality Management and the management of Defects. We will also explore how to put together the Works Information and some key pointers when doing so.

Part 4: How to pay the Contractor and get paid under ECC, and a quick overview of the SOCC

This one-hour online webinar introduces you to the payment provisions of the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC).

Part 5: Getting to Grips with Compensation Events under the ECC and how they work with the SOCC

This one-hour webinar session introduces you to compensation event process for managing change under the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). This webinar provides an overview of the main provisions under section 6 of the ECC Contract. After completing this webinar, you'll understand the compensation process of ECC inside out.

Part 6: What to do when things go wrong on an ECC (Rights to material, Liabilities and insurance, Termination and Disputes)

This one-hour webinar session introduces you to the common philosophies of the NEC family of contracts and focuses in more detail upon the key mechanics and provisions of the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). This webinar will walk you through the provision for dealing with rights to material, how liabilities and insurance and risk is managed under the contract and what adjudication is and what it aims to achieve.

This course is produced by Built Intelligence, in association with Barry Trebes.

Barry is a chartered quantity surveyor with over 30 years of experience in major transportation, infrastructure and utility projects. Has procurement experience across a wide range of market sectors. He developed and led NEC training and advice support services in Needleman’s and initiated a collaboration with MPS Limited in 1998 to develop a web-based NEC contract management system.