Webinar On-Demand - NEC4 PSC 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 six sessions are as follows:

Part 1: How to put together an NEC4 PSC 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 NEC4 Professional Services Contract  (PSC). This webinar will review the contract strategy options between the primary PSC options A, C and E as well as 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 Client’s, Service Manager’s and Consultant’s Obligations under NEC4 PSC


What’s it about

This one-hour webinar provides a quick and punchy summary of the main roles and responsibilities of both the Client and the Consultant under the NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC). The session will take you through some of the general provisions, governing actions, identified and defined terms, communications, the roles of the Client, Service Manager and Consultant, Early warning, Consultant’s main responsibilities for Providing the Services, People and working with the Client and Others.

Part 3: How to produce and update your Programme and Quality Management: Managing Defects under NEC4 PSC and producing Good Scope

This one-hour webinar provides a quick and easy walk you through programming obligations work under NEC4 PSC and provide an overview of the main provisions of under section 3 of the PSC: producing a programme, updating the programme, programme acceptance and how float is incorporated into the programme. This webinar will also allow you to appreciate what the Professional Services Contract says about Quality Management and the management of Defects. We will also explore how to put together the Scope and some key pointers when doing so.

Part 4: How to pay the Consultant under NEC4 PSC and a quick overview of the SoCC

This one-hour online webinar introduces you to the payment provisions of the NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC). This webinar provides an overview of the main payment options A,  C & E.

Part 5: Getting to Grips with Compensation Events under NEC4 PSC and how they work with the SoCC


This one-hour webinar session introduces you to compensation event process for managing change under the NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC). This webinar provides an overview of the main provisions under section 6 of the PSC Contract. After completing this webinar, you'll understand the compensation process of PSC inside out.

Part 6: What to do when things go wrong on a PSC (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 NEC4 Professional Services Contract (PSC). 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.