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NEC3 Introduction to the ECC for Estimators

This course offers a practical overview of the NEC3 contract’s core principles—flexibility, clarity, and project management. Participants will explore risk allocation, activity schedules, change management, programming requirements, compensation events, and the Schedule of Cost Components to better prepare competitive submissions and manage contracts effectively.

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NEC3 Introduction to the ECC for Estimators

Course Cost £245 +VAT
Duration 1 DAY
  • Participants gain understanding of NEC3 contracts' objectives: Flexibility, Clarity, and Stimulus to project management.
  • Risk allocation under main and secondary options, including Activity Schedule assembly.
  • Change management process overview and associated timescales.
  • Appreciation of contract programming requirements and implications.
  • Thresholds for compensation events assessment in terms of time and cost.

Overview

This course aims to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the NEC3 family of contracts, focusing on achieving flexibility, clarity, and simplicity, as well as stimulating good project management. The objectives include understanding risk allocation, change management processes, programming requirements, compensation event thresholds, and the evaluation of Contract Data. The agenda covers various aspects of the NEC contract, with practical exercises included. The course duration is one day.

Who should attend

Estimators

Course Content

Objectives :At the end of the day, participants should :

  • Have a general understanding of how the NEC3 family of contracts achieves its 3 principal objectives of : Flexibility, Clarity & simplicity and Stimulus to good project management
  • Understand the risk allocation under main and secondary options, including how to assemble an Activity Schedule.
  • Have an overview of the change management process & timescales
  • Appreciate the programming requirements of the contract and their implications
  • Know what the thresholds are for compensation events and how they are assessed in terms of time & cost (including ‘who owns the float’)
  • Understand what the data put forward by the Employer in Contract Data part 1 means
  • Know the structure of the Schedule of Cost Components & how Employers evaluate it, so that they can put in competitive percentages and rates in Contract Data Part 2.

Outline Agenda :

  • NEC Overview
  • The main payment options & what they mean for risk allocation & running the contract. Assembling an Activity Schedule. Exercise.
  • A Quick Run through the Structure of the Contract, inc exerciseon who’s design has precedence
  • Change Management Overview
  • Time & the Accepted Programme.
  • Compensation events : definitions, , timescales and evaluation exercise.
  • Contract Data part 1
  • The Schedule of Cost Components and how Employer’s assess it.
  • Filling in Contract Data Part 2

Duration:1 Day

Cost:£245 + VAT

NEC3 Estimators Training Scotland, Aberdeen, Glasgow, Inverness, Edinburgh, Fife and other sites  throughout the UK including onsite closed company courses are available.

NEC3 Estimators Training Nigeria, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, India and Ghana is also available

Who Should Attend

Estimators
Course Cost £245 +VAT
Duration 1 DAY

Experts in Construction and Infrastructure Training

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Training courses available

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Course hours completed

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CITB, APS, IEMA

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Testimonials

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The course was exceptional, well run in terms of delivery of information, IT online course but seamless. Very interesting examples of temporary works failures applicable to the businesses we worked in. Break out activities / group examples worked very well and were again well managed by the trainer. Fantastic course, I will recommend to others! Best course I have attended in years!

CITB Temporary Works Co-Ordinator

Black & Veatch

The trainers knowledge was excellent and I liked his examples and how he could relate them to every day relatable examples that we could all understand. Coming from different industries and sectors his examples were a common ground. It was handled very well virtually and the engagement worked with his questioning and answering

Contract Management

The Pension Regulator

The training was very interactive and the tutor was excellent in engaging every course attendee and ensuring that the course content was tailored to each attendees Organisation and Company requirements

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Kone – H &S Advisor

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