Training & Collaboration Workshops

Our training courses are designed to equip you with the skill and knowledge necessary to navigate the complexities of modern construction contracts with confidence

Set out below are our standard set of training courses. These courses have been developed over many years and from our extensive experience and as such are particularly tailored to their target audience. Please note that where a course states it's for NEC training, it means we can provide training for all versions and forms of NEC contract.

In addition to the courses listed below we can develop bespoke training and collaboration courses and workshops to meet your specific needs and requirements.

Please use our contact form to make an enquiry about prices and availability.

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NEC Awareness Training

Target Audience

Beginner: No experience of the NEC

Duration

All day

Content

General overview
Payment (under the main options)
Early Warnings and compensation events
Defects and the programme

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JCT D&B 2106 (main and subcontract)

JCT D&B 2016 (Main and Subcontract)

Target Audience

Beginner: Little to no experience of the JCT

Duration

All day

Content

The D&B 2016
Contract Articles and Recitals
Contract particulars
Contract Conditions
Schedules
Review of mechanisms
Payment
Claims
Management of the works

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NEC Compensation events - the process

NEC Compensation Event: The process

Target Audience

Inexperienced: Aware of the contract but not sure of the procedure

Duration

Half day

Content

Review of Core Clause 6
Understanding the implications of not following the process
Determining obligations and timelines

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NEC Intermediate training

Target Audience

Reasonable level of knowledge about the NEC

Duration

All day

Content

Deeper dive into the mechanisms around risk management, change control and payment including a review of the Housing Grants Construction and Regeneration Act 1006.

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NEC Advanced training

Target Audience

Candidates that are familiar and experienced with using the contract

Duration

Two days

Content

This two-day course is based around a ‘notional’ project and goes from completing the Contract Data, through to final account. There are 8 sessions in total and each session consists of a contractual question based upon a scenario to which the delegates have to give a full contractual answer. A copy of the contract is required

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NEC Project Manager's training

NEC Project Manager's Training

Target Audience

Delegates that need a complete understanding of the Project Manager’s role under the NEC contract

Duration

Two days

Content

A project management based course covering; Project Start Up, Programme and Risk Management, Commercial Management and Contract management and Project Closure.

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NEC Compensation events: Evaluating Prices

Target Audience

Inexperienced: Know the process but need to understand better how to evaluate CE’s

Duration

Half day

Content

Understanding the Schedule of Cost Components and Disallowed Cost
Understanding the various percentages
Treatment of risk
Project Manager’s assumptions
Calculating the value of a CE

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NEC The Accepted Programme

Target Audience

Inexperienced: Need to understand how general programming principles fit within the NEC provisions

Duration

Half day

Content

The purpose of the Accepted Programme
Time risk allowance and treatment of float
Treatment of planned Completion and the Completion Date
Examination of how the NEC deals with extensions of time

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Risk and Insurance under the NEC

Risk and insurance under the NEC

Target Audience

Inexperienced: aimed at project managers and commercial managers/QSs

Duration

Half day

Content

Review of Core Clause 8
Examination of other factors affecting risk
Management of risk with early warnings
Risk reduction meeting exercise

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Preparing an NEC contract

Target Audience

Intermediate: for delegates that review and draft contracts and subcontracts.

Duration

All day

Content

Understanding the main options
Understanding secondary options
Understanding the requirements for the contract data
Preparation of the contract data for an imaginary project
Preparation of the Scope and Site Information

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Subcontracting under the NEC

Subcontracting under the NRC

Target Audience

Intermediate: for those on dealing with subcontractors

Duration

All day

Content

Review of the Contractor’s responsibilities for subcontracting
Treatment of Subcontractors under the NEC - what does it mean commercially
The risk of using subcontractors, including the subcontracted fee percentage
Programme exercise assessing the impact of subcontractor delay on the main contract

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NEC Commercial awareness

Target Audience

Intermediate: for those that have a grasp of the contract but need further training to put it into context

Duration

All day

Content

Managing an NEC commercially
Construction industry related Acts of parliament
Consideration of the Fee and other percentages in the contract data

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Dispute avoidance under the NEC

Target Audience

Intermediate: candidates that need to understand how to get the best out of the contract

Duration

Half day

Content

Contracting under the NEC and the nature of the contract itself
Things to look out for and using early warnings and compensation events
Compliance with contractual requirements
How to set yourself up to prepare for an adjudication

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NEC3 to NEC4 Conversion Course

Target Audience

Intermediate: for those on dealing with subcontractors

Duration

All day

Content

A review of the changes from NEC3 to NEC4
Changes in terminology
Changes in mechanism
Alterations to the risk balance
Changes to the commercial elements of the contract, including the contract data and the various fee percentages

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Collaboration Workshops

Target Audience

Project teams

Duration

All day / Two days as required

Content

A contract training and collaboration workshop based around the project's contract and particular circumstances
Collaboration and familiarisation exercises
Team building sessions
Contract awareness quizzes