The New Engineering Contract (NEC4) Explained: What UK Contractors Need to Know in 2026
The New Engineering Contract (NEC4) Explained: What UK Contractors Need to Know in 2026 The New Engineering Contract (NEC) is a family of collaborative construction and engineering contracts used across UK infrastructure and public sector projects. Its current edition, NEC4, uses early warnings, compensation events, and a live accepted programme to manage cost, time, and […]
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How Construction Estimating Services Work: A Contractor’s Guide
How Construction Estimating Services Work: A Contractor’s Guide Every tender is a commercial commitment made on incomplete information. Drawings may change during the tender period, historic rates may no longer reflect current conditions, and subcontractor quotations can arrive shortly before submission. Price too high and the bid is uncompetitive. Price too low and the risk […]
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6 Critical Honest Questions That Reveal Whether You Need JCT Contracts or the New Engineering Contract in 2026
Two contractors walk into a site meeting. One’s clutching a JCT contract, the other’s clutching the new engineering contract (NEC, to its friends), and neither has actually finished reading it. No judgment — we’ve all nodded along in a meeting while secretly wondering “what is a contract, really, and why is it 400 pages.” […]
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