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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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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