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Home › About NEC › NEC Dictionary › NEC Early Warnings

NEC Early Warnings

WHAT IS AN EARLY WARNING?
NEC contracts have a very clear, simple, but critical process for ‘early warning’. Some call it the
‘jewel in the NEC crown’. The contractor and project manager should notify each other of any matter
which could affect the cost, completion, progress or quality of the project.
The early warning process is simple in principle and critical to the success of NEC contracts and
facilitating the ‘spirit of mutual trust and cooperation’ required by Clause 10.1 of the contract. The
contract administrator must give the process, and the associated Risk Register, the attention it deserves
and develop and use his or her ‘soft skills’ to get the best out of risk reduction meetings.

FEATURED CONTRACTS
All NEC contracts require the supplier and the contract administrator (Contractor and Project Manager
in the ECC, Consultant and Employer under the PSC2, Contractor and Service Manager under the
TSC3) to formally notify each other of an early warning of certain types of event.

Find out more about the NEC Contracts.

WEBINARS

Watch Richard Patterson, NEC and Procurement Specialist, Mott MacDonald, and Rob Gerrard, NEC
Users’ Group Secretary, discuss the early warnings process.

FURTHER READING
Richard Patterson, NEC Consultant, has written a paper entitled ‘Making the most of your early
warnings – sort out your TQs and RFIs…and what about the opportunities?’

Download it for free.

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