Building five pools and a football pitch in south London

With movable swimming-pool floors, a football pitch perched on top, and 105 metres of waterslide, Morgan Sindall is having a lot of fun building the Woolwich Leisure Centre Contract: NEC 4 Option A Project value: £80m Main contractor: Morgan Sindall Client: Royal Borough of Greenwich… The post Building five pools and a football pitch in south London appeared first on Construction News.

Materials & Finishes Show is back with a bang from 19 – 22 May 2024

Materials & Finishes Show returns to the NEC, Birmingham in its new and reinvigorated format from 19 – 22 May 2024. Materials & Finishes Show, part of Montgomery Group’s global event portfolio, will bring the UK’s furniture manufacturing and joinery industries together for the first time since 2018, having undergone an extensive period of research […] The post Materials & Finishes Show is back with a bang from 19 – 22 May 2024 appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

Quelfire leads the conversation on responsibility at The Fire Safety Event 2024

Quelfire are exhibiting at The Fire Safety Event between the 30th of April and the 2nd of May 2024 at the NEC, Birmingham. The post Quelfire leads the conversation on responsibility at The Fire Safety Event 2024 appeared first on Planning, Building & Construction Today.

Full steam ahead: Willmott Dixon’s railway regeneration project

An ambitious regeneration project to celebrate the engineering triumphs of yesteryear has required some clever engineering of its own Client: Darlington Borough Council Total cost: £34m Contract type: NEC (through SCAPE framework) Main contractor: Willmott Dixon Architect: Napper Architects Groundworks: Wyn Construction Piling works: Roger… The post Full steam ahead: Willmott Dixon’s railway regeneration project appeared first on Construction News.

Understanding the correct amount due NEC3 Option C

The post Understanding the correct amount due NEC3 Option C appeared first on UK Construction Blog. Although several procurement strategies have regressed due to the current economic situation, NEC Option C, or target contract with activity schedule, is still one of the most often used types of engineering and construction contracts (ECC). Objective cost contracts are straightforward in theory: a reasonable objective is established, a fair share method is decided upon, […]

Metroun - CEMAR - Benefits & Drawbacks 14062023

If you work in the QS profession, are a Project Manager, Administrator, Engineer or Designer, chances are you have come across CEMAR at some stage, whether that be to manage an entire framework contract or simply on a one-off basis for an individual scheme. This video is going to briefly explain what CEMAR is, how it can help on a project and also some of the frustrations that a lot of people who use it can have.

Association for Project Management - NEC Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) - Compensation Events, 29092021

NEC has clear mechanism for risk allocation for specific events. Is it a compensation event, or not? And it has a clear, detailed and flexible process for managing and agreeing the assessment of those compensation events. Effective management of the process is key to dispute avoidance under NEC. Hear about the importance of the F word - forecast. Change control is critical to the finances of any supplier - so you need to know how to use the process

Association for Project Management - NEC Framework Contract, 23092022

A 'Framework' is a contract to let contracts. The NEC Framework Contract is a contract for suppliers under which the Client can let specific 'call off' contracts to those suppliers using any of the standard NEC contracts. The session covered how the NEC Framework contract is put together and used.

Association for Project Management - NEC Term Service Contract (TSC), 18102022

The NEC Term Services Contract is a contract for a physical service for a defined period of time rather than for a project. However it does provide for mini projects as 'Tasks'. The session looked at the basics of: - putting together the contract and - contract management

CIPS - Contract Development & Mobilisation 02122020

In this CIPS podcast, Roger Holloway talks about the tendering and contract development of a new build construction project

How is inflation being dealt with in Compensation Events on NEC contracts? Has anyone experience of this so far?

Is the NEC approach to agreeing the account and time as they occur the correct approach?

Why is the JCT and NEC forms of Contract so dominate in our industry?

When can revised quotations be submitted for the same Compensation Event under an NEC 3 contract?

What do I need to know about Procurement Schedules?

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