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Highways England has appointed Aecom under an NEC3 Professional Services Contract (PSC) as technical partner for the £1.4 billion A303 Stonehenge bypass scheme. 

Following the launch of NEC4, NEC will be rolling out a series of accreditation training programmes for NEC4 project managers, service managers and supervisors in 2018.

As some of you may know, I am now stepping down from my role as chair of the NEC Users’ Group as well as my role at HS2, so it was good to go out on a high point.

A unique infrastructure professional services collaborative contract based on the NEC3 Professional Services Contract (PSC) was promoted at a major Australasian public works conference last month.

NEC4 is to play a key role in setting the ‘19th century ‘analogue’ built environment sector on the path to a critical digital ‘industrial revolution’, according to Dr David Hancock.

The latest NEC Asia-Pacific Users’ Group workshop was held at Pinsent Masons office in Hong Kong on 16 June 2017.

Dr David Hancock, Construction Director for the Infrastructure and Projects Authority at the Cabinet Office, will be speaking at the NEC Users’ Group Annual Seminar 2017 on 22 June.

While the benefits of NEC contracts are widely recognised, a study at Kingston University last year has provided greater insight into the contract suite’s impact on infrastructure projects.

A recent online discussion raised the question of when during the UK’s departure from the European Union (EU) will changes in UK law trigger a compensation event under NEC3 ECC.