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Practical notes on assessing NEC compensation events — float ownership, the clause 61.3 time bar, Defined Cost under the Options, and what a good CE assessment actually looks like. Written by people who have done the job.
Risk Allowances in Compensation Event Quotations: What NEC Allows and How to Price It
What NEC3 clause 63.6 and NEC4 clause 63.8 allow for risk in a compensation event quotation, how to price an allowance, and how to assess one.
The Project Manager's Own Assessment: NEC Clause 64 Explained
When an NEC Project Manager can assess a compensation event, the rules they must follow, the deadline, and what contractors should do with the result.
How to Substantiate a Compensation Event: A Step-by-Step Guide
A step-by-step guide to substantiating an NEC compensation event: entitlement, the baseline, Defined Cost, the programme, preliminaries and evidence.
Deemed Acceptance Under NEC: How Silence Accepts a Compensation Event
How a Project Manager's silence can accept an NEC compensation event quotation in full: the three mechanisms, the periods, and how both sides manage them.
The Eight-Week Time Bar: NEC Clause 61.3 in Practice
How the NEC compensation event time bar works under clause 61.3, which events it catches, what 'becoming aware' means, and how registers fail.
The Complete Guide to NEC Compensation Events
NEC3 and NEC4 compensation events explained end to end: the events in clause 60.1, notification, quotations, assessment, deadlines and the main Options.