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Practitioner notes.
Patterns we see on live projects. The clause references are real. The numbers are real (anonymised). If you've watched a CE die in a margin comment, you'll recognise these.
NEC3·4 min read
Why most NEC3 compensation events get rejected
Three patterns we see on every NEC3 project: notifications without an event in 60.1, notifications outside the eight-week window, and quotations that don't separate Prices, Completion Date and Key Dates.
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JBCC·4 min read
The JBCC final account mistake costing contractors R2M+
Final accounts go wrong long before the final account. Two failure modes — undocumented verbal variations and missed submission deadlines — and how to run JBCC contracts as instruments from day one.
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NEC3·5 min read
What B2–B5 contractors get wrong about NEC3 programmes
The Accepted Programme isn't a Gantt chart you submit once. Submitted properly under Clause 31, it protects time and cost. Submitted as a bar chart, it does neither.
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