{ "query": "UK construction project manager average NEC response time benchmarks", "raw_results": [ { "url": "https://www.gatherinsights.com/en/nec4/response-periods", "title": "NEC4 Response Periods: Complete Deadlines Guide - Gather Insights", "content": "| Design submission acceptance | PM | Period for reply (Contract Data) | 21.2 | Breach; Contractor should re-notify |\n| Subcontracting approval | PM | Period for reply (Contract Data) | 26.3 | Breach; Contractor should re-notify |\n| Defect correction | Contractor | Defect correction period (Contract Data) | 43.2 | PM may arrange correction; cost charged to Contractor |\n| Payment |\n| Payment assessment | PM | Assessment interval (Contract Data, typically 4 weeks) | 50.1 | Breach |\n| Payment to Contractor | Client | 21 days from assessment date (with Option Y(UK)2) | Y2.2 | Interest accrues on the amount due |\n| Dispute Resolution (Option W2 — applicable to most UK contracts) | [...] UK construction contracts subject to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 have statutory minimum payment periods that apply alongside the above. Option Y(UK)2 is typically included in UK NEC4 contracts to ensure compliance. Beyond the CE process, other fixed periods include the three-week acceleration quotation window (clause 36), within which the Contractor must submit a quotation when the PM proposes acceleration to improve on the Completion Date.\n\n## The Compensation Event Response Chain [...] ## Track Every NEC4 Deadline — Contractor and PM\n\nMost commercial teams track Contractor notification deadlines. Gather tracks PM response deadlines too. When a PM's two-week quotation window is about to expire, your team is alerted before it closes — so you can issue the clause 62.6 notification and lock in the accepted position rather than let the PM restart the process.\n\n40% more compensation events identified vs manual review\n\nBook a demo\n\nGather Insights Logo\n\n1 Silk Street Manchester, M4 6LZ United Kingdom\n\nLinkedIn logo with white LinkedIn text inside a white rounded square on black background..webp)Black and white pixelated icon resembling a retro computer cursor or letter C in a white square.IcRoundForward\n\nPLATFORM\n\nPlanRecordReportQS AI Agent\n\nFunctions", "score": 0.529191, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec-delay-analysis-and-extension-of-time-the-complete-contractor-guide", "title": "NEC Delay Analysis and Extension of Time: Complete Guide", "content": "The project manager has three weeks to respond under clause 62.3. They can accept the quotation, request a revised quotation with reasons, or make their own assessment under clause 64. If the project manager makes their own assessment, the contractor's position is significantly weakened. The PM's assessment stands unless formally challenged, and it is typically made using conservative assumptions that favour the employer.\n\nThe assessment uses clause 63.5 in NEC4 (clause 63.3 in NEC3): \"any delay to the Completion Date is assessed as the length of time that, due to the compensation event, planned completion is later than planned completion as shown on the Accepted Programme.\" [...] This is the mechanism behind a pattern that plays out on hundreds of UK construction projects every year. The contractor is entitled to time. The contract provides for that entitlement. But the programme was not in a state to demonstrate it, so the entitlement is reduced or denied. The pillar article on NEC clause 31 programme acceptance covers the mechanism by which the accepted programme is obtained and maintained in detail. [...] top of page\n\ninfo@necplanningsolutions.co.uk\n\n0330 223 7709\n\nSearch\n\n# NEC delay analysis and extension of time: the complete contractor guide\n\n 10 minutes ago\n 18 min read\n\nThere is a pattern that repeats on almost every NEC project that ends in dispute. A compensation event is notified. A quotation is produced. The programme is adjusted, often several months after the event. The project manager pushes back. Negotiations drag. The completion date slips again. Eventually somebody is asked to produce a delay analysis that explains how the project ran late.", "score": 0.48996773, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://coniston-associates.co.uk/take-notice-a-brief-guide-to-nec-contract-notices/", "title": "Take Notice! - A Brief Guide to NEC Contract Notices - Coniston Construction Associates Ltd - Construction Lawyers, Commercial & Contract Specialists", "content": "Clause 62.3: Within two weeks of receiving a Contractor’s quotation, the Project Manager must respond. If the Project Manager accepts the quotation, he must issue a notification to confirm this. Alternatively, the Project Manager can notify he will be making his own assessment, or he could instruct the Contractor to submit a revised quotation.\n\nClause 62.5: The Project Manager has the power to grant more time for the submission of quotations. However, an extension can only be granted before the original time limit for submitting the quotation has expired. [...] Clause 31.3: Acceptance / Non-acceptance of contractor’s programme. The Project Manager must notify either his accept or non-acceptance of a programme within two weeks of submission. If the response is non-acceptance, it should include reasons in sufficient detail to allow the Contactor to correct the submission.\n\nClause 36.1: Upon receipt of a Contractor’s acceleration quotation, the Project Manager sends a notification as to whether the quotation is accepted or not. The Project Manager cannot simply instruct acceleration and enforce the Contractor to accelerate. [...] Option W2.3(2): Within 7 days after issuing a notice of adjudication, the Client issues his referral notice to the Adjudicator and Contractor.\n\nOption W3.2(3): Potential disputes referred to Dispute Avoidance Board, 2 – 4 weeks after notification of the issue to the Contractor and Project Manager.\n\n### Notices from Project Manager\n\nThe NEC4 ECC contract includes the following clauses in respect of contractual notices from the Project Manager:", "score": 0.36663565, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-timescales-for-contractors-ce-quotations-and-project-manager-assessments/5316", "title": "NEC ECC - Timescales for Contractors CE quotations and Project Manager assessments - Compensation Events - ReachBack", "content": "| Topic | | Replies | Views | Activity |\n --- --- \n| NEC3: ECC - What happens if Contractor fails to issue a quotation and the Project Manager fails to assess Compensation Events | 1 | 956 | 18 December 2014 |\n| [NEC ECC: For a CE notified by a Contractor [61.3], if it is clear that PM must assess the CE himself anwyay under [64.1 bp 3 and 64.2 bp 2] why does the PM still need to instruct the Contractor to submit quotation(s) under 61.4?]( Compensation Events | 6 | 1572 | 15 November 2018 |\n| NEC ECC: What happens if Project Manager is beyond time to assess a quotation? Secondary X, W and Y options | 1 | 715 | 28 February 2020 |\n| NEC ECC: how does PM assess a late CE Compensation Events | 2 | 683 | 22 February 2019 | [...] Broadley yes, although I think the contract is silent on what happens if the Contractor does submit a quote late. Does the PM have to respond to that within two weeks, and if they don’t respond after a reminder would it be deemed accepted? Potentially yes, so as PM I would not run the risk and respond to the quote even if it is late to avoid such a loop.\n\n### Related topics", "score": 0.31292662, "raw_content": null }, { "url": "https://www.apm.org.uk/media/b5jjhicj/mott-macdonald-little-book-of-nec-contracts.pdf", "title": "The Mott MacDonald Little Book of NEC Contracts", "content": "z X29 X22 X21 X20 X18 X17 X16 X15 X14 X13 X12 X11 X10 X9 X8 X7 X1 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 Y (UK) 1 Y (UK) 3 Y (UK) 2 W1 W2 W3 A E D C B F 1-9 Additional conditions Jurisdiction-specific options Core clauses Main (payment) option Dispute resolution option Secondary options Key Green = New to ECC4, 2017 Dark turquoise = 2022 Example client choices 7 I Mott MacDonald I The Little Book of NEC Contracts 4. Key differences from ‘traditional’ contracts 4.1 Introduction The NEC is radically different from other traditional forms of contract because of its focus on the stimulus to good management. Using the NEC as a rigorous project management tool is an investment in controlling quality, time, and budget, which requires active ‘real time’ management by the client (and its ‘project manager’) – [...] for two discrete administrative roles – the project manager and the supervisor. These people are engaged by the client, but under law (in the UK and elsewhere) are required to act impartially and in accordance with the contract. The supervisor looks after compliance, and testing and defects (with a minor role relating to title). The testing and defects role is covered by only one and a half pages of core clause 4 and is the same irrespective of the payment option. The supervisor often audits the records of testing carried out by the contractor, as required by the contract. The supervisor and contractor manage the notification and management of tests and defects throughout construction. In contrast, the project manager carries out all the other roles one might recognise as ‘contract [...] out all the other roles one might recognise as ‘contract administration’. The key routine processes, include: • changes to the scope • early warning and updating the ‘early warning register’ (unhelpfully known as the ‘risk register’ in NEC3) • design acceptance • subcontractor acceptance • programme acceptance • payment assessment • change and compensation event management, including agreeing cost and time effects With these key roles it should be clear that the project manager has ‘technical’ and ‘commercial’ roles. They will therefore need technical and commercial experience and/or support. From experience, the most important issue relating to the project manager is their ability and authority to issue necessary changes to the scope and to deal with, accept, or assess quotations for", "score": 0.3011775, "raw_content": null } ], "formatted": "Source: NEC4 Response Periods: Complete Deadlines Guide - Gather Insights\nURL: https://www.gatherinsights.com/en/nec4/response-periods\n| Design submission acceptance | PM | Period for reply (Contract Data) | 21.2 | Breach; Contractor should re-notify | | Subcontracting approval | PM | Period for reply (Contract Data) | 26.3 | Breach; Contractor should re-notify | | Defect correction | Contractor | Defect correction period (Contract Data) | 43.2 | PM may arrange correction; cost charged to Contractor | | Payment | | Payment assessment | PM | Assessment interval (Contract Data, typically 4 weeks) | 50.1 | Breach | | Payment to Contractor | Client | 21 days from assessment date (with Option Y(UK)2) | Y2.2 | Interest accrues on the amount due | | Dispute Resolution (Option W2 — applicable to most UK contracts) | [...] UK construction contracts subject to the Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 have statutory minimum payment periods that apply alongside the above. Option Y(UK)2 is typically included in UK NEC4 contracts to ensure compliance. Beyond the CE process, other fixed periods include the three-week acceleration quotation window (clause 36), within which the Contractor must submit a quotation when the PM proposes acceleration to improve on the Completion Date. ## The Compensation Event Response Chain [...] ## Track Every NEC4 Deadline — Contractor and PM Most commercial teams track Contractor notification deadlines. Gather tracks PM response deadlines too. When a PM's two-week quotation window is about to expire, your team is alerted before it closes — so you can issue the clause 62.6 notification and lock in the accepted position rather than let the PM restart the process. 40% more compensation events identified vs manual review Book a demo Gather Insights Logo 1 Silk Street Manchester, M4 6LZ United Kingdom LinkedIn logo with white LinkedIn text inside a white rounded square on b\n\n---\n\nSource: NEC Delay Analysis and Extension of Time: Complete Guide\nURL: https://www.necplanningsolutions.co.uk/post/nec-delay-analysis-and-extension-of-time-the-complete-contractor-guide\nThe project manager has three weeks to respond under clause 62.3. They can accept the quotation, request a revised quotation with reasons, or make their own assessment under clause 64. If the project manager makes their own assessment, the contractor's position is significantly weakened. The PM's assessment stands unless formally challenged, and it is typically made using conservative assumptions that favour the employer. The assessment uses clause 63.5 in NEC4 (clause 63.3 in NEC3): \"any delay to the Completion Date is assessed as the length of time that, due to the compensation event, planned completion is later than planned completion as shown on the Accepted Programme.\" [...] This is the mechanism behind a pattern that plays out on hundreds of UK construction projects every year. The contractor is entitled to time. The contract provides for that entitlement. But the programme was not in a state to demonstrate it, so the entitlement is reduced or denied. The pillar article on NEC clause 31 programme acceptance covers the mechanism by which the accepted programme is obtained and maintained in detail. [...] top of page info@necplanningsolutions.co.uk 0330 223 7709 Search # NEC delay analysis and extension of time: the complete contractor guide 10 minutes ago 18 min read There is a pattern that repeats on almost every NEC project that ends in dispute. A compensation event is notified. A quotation is produced. The programme is adjusted, often several months after the event. The project manager pushes back. Negotiations drag. The completion date slips again. Eventually somebody is asked to produce a delay analysis that explains how the project ran late.\n\n---\n\nSource: Take Notice! - A Brief Guide to NEC Contract Notices - Coniston Construction Associates Ltd - Construction Lawyers, Commercial & Contract Specialists\nURL: https://coniston-associates.co.uk/take-notice-a-brief-guide-to-nec-contract-notices/\nClause 62.3: Within two weeks of receiving a Contractor’s quotation, the Project Manager must respond. If the Project Manager accepts the quotation, he must issue a notification to confirm this. Alternatively, the Project Manager can notify he will be making his own assessment, or he could instruct the Contractor to submit a revised quotation. Clause 62.5: The Project Manager has the power to grant more time for the submission of quotations. However, an extension can only be granted before the original time limit for submitting the quotation has expired. [...] Clause 31.3: Acceptance / Non-acceptance of contractor’s programme. The Project Manager must notify either his accept or non-acceptance of a programme within two weeks of submission. If the response is non-acceptance, it should include reasons in sufficient detail to allow the Contactor to correct the submission. Clause 36.1: Upon receipt of a Contractor’s acceleration quotation, the Project Manager sends a notification as to whether the quotation is accepted or not. The Project Manager cannot simply instruct acceleration and enforce the Contractor to accelerate. [...] Option W2.3(2): Within 7 days after issuing a notice of adjudication, the Client issues his referral notice to the Adjudicator and Contractor. Option W3.2(3): Potential disputes referred to Dispute Avoidance Board, 2 – 4 weeks after notification of the issue to the Contractor and Project Manager. ### Notices from Project Manager The NEC4 ECC contract includes the following clauses in respect of contractual notices from the Project Manager:\n\n---\n\nSource: NEC ECC - Timescales for Contractors CE quotations and Project Manager assessments - Compensation Events - ReachBack\nURL: https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-timescales-for-contractors-ce-quotations-and-project-manager-assessments/5316\n| Topic | | Replies | Views | Activity | --- --- | NEC3: ECC - What happens if Contractor fails to issue a quotation and the Project Manager fails to assess Compensation Events | 1 | 956 | 18 December 2014 | | [NEC ECC: For a CE notified by a Contractor [61.3], if it is clear that PM must assess the CE himself anwyay under [64.1 bp 3 and 64.2 bp 2] why does the PM still need to instruct the Contractor to submit quotation(s) under 61.4?]( Compensation Events | 6 | 1572 | 15 November 2018 | | NEC ECC: What happens if Project Manager is beyond time to assess a quotation? Secondary X, W and Y options | 1 | 715 | 28 February 2020 | | NEC ECC: how does PM assess a late CE Compensation Events | 2 | 683 | 22 February 2019 | [...] Broadley yes, although I think the contract is silent on what happens if the Contractor does submit a quote late. Does the PM have to respond to that within two weeks, and if they don’t respond after a reminder would it be deemed accepted? Potentially yes, so as PM I would not run the risk and respond to the quote even if it is late to avoid such a loop. ### Related topics\n\n---\n\nSource: The Mott MacDonald Little Book of NEC Contracts\nURL: https://www.apm.org.uk/media/b5jjhicj/mott-macdonald-little-book-of-nec-contracts.pdf\nz X29 X22 X21 X20 X18 X17 X16 X15 X14 X13 X12 X11 X10 X9 X8 X7 X1 X6 X5 X4 X3 X2 Y (UK) 1 Y (UK) 3 Y (UK) 2 W1 W2 W3 A E D C B F 1-9 Additional conditions Jurisdiction-specific options Core clauses Main (payment) option Dispute resolution option Secondary options Key Green = New to ECC4, 2017 Dark turquoise = 2022 Example client choices 7 I Mott MacDonald I The Little Book of NEC Contracts 4. Key differences from ‘traditional’ contracts 4.1 Introduction The NEC is radically different from other traditional forms of contract because of its focus on the stimulus to good management. Using the NEC as a rigorous project management tool is an investment in controlling quality, time, and budget, which requires active ‘real time’ management by the client (and its ‘project manager’) – [...] for two discrete administrative roles – the project manager and the supervisor. These people are engaged by the client, but under law (in the UK and elsewhere) are required to act impartially and in accordance with the contract. The supervisor looks after compliance, and testing and defects (with a minor role relating to title). The testing and defects role is covered by only one and a half pages of core clause 4 and is the same irrespective of the payment option. The supervisor often audits the records of testing carried out by the contractor, as required by the contract. The supervisor and contractor manage the notification and management of tests and defects throughout construction. In contrast, the project manager carries out all the other roles one might recognise as ‘contract [...] out all the other roles one might recognise as ‘contract administration’. The key routine processes, include: • changes to the scope • early warning and updating the ‘early warning register’ (unhelpfully know" }