{
  "query": "NEC contract NCE auto-approval consequences UK construction",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "If a Project Manager fails to respond to a notified compensation event within one week, the Contractor is entitled to notify them of that specific lack of response.",
      "verbatim_quote": "2. Compensation event notification: If the Project Manager does not respond to a notified compensation event within one week, then the Contractor may notify that fact.",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Under an ECC contract, a Contractor must notify a compensation event within eight weeks of awareness or they lose the right to adjust Prices or the Completion Date.",
      "verbatim_quote": "The only specific time-bar that exists for the Contractor, in an ECC contract, is the obligation to notify a compensation event within eight weeks of becoming aware, otherwise they lose the right to claim any change to Prices or Completion Date.",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "If the Project Manager does not respond to a submitted programme within two weeks, the Contractor has the right to notify the lack of response.",
      "verbatim_quote": "1. Programme: if the Project Manager does not respond to a programme issued for acceptance within two weeks, the Contractor may notify that lack of response.",
      "source_url": "https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/",
      "relevance": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "market_context": "- [HIGH] If a Project Manager fails to respond to a notified compensation event within one week, the Contractor is entitled to notify them of that specific lack of response. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)\n- [HIGH] Under an ECC contract, a Contractor must notify a compensation event within eight weeks of awareness or they lose the right to adjust Prices or the Completion Date. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)\n- [MEDIUM] If the Project Manager does not respond to a submitted programme within two weeks, the Contractor has the right to notify the lack of response. (source: https://gmhplanning.co.uk/nec-downloads/lack-of-response-time-bars-and-deemed-acceptances-in-nec-contracts/)"
}