{
  "query": "NEC4 contract consequences for NCE without early warning UK construction",
  "claims": [
    {
      "claim": "If a contractor fails to provide an early warning for an event that causes delay or cost increases, they are only compensated for the impacts that would have occurred even if the warning had been given.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the contractor fails to give early warning of a possible delay to the works, or increase in costs, they will only be compensated for effects that would have remained anyway even if they had given early warning.",
      "source_url": "https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Early%20warning%20notice",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Under NEC4, if the Project Manager determines an experienced contractor should have given an early warning but failed to do so, the compensation event is assessed as if the warning had been provided.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Project Manager has stated in the instruction to submit quotations that the Contractor did not give an early warning of the event which an experienced contractor could have given [i.e., as clause 61.5 above], the compensation event is assessed as if the Contractor had given the early warning.",
      "source_url": "https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/the-nec-4-ecc-contract-notifying-compensation-events-and-early-warnings/118114/",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "Failure to notify an event that may cause delay or cost increases within 8 weeks of becoming aware of it results in the loss of entitlement to changes in price or dates, unless the Project Manager was responsible for the notification.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the contractor fails to give early warning of an event that may give rise to a possible delay to the works, or increase in costs, within 8 weeks of becoming aware of the event, they will not be entitled to a change in price, completion date or key date, unless the project manager should have notified the event to the contractor but did not.",
      "source_url": "https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Early%20warning%20notice",
      "relevance": "high"
    },
    {
      "claim": "When instructing a quotation for a compensation event, the Project Manager must explicitly state if they believe the contractor failed to give a required early warning.",
      "verbatim_quote": "If the Project Manager decides that the Contractor did not give an early warning of the event which an experienced contractor could have given, the Project Manager states this in the instruction to the Contractor to submit quotations.",
      "source_url": "https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/the-nec-4-ecc-contract-notifying-compensation-events-and-early-warnings/118114/",
      "relevance": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "market_context": "- [HIGH] If a contractor fails to provide an early warning for an event that causes delay or cost increases, they are only compensated for the impacts that would have occurred even if the warning had been given. (source: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Early%20warning%20notice)\n- [HIGH] Under NEC4, if the Project Manager determines an experienced contractor should have given an early warning but failed to do so, the compensation event is assessed as if the warning had been provided. (source: https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/the-nec-4-ecc-contract-notifying-compensation-events-and-early-warnings/118114/)\n- [HIGH] Failure to notify an event that may cause delay or cost increases within 8 weeks of becoming aware of it results in the loss of entitlement to changes in price or dates, unless the Project Manager was responsible for the notification. (source: https://www.designingbuildings.co.uk/wiki/Early%20warning%20notice)\n- [MEDIUM] When instructing a quotation for a compensation event, the Project Manager must explicitly state if they believe the contractor failed to give a required early warning. (source: https://www.pbctoday.co.uk/news/planning-construction-news/the-nec-4-ecc-contract-notifying-compensation-events-and-early-warnings/118114/)"
}