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NEC People State of the Industry Survey
Please answer these questions (where relevant) as to your general experience of your recent and current projects being managed under NEC contracts.
1.
About You:
Name
Company
Email address
2.
Which of the following best describes the company or role you typically represent:
Client
Consultant
Contractor
Subcontractor
None of the above
3.
How many of your projects use an online administration tool to manage your NEC documentation flow?
0%
100%
Clear
4.
Where a cloud-based system is used between Client/Contractor, what proportion of subcontract packages are also managed under a cloud based system?
0
100%
Clear
5.
As a percentage, approximately what proportion of your early warnings would you say go on to become compensation events?
0
100%
Clear
6.
Sometimes early warnings can be viewed as a commercial tool by either party which is not their intent. As a percentage, how often do you see early warnings being taken negatively?
0
100%
Clear
7.
Is there a common Z clause you keep seeing that you do not consider particularly helpful?
8.
What percentage of Z clauses would you consider are worthy, useful and contribute to making a positive difference to the management of that project?
0
100%
Clear
9.
Do you have an example of what you thought was a crazy Z clause?
10.
How often do you typically get an Accepted Programme?
every month
every 2-3 months
rarely
never
11.
Have you ever experienced a deemed accepted programme where the Project Manager/Service Manager had failed to respond to the programme and a subsequent reminder?
Yes
No
12.
What is the average response time would you say it takes for the relevant party to respond to a CE quotation?
within two weeks
within a month
within several months
13.
What percentage of quotations do you find a Project Manager (ECC) or Service Manager (PSC) give a Project Manager/Service Manager assumption?
0
100%
Clear
14.
What percentage of CE quotes would you say typically have a specific programme attached to it?
0
100%
Clear
15.
Have you ever experienced a deemed accepted for compensation event quotations, where the Project Manager/Service Manager had failed to respond to the quotations and a subsequent reminder?
Yes
No
16.
What would you say is the average time for a CE that is notified to become implemented (agreed)?
less than 4 weeks
1-2 months
3-4 months
4-6 months
longer than 6 months
17.
How subjective do you find assessing compensation events under 60.1(12) for unforeseen physical/ground conditions to be?
not very
sometimes
often
always
18.
How subjective do you find assessing compensation events under 60.1(13) in excess of 1 in 10 year weather events?
not very
sometimes
often
always
not dealt with any before
19.
What percentage of people in your experience do you find being contractual IS considered bad or negative?
0
100%
Clear
20.
Do you ever find that having a good relationship leads to relaxing of following the contractual rules?
Yes
No
21.
Do you find that with CE’s there is still a tendency to wait and see what the actual cost was before agreeing the value of a compensation event?
Yes
No
22.
On what percentage of new contracts do you undertake joint contract training between the key parties for a particular project?
0
100%
Clear
23.
Roughly what percentage of subcontracts let by the Contractor on your ECC contracts are carried our using the Engineering and Construction Subcontract or the Engineering and Construction SHORT Subcontract (i.e. back to back with an NEC contract)?
0
100%
Clear