NEC3 : engineering and construction contract / Institution of Civil Engineers NEC Panel.

Amendments -- Schedule of options -- Core clauses : General -- The contractor's main responsibilities -- Time -- Testing and defects -- Payment -- Compensation events -- Title -- Risks and insurance -- Termination -- Main option clauses : Priced contract with activity schedule -- Priced contract with bill of quantities -- Target contract with activity schedule -- Target contract with bill of quantities -- Cost reimbursable contract -- Management contract -- Dispute resolution -- Secondary option clauses : Price adjustment for inflation -- Changes in the law -- Multiple currencies -- Parent company guarantee -- Sectional completion -- Bonus for early completion -- Delay damages -- Partnering -- Performance bond -- Advanced payment to the contractor -- Limitation of the contractor's liability for his design to reasonable skill and care -- Retention -- Low performance damages -- Limitation of liability -- Key performance indicators -- Project Bank Account -- The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 -- The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 -- Additional conditions of contract -- Schedule of cost components -- Shorter schedule of cost components -- Contract data.

NEC3 is a family of contracts unique in offering a complete end-to-end project management solution for the entire project life-cycle; from planning, defining legal relationships and procurement of works, all the way through to project completion, management and beyond.