Toolkit · Live: Month 6

The NEC Toolkit.

A CE Tracker, a Payment Model, a Risk System, and the decision frameworks behind them. Drafted from live event records, structured for the records the contract demands.

What’s inside

Four modules. One commercial system.

Module 01

CE Tracker

Compensation Events, end-to-end

A single register that tracks every compensation event from trigger date through notification, quotation, assessment and PM determination. Built around the clause 61 to 64 timeline, with each row carrying its contemporaneous record reference.

  • ·Notification, quotation, and assessment templates
  • ·Time-bar (clause 61.3) and review-period flagging
  • ·Causation matrix and quantum build-up structure
  • ·Adjudication-readiness check for clause 64 outputs

Module 02

Payment Model

Application → assessment → certification

An Excel-native model for the NEC payment cycle. Application, PM assessment, payment certificate and pay-less notice, under Option A and Option C, with the Defined Cost build-up referenced to the Schedule of Cost Components.

  • ·Option A and Option C templates
  • ·Schedule of Cost Components mapping
  • ·Project-bank-account workflow ready
  • ·Pay-less notice timing built in

Module 03

Risk System

Early Warnings + Risk Register + Reduction Meetings

Early-warning notification, EW register, commercial risk register, and the agenda-and-actions structure for the early-warning / risk-reduction meeting. Built so the records hold up under contested float ownership and acceleration claims.

  • ·EW notification + register templates
  • ·Risk register with ownership and treatment
  • ·EW / risk-reduction meeting agenda + minute structure
  • ·Programme-impact and float-ownership memos

Module 04

Decision Frameworks

The judgement layer

EW-vs-CE judgement, time-bar reads, programme acceleration, float ownership, and option-by-option playbooks (A / B / C / D / E). The mental models a senior commercial team runs without thinking, written down so the rest of the team can run them too.

  • ·Option A / B / C / D / E playbooks
  • ·EW-vs-CE judgement framework
  • ·Acceleration and float-ownership memos
  • ·Time-bar reading guide

How it’s built

Drafted from live event records. Not from a textbook.

Every template is anchored to a specific NEC clause and structured for the records the contract actually demands. Contemporaneous, ordered, and resilient under scrutiny.

No generic forms. No vendor-agnostic content. Every module ships with worked examples that make it usable on day one.

Coming with NECCLAUSE Pro

Toolkit access ships with the Pro subscription.

From Month 6, the full Toolkit is included with a NECCLAUSE Pro subscription. The weekly long-form on /writing stays free.

Read what Pro will include →

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The Toolkit ships in Month 6.

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