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ARTICLE · 04 JANUARY 2018

The New Engineering Contract (NEC4)

Biological evolution has been "creating" lives on this earth for almost three billion years, constantly adapting everything to an ever-changing environment

United Arab EmiratesCorporate/Commercial Law

GOOD FOURTUNE- NEC4

"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." - Charles Darwin

Introduction

Biological evolution has been "creating" lives on this earth for almost three billion years, constantly adapting everything to an ever-changing environment. It is refreshing to see how evolution works and the trick is to change a complex system by using what's already there, and namely to adapt to the change. A similar evolution took place in the engineering and construction industry recently in June 2017, when the New Engineering Contract (the NEC) 4 was released. The "out with the old and in with the new" approach in the engineering and construction industry played a vital role in how to do things differently in these sectors. An evolutionary step was taken by the NEC contract board from its predecessors "NEC3". Regarding its designers, the new generation NEC4 is a  positive development for

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