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ARTICLE · 16 JANUARY 2020

BuildUK Amendments Aim For Zero Retentions

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In June 2019, British construction industry body, BuildUK, published amendments it would like made to standard construction contracts to support its campaign to achieve zero...

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In June 2019, British construction industry body, BuildUK, published amendments it would like made to standard construction contracts to support its campaign to achieve zero retentions by 2025.1  This included proposed amendments to the NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) and NEC4 Engineering and Construction Subcontract (ECS).

BuildUK suggests that retentions should not be used in the NEC4 ECC Option F (management contract); in other NEC4 ECC and NEC4 ECS contracts with a starting value of £50,000 or less (increasing to £100,000 from 2021); and in NEC4 ECC and NEC4 ECS contracts for works that are exclusively temporary and/or preliminary in nature. In such contracts, retention option X16 should not be included as a secondary option. 

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