UK Construction Contracts Round-Up

Our round-up of news about new contracts and contract issues in the UK construction industry.

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Update on new standard form contracts

• NEC4 Alliance Contract offers much deeper collaboration between parties

• The NEC 4: Alliance Contract is now available and aimed at major projects or programmes of work. Distinguishable from other contracts in the NEC4 suite by virtue of being multi-party with an integrated risk and reward model, it nevertheless is recognisable as and adopts the same principles as other NEC4 contracts. Heralded as a "true alliance arrangement in which the client and all key members of the supply chain, called 'Partners' in the ALC are engaged under a single contract", it gives alliance members an equal voice while imposing the obligation "to act in a spirit of mutual trust and cooperation". An introduction to the ALC can be