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21 July 2023
Our partners Rachel Murray-Smith and Allan Owen examine the key features and implications of the Option X29 (Climate Change) clause in the NEC4 suite of contracts (the ‘Contracts’) which aims to enable users to reduce the climate change impact of the construction operations. What is the new Option X29 Clause? Option X29 was implemented principally…
Read more21 February 2023
Since publication in June 2017, NEC has sought to keep its NEC4 contracts up to date by publishing sets of amendments in January 2019 and October 2022. The NEC has recently published a further set of amendments to the NEC4 suite of contracts following feedback and ongoing dialogue with industry users. A number of the…
Read more18 January 2023
Sharpe Pritchard recently advised Merseytravel (the passenger transport executive for the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA)) on its procurement and onward lease of a fleet of 20 state-of-the-art hydrogen fuel cell electric buses for use in the Liverpool City Region. Delivery of the buses will commence in 2023, and they will be used to…
Read more1 April 2022
At a time when tendering and winning business is reliant on one’s green credentials – it is perhaps unsurprising that some companies are resorting to misleading green claims or “greenwashing”. This week NEC has announced that it is to launch a new secondary option clause X29 to its NEC4 suite of contracts in a bid…
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