CESA Covid-19 Communique 9 – Force Majeure Obligations & Implications of Lockdown – NEC professional services contract – Part 3

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15 April 2020

Dear Colleagues

Further to our Communique 9, which touched on the contractual obligations pertaining to the NEC contract, Part 2 of the Communique brings additional information in this regard, as provided by ICE-SA.

The COVID-19 impact on NEC contracts in South Africa needs to be managed in terms of the contract. ICE-SA has engaged with the authors of the NEC contract to provide you with guidance on how the COVID-19 impact should be approached, specifically in a South African context. NEC3 is used more widely in South Africa than NEC4, and the guidance is primarily focused on the NEC3 forms of contract. All parties should make use of contract specialists when preparing notices in terms of their specific contracts.

To access the information/guidance, kindly click here. 

Christopher (Chris) Campbell Pr. Eng.

Chief Executive Officer