Architect's Guide to NEC4

4Collaborative working with NEC4

Professional services

Relationship to the building contract

To benefit significantly from the integrated project management principles of NEC4, it will be necessary to bring the NEC4 family together and work as a collaborative team. The first step in this direction is the NEC4 Orange Book Professional Service Contract (PSC). There is parity between the PSC Orange Book and the NEC4 Black Book, such that the contracts operate in a back-to-back manner, with differences only in the conventions applicable to consultants’ and contractors’ respective roles. The Orange Book shares the Black Book philosophy, and most of the lessons learned in the context of an NEC4 building contract will be equally applicable to the ...