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Contracts from the 1970s are still in fashion

22 Jul 2009 Comments Off on Contracts from the 1970s are still in fashion

Claire Donnelly is a senior associate in the construction and engineering practice of law firm Dundas & Wilson.

Few trends which began in the seventies have aged well. But GC/Works/1, a contract launched in 1973, and not updated since 2000, has recently been making itself known again even after NEC3 was endorsed by OGC for use by the public sector and chosen by the UK Olympic Delivery Authority. By…