Funnily enough reviewed that exact principal in a contract only last week for a project I am about to run a joint NEC workshop for. The Client (it is NEC4) has amended contract data part 1 delay damages to say that the first 12 weeks will be delay damage free, and the delay damage charge will be from a point twelve weeks beyond the Completion Date.
No right or wrong here as to whether the Client should do this. What they are doing is decreasing the Contractor's risk, which you would expect to attract a cheaper tender price in the first place.
No right or wrong here as to whether the Client should do this. What they are doing is decreasing the Contractor's risk, which you would expect to attract a cheaper tender price in the first place.