Thedictionary 2/2

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Non-culpable delay	a period of delay in completion for which the contractor is not responsible.
Omission	refers to an element of work in the original agreed scope of works which is not subsequently required.
Pay Less Notice	a notice issued under a construction contract setting out a lesser sum to be paid than previously notified.
Payment Notice	a notice issued under a construction contract setting out what sum should be paid.
Prevention	a principle that a party to a contract cannot benefit from their own default.
Quantity surveyor	a person concerned primarily with the commercial aspects of a project.
Retention	refers to an amount that is retained from sums certified as due to a contractor from time to time.
Step in rights	rights for a third party to “step in” and replace one of the parties to a contract.
Termination	the bringing of certain obligations under the contract to an end.
Uberrimae fidei	a Latin phrase meaning of the “utmost good faith”
Vesting	refers to the transfer of title in materials and/or plant and machinery from the contractor to the employer.
Workmanship	the skill of a workman in the incorporation of materials in the permanent works.
X7	a secondary option in the NEC form of contract which incorporates delay damages.
Y(UK)2	an NEC secondary option to ensure the core payment provisions are Construction Act compliant.
Z clauses	are additional conditions of contract incorporated into the NEC standard form of contract.