About the author

Frances Forward BA (Hons) Dip Arch MSc (Const Law) RIBA FCIArb is a practising architect, adjudicator, expert witness and lecturer with extensive experience in design, management and consulting roles within the construction industry, both in the UK and in Germany. Frances’ Master’s research in the early 1990s into a potential European standard form construction contract led her to explore the genesis of the fledging NEC contract and she went on to pioneer the use of the NEC on complex lottery-funded arts projects.

Frances set up her own architectural practice in 1999 and the NEC became her contract of choice, for both professional services and construction. In 2000, Frances was invited to assist the NEC Panel in drafting the ...

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