NEC ECC: Client rejects CE but Contractor still believes valid

NEC3 and NEC4 Contracts Compensation Events
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If the Client (PM) rejects the proposed CE, what would be the correct steps to take?

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Three options:

  1. re-notify it is a CE giving better/clearer reasons/demonstration why it definitely is a compensation event and see if they agree, and if still no go either to point 2 or 3 below

  2. accept that they are right and give up and go and open a bottle of wine to console yourself

  3. go to adjudication and try to get that decision overturned, and if you win open a bottle of wine to celebrate, or if you lose open a bottle of wine to commiserate (if you can afford one at that point)

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Sounds like a wine/wine situation !!