# NEC ECC- is the Supervisor a Company or an individual?

**URL:** <https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-is-the-supervisor-a-company-or-an-individual/7299>\
**Category:** NEC3 and NEC4 Contracts\
**Created:** [8 December 2020 11:52 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-is-the-supervisor-a-company-or-an-individual/7299 "2020-12-08T11:52:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![eccaibasheer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/reachback.builtintelligence.com/eccaibasheer/32/588_2.png) [@eccaibasheer](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/u/eccaibasheer)\
**Post date:** [8 December 2020 11:52 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-is-the-supervisor-a-company-or-an-individual/7299/1 "2020-12-08T11:52:03Z")

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Can the _Supervisor_ be named as a company in the Contract Data Part 1? and later on this company appoints a person in house to do a certain action such as inspecting retaining walls?

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_W-I](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/reachback.builtintelligence.com/andrew_w-i/32/151_2.png) [@Andrew\_W-I](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/u/Andrew_W-I)\
**Post date:** [9 December 2020 14:27 UTC](https://reachback.builtintelligence.com/t/nec-ecc-is-the-supervisor-a-company-or-an-individual/7299/2 "2020-12-09T14:27:17Z")

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In theory there is nothing to prevent a company being named as a Supervisor, as the Client and Contractor are usually named as such. The issue, however, is that a ‘company’ is a legal entity and cannot perform this role in itself so requires a person(s) with authority to act on behalf of that company to sensibly perform the role. I would suggest getting a formal letter from an ‘authority’ within the company stating that the named person has authority to act on the company’s behalf on this matter (act as Supervisor).