随着社会的发展,工程行业变得十分复杂,因而传统的施工合同已经不能满足工程界日益多元化的发展。因此,英国土木工程师学会和业界经过广泛研究和讨论,一致同意要改善业界互相监视和不信任的现状,因而在1993年,推出新工程合同(NEC), 鼓励成立“团体精神”,即建立良好伙伴关系。经过近20年的应用,NEC成效卓越。香港特区政府也在2009年跟进,试验性地引用NEC。文章介绍了第一个引用NEC项目的经验,该项目成果证明NEC可节省工期和工程费用,减少合同争端,增加成本效益，因而大大增强了业界引用NEC的信心。

With the development of society, the engineering industry has become very complex, so the traditional construction contract can not meet the requirement of increasingly diversified development of enginee-ring. Therefore, through wide study and discussion, the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) agreed to improve the construction contract. In 1993, the new engineering contract (NEC) was launched by ICE to encourage the “team spirit” and establish a good partnership. After nearly 20 years of application, it was proved very effective. In 2009, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government introduced NEC tentatively. The experience of the first project using NEC was introduced in the paper. The project results show that the NEC can save the duration and cost, reduce the contract disputes and increase effectiveness, which enhances the confidence of the engineering industry for introducing NEC.