Thomas Telford
NEC Digital: a Pimcore contract platform for the NEC suite
NEC contracts manage infrastructure, building and utility projects around the world. Youwe designed and built NEC Digital for Thomas Telford: one place where clients, consultants, law firms and contractors draft, review and share NEC contracts together.
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TechFest 2026 award shortlistings
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Stakeholder groups on one platform
NEC Digital turns an internationally recognized contract suite into structured data that every party can work on together.
Our solution
The challenge
The challenge
From documents to one governed source
An NEC contract is assembled, not written from scratch, and often stays in use for years. In documents, every step meant manual editing, email and version control.
One source. Clauses, options and guidance managed once.
Guided choices. Only options that fit together.
Collaboration. Clear edit and review rights for every party.
Room to grow. Content and experience decoupled.
A headless, API-led architecture
Pimcore as the headless foundation for contract data, storage and governance.
A Vite/React frontend designed and built by Youwe, separate from the content layer.
Contract data is not locked into one interface, which leaves room to evolve the user experience, connect other systems and add new digital services without rebuilding the core platform.
The results
Thomas Telford’s first digital product
NEC Digital is live as a subscription service for clients, advisers and contractors.
One governed source for all contract content
TechFest 2026 shortlist in two categories
Thomas Telford’s overall company award for Youwe at launch
Headless room to add contracts and services
It’s a big achievement for the organisation and our first digital product. The platform brings to life the NEC value of collaboration by enabling clients, consultants, law firms to work together on contracts.
Iain Jeffries, Head of Products Thomas Telford