8. The CCSJC currently consists of nine members. There are three each from the Institution of Civil Engineers, the Association of Consulting Engineers and the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, representing clients, consultants and main contractors respectively, I recommend that:-
1. Clients should nominate six members. Three should come from the Construction Clients' Forum and three seats should be taken by Government Departments, two for the Department of Transport and the other to be allocated by the DOE.
2. That the ICE and the ACE be both seen as representing consultants, and each have three seats, making six in total.
3. That the CIEC has six seats.
4. That the CLG has six seats.
5. Alternatively, if the ICE wishes to continue to represent clients, it could be in the clients college, in which case the ACE, the CIEC and CLG could have eight seats each.
9. The CCSJC should then divide itself into similar working parties as suggested for the JCT (see paragraphs 5 and 6), for the purposes of preparing a full matrix of documents based on the principles of Chapter 5.18, including consultants' conditions of engagement, main contracts, subcontracts, bonds etc. As the New Engineering Contract already incorporates many of these principles, it would be best if it were used as the basis for the work of the committees.