As headline sponsors, Digital Beehive has been invited to take part in a roundtable discussion alongside industry leaders, Peruvian officials, and infrastructure professionals where Maria will join her peers as a panellist.
Building a Shared Understanding Through Technology
In recent years, Peru has taken bold steps to reform how public infrastructure is delivered. Under a Government-to-Government agreement with the UK, NEC Contracts have been adopted as the preferred framework for major projects.
However, the success of NEC in Peru relies on references more than just translation and training. It requires tools that make good practice easier to follow and collaboration easier to achieve. That’s where Digital Beehive comes in.
As part of the UK Healthcare Alliance, Digital Beehive’s platform, Contract Bee, is already helping deliver a £500 million portfolio of healthcare projects in the northern regions of Peru. The system acts as a single source of truth – or as it might be better phrased in Spanish – una fuente confiable y única de información – aligning all stakeholders around shared timelines, contract milestones, and key risks.
With Contract Bee, everyone is working from the same playbook, reducing misunderstandings, increasing transparency and promoting faster decision-making.
Why Culture Still Matters
During the roundtable, we plan to discuss a deeper and perhaps more challenging topic: Culture.
“Technology can bring structure, but people need the right mindset to make it work,” says Maria Lopez. “In the UK, a red light means stop. In Peru, a red light might mean ‘look both ways and decide’ so how do we build a culture where openness and honesty are safe, not risky?”
Referencing Augusto’s “traffic light” analogy, the team believes that for NEC to succeed in Latin America, there must be a shift toward proactive communication and transparency. Digital platforms like Contract Bee can support this by making expectations visible and behaviour traceable, but they only drive change when paired with leadership that encourages collaboration over control.
Empowering the Next Generation of NEC Users
Digital Beehive’s involvement in the NEC-thon II reflects a broader and long-term commitment to capacity-building and knowledge-sharing in the Latin American region, reinforced by its role as an official partner of NEC Peru. This partnership is rooted in a shared ambition: to make the NEC model not only accessible, but truly workable for local teams from the ground up.
Earlier this year, Digital Beehive reached a major milestone by completing the first phase of translation of its NEC contract management platform, Contract Bee, into Spanish. This goes far beyond language – it’s about cultural relevance, user experience, and confidence. By localising the entire interface, notifications, workflows, and user support, the platform ensures that Spanish speaking users – whether engineers, contractors, or public officials – can engage with NEC contracts in a way that feels intuitive and natural.
This localisation is especially critical at a time when Peru is scaling up the use of NEC across major national programmes. Whether it’s a young engineer getting to grips with NEC’s proactive communication principles for the first time, or a government agency overseeing multimillion-pound healthcare investments, the goal remains the same: to make NEC compliance simple, transparent, and fair for everyone.
By combining cutting-edge technology with a deep understanding of regional context, Digital Beehive is not just supporting project delivery, it’s helping to shape a new generation of NEC practitioners across Latin America.
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We’re proud to stand alongside our partners in Peru as we help shape a new era of digital collaboration and contract excellence. If you’re attending the NEC-thon II, don’t miss our roundtable on Compensation events and how digital tools are transforming how they are managed.
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