C-65.1, r. 12 - Engineers’ Fees (Services to Government) Regulation

Section 13 Disposition versions

2023-04-06

13. The procedures for the hourly method are as follows:

(1)  the staff assigned to the engagement and their qualifications for purposes of remuneration must have been accepted in writing by the client before the beginning of work on the task;

(2)  the basic hourly rate for each member of the firm’s staff other than the lead engineer must be based on the annual basic salary paid to the staff member, divided by 1,730; the rate may not exceed the maximum hourly rates set in Schedule I in accordance with the classification to which the staff member belongs;

The basic hourly rate is multiplied by a percentage of 150% to take direct and indirect costs and profit into account.

Despite the preceding paragraph, the percentage applied to the basic hourly rate is 120% for staff members assigned permanently to the worksite and 75% for support staff;

(3)  the hourly rate for the lead engineer is a fixed hourly rate set in Schedule I in accordance with the classification to which the lead engineer belongs;

(4)  if the firm assigns staff of a higher classification to duties that normally are performed by staff of a lower classification, the hourly rate applicable in such case is the rate corresponding to the classification for the duty;

(5)  any professional, other than an engineer, who is a member of the staff of the firm, and whose participation in the project is approved by the client, receives the same hourly rate as an engineer.

D. 1235-87 (French only), a. 13; O.C. 195-2023.

2012-09-01

13. The procedures for the hourly method are as follows:

(1)  the staff assigned to the engagement and their qualifications for purposes of remuneration must have been accepted in writing by the client before the beginning of work on the task;

(2)  the basic hourly rate for each member of the firm’s staff other than the lead engineer must be based on the annual basic salary paid to the staff member, divided by 1,730; the rate may not exceed the maximum hourly rates set by the Conseil du trésor in accordance with the classification to which the staff member belongs;

The basic hourly rate is multiplied by a percentage of 150% to take direct and indirect costs and profit into account.

Despite the preceding paragraph, the percentage applied to the basic hourly rate is 120% for staff members assigned permanently to the worksite and 75% for support staff;

(3)  the hourly rate for the lead engineer is a fixed hourly rate set by the Conseil du trésor in accordance with the classification to which the lead engineer belongs;

(4)  if the firm assigns staff of a higher classification to duties that normally are performed by staff of a lower classification, the hourly rate applicable in such case is the rate corresponding to the classification for the duty;

(5)  any professional, other than an engineer, who is a member of the staff of the firm, and whose participation in the project is approved by the client, receives the same hourly rate as an engineer.

D. 1235-87 (French only), a. 13; O.C. 195-2023.