30. Notwithstanding section 29, where the professional fees of the firm are charged as a percentage, they shall be paid in accordance with the following procedure:(1) for the design and the preliminaries, the firm shall be paid, on monthly submission of its statement of fees and according to progress on the contract, up to 40% of the fees set under Division I of Schedule I, taking as base the estimated cost of the work;
(2) the firm shall be subsequently be paid proportionately to the completed part of its work up to the amount of the fees set under Division I of Schedule I, taking as a base the revised estimated cost of the work;
(3) for services rendered under section 8, the firm shall be paid proportionately to the completed part of its work and the amount of the fees related to those services shall be set under Division II of Schedule I, according to the actual cost of the work.
The maximum amount of the fees set for each of the phases shall be payable only after the written approval of the client has been obtained for each phase, in accordance with the prescribed timetable.
O.C. 2402-84, s. 30; O.C. 196-2023.