ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Engineers (Scale of Fees for Professional Engineering Services) Rules
30. Time-based fees
Edition: 2022-12-31 · In force
30. Time-based fees
(1)Time based fees shall—(a)be inclusive of all fees charged by the professional engineer; and(b)incorporate allowances for—(i)overhead charges incurred by the professional engineer as part of normal business operations;(ii)the payroll costs of all technical staff including management;(iii)payments to administrative, clerical, and secretarial staff used to support professional and technical staff; and(iv)all other costs incurred by the business in general and not on a specific project only.(2)Time-based fees may be calculated on hourly basis, daily basis or monthly basis as provided for the categories of engineers specified in the Twentieth Schedule.(3)The minimum applicable time-based fee under the Seventeenth Schedule shall be applied as follows—(a)hourly rates shall be applicable for projects with a total input not exceeding forty hours or one week;(b)daily rates shall be applicable for projects with a total input between forty hours and two hundred hours; and(c)monthly rates shall be applicable for projects exceeding two hundred hours.