RBQ glossary: letter U

Unit of classification (unité de classification)

A grouping of activities that the CNESST sets each year by regulation and uses to fix the premium rate (LATMP, ss. 297 and 304). Each employer is classified in one or more units according to the nature of its activities (s. 298). The classification notice is a decision (s. 303), which the employer can have reviewed within 30 days of receiving it.

See also: CNESST assessment (cotisation), Personalized rate (taux personnalisé), Review of a CNESST decision (révision administrative)

Safety management examSource: LégisQuébec, A-3.001, art. 298

Unit price contract (contrat à prix unitaires)

A contract whose final price comes from the quantities actually carried out, multiplied by the unit prices in the tender’s schedule of prices. It suits work whose nature is known but whose exact quantities cannot be set in advance. CCDC 4 is the Canadian standard form for this kind of contract.

See also: Stipulated price contract (contrat à forfait), Quantity takeoff (métré), CCDC (Canadian Construction Documents Committee)

Project and site management examSource: RBQ, Project and site management competency profile, element 12 (French)

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