Commercial Kitchen Equipment worked example

Field Install Labor at 35% site coordination and startup allowance: a worked example in commercial kitchen equipment

What does the result look like when site coordination and startup allowance reaches 35%? The full calculation is worked below with real intermediate numbers. planning field installation labor for a kitchen equipment project

The inputs for this scenario

  • Equipment install points: 34 install points (unchanged)
  • Installation throughput: 1.8 install points / hr (unchanged)
  • Site coordination and startup allowance: 35 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 30)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Base field install labor = equipment install points รท installation throughput) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 25.5 hr for estimated field install labor, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 18.89 hr for base field install labor.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 35 % for site coordination and startup allowance.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 1.8 install points / hr for installation throughput.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where site coordination and startup allowance sits at 30% and the headline result is 24.56 hr, this scenario comes in 3.85% above the baseline at 25.5 hr.
  • A figure at this level is achievable when site coordination and startup allowance is genuinely sustained, not just peaked for a shift. It treats all install points as equally fast; a simple equipment leg and a fully gasketed walk-in corner are both one point but take very different time on site.

Results at a glance

  • estimated field install labor: 25.5 hr (headline result)
  • base field install labor: 18.89 hr
  • site coordination and startup allowance: 35 %
  • installation throughput: 1.8 install points / hr

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Field Install Labor calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.