Elevators, Escalators & Vertical Transport Equipment worked example

Vertical Transport Unit Cost at 72% equipment cost scope captured: a worked example

Suppose equipment cost scope captured falls to 72%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate manufacturing unit cost for an elevator, escalator, moving walkway, or modernization package.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Elevator, escalator, or package units: 6 units (held at the documented default)
  • Variable equipment cost per unit: 58,500 $ / unit (held at the documented default)
  • Equipment cost scope captured: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Fixed engineering, test, and documentation cost: 18,000 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable equipment cost = equipment units × variable equipment cost per unit × equipment cost scope captured.
  • Total vertical transport unit cost works out to 270,720 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Cost per equipment unit works out to 45,120 $ / unit at these inputs.
  • Variable equipment cost works out to 252,720 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed program cost works out to 18,000 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where equipment cost scope captured sits at 100% and the headline result is 369,000 $, this scenario comes in 26.63% below the baseline at 270,720 $.
  • It computes the total cost of an elevator or escalator equipment program by multiplying units by variable cost per unit times scope captured, then adding the fixed engineering, test, and documentation cost. When the numbers land here, the stressed input is the lever to work; the walkthrough above shows exactly how much each output recovers as it climbs back toward the baseline.

Results at a glance

  • Total vertical transport unit cost: 270,720 $ (headline result)
  • Cost per equipment unit: 45,120 $ / unit
  • Variable equipment cost: 252,720 $
  • Fixed program cost: 18,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Vertical Transport Unit Cost calculator, set equipment cost scope captured to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.