Industrial Equipment, Machinery & Capital Goods worked example

Commissioning Cost at 72% commissioning scope included: a worked example

Suppose commissioning scope included 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 commissioning cost from site days, loaded site crew cost, billable scope, and fixed mobilization costs.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Commissioning site days: 8 days (held at the documented default)
  • Loaded commissioning crew cost: 4,200 $ / day (held at the documented default)
  • Commissioning scope included: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
  • Fixed mobilization and travel cost: 6,500 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable commissioning cost = commissioning site days × loaded commissioning crew cost × commissioning scope included.
  • Total commissioning cost works out to 30,692 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Loaded commissioning crew cost works out to 3,837 $ / day at these inputs.
  • Variable commissioning cost works out to 24,192 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed mobilization and travel cost works out to 6,500 $ at these inputs.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where commissioning scope included sits at 100% and the headline result is 40,100 $, this scenario comes in 23.46% below the baseline at 30,692 $.
  • It multiplies commissioning site days by the loaded daily crew cost and the scope-included fraction, then adds fixed mobilization and travel to give total commissioning 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 commissioning cost: 30,692 $ (headline result)
  • Loaded commissioning crew cost: 3,837 $ / day
  • Variable commissioning cost: 24,192 $
  • Fixed mobilization and travel cost: 6,500 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Commissioning Cost calculator, set commissioning scope included to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.