Industrial Equipment, Machinery & Capital Goods worked example

Commissioning Delay Cost at 92% unrecoverable delay exposure share: a worked example

Push unrecoverable delay exposure share up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when site readiness, controls debug, missing utilities, late parts, or customer delays extend commissioning.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Commissioning delay days: 6 days (unchanged)
  • Site burn cost per delay day: 6,200 $ / day (unchanged)
  • Unrecoverable delay exposure share: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed penalty and recovery cost: 14,000 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Variable commissioning delay cost = commissioning delay days × site burn cost per delay day × unrecoverable delay exposure share) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 48,224 $ for total commissioning delay cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 8,037 $ / day for site burn cost per delay day.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 34,224 $ for variable commissioning delay cost.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 14,000 $ for fixed penalty and recovery cost.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where unrecoverable delay exposure share sits at 80% and the headline result is 43,760 $, this scenario comes in 10.2% above the baseline at 48,224 $.
  • It totals commissioning delay cost as the unrecoverable daily site burn over the delay plus fixed penalties and recovery spend. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Total commissioning delay cost: 48,224 $ (headline result)
  • Site burn cost per delay day: 8,037 $ / day
  • Variable commissioning delay cost: 34,224 $
  • Fixed penalty and recovery cost: 14,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Commissioning Delay Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.