Industrial Equipment, Machinery & Capital Goods worked example

Commissioning Delay Cost at 58% unrecoverable delay exposure share: a worked example

Suppose unrecoverable delay exposure share falls to 58%. This page works the full calculation at that level so you can see exactly which result moves and by how much. Estimate commissioning delay cost from delay days, site burn cost per day, chargeable exposure share, and fixed penalty or recovery cost.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Commissioning delay days: 6 days (held at the documented default)
  • Site burn cost per delay day: 6,200 $ / day (held at the documented default)
  • Unrecoverable delay exposure share: 58 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 80)
  • Fixed penalty and recovery cost: 14,000 $ (held at the documented default)

Working through the calculation

  • The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Variable commissioning delay cost = commissioning delay days × site burn cost per delay day × unrecoverable delay exposure share.
  • Total commissioning delay cost works out to 35,576 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
  • Site burn cost per delay day works out to 5,929 $ / day at these inputs.
  • Variable commissioning delay cost works out to 21,576 $ at these inputs.
  • Fixed penalty and recovery cost works out to 14,000 $ at these inputs.

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 18.7% below the baseline at 35,576 $.
  • It totals commissioning delay cost as the unrecoverable daily site burn over the delay plus fixed penalties and recovery spend. 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 delay cost: 35,576 $ (headline result)
  • Site burn cost per delay day: 5,929 $ / day
  • Variable commissioning delay cost: 21,576 $
  • Fixed penalty and recovery cost: 14,000 $

Run it with your numbers

  • To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Commissioning Delay Cost calculator, set unrecoverable delay exposure share to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.