Port, Crane & Terminal Equipment worked example

Project Margin with contract price and revenue received of 310 value: a worked example in port, crane & terminal equipment

Push contract price and revenue received up to 310 value and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when project margin in port, crane and terminal equipment needs a clean margin number for a port, crane and terminal equipment go / no-go review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Contract Price / Revenue Received: 310 value (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 125)
  • Delivered Project Cost: 100 value (unchanged)
  • Revenue Basis for Margin: 100 value (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Project margin amount gap = available project margin amount - required project margin amount) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 % for project margin, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 210 value for project margin amount gap.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 310 value for available project margin amount.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 100 value for required project margin amount.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where contract price and revenue received sits at 125 value and the headline result is 25 %, this scenario comes in 740% above the baseline at 210 %.
  • It computes project margin as the gap between revenue and cost divided by a chosen revenue basis, expressed as a percentage. 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

  • Project margin: 210 % (headline result)
  • Project margin amount gap: 210 value
  • Available project margin amount: 310 value
  • Required project margin amount: 100 value

Run it with your numbers

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

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.