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DELAY CALCULATOR

Find out exactly how much preconstruction delays are costing your project.

Same math as the old buildwiser.ai calculator: financing, general conditions, lost revenue, remobilization, and your own team's wasted hours, all by the week.

Project Details
Total Project Value ?Total hard cost value of the construction project.
$50,000,000
$20,000,000$200,000,000
Construction Loan Interest Rate ?Annual interest rate on your construction loan. Every week of delay adds interest cost.
7%
3%15%
Weekly General Conditions Cost ?GC overhead to run the jobsite weekly: superintendent, PM, trailers, temp utilities, equipment, insurance.
$75,000
$10,000$500,000
Lost Revenue Per Month ?Revenue lost while the building isn't operational: rent, hotel bookings, retail sales, etc.
$100,000
$0$2,000,000
Delay Duration
2 weeks
1 week24 weeks
Team & Salary Costs$0

Hours wasted per week of delay × your team's hourly cost. Adjust or add roles to match your project.

Role$/hrHrs/wkCost
Total Delay Cost Estimate
Financing Cost
$0
General Conditions
$0
Lost Revenue
$0
Operations / rent
Team & Salary Waste
$0
Remobilization Est.
$0
Subcontractor fees
Total Estimated Cost of Delay
$0

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Estimates are for illustrative purposes. Actual costs vary by project, market, and contract type. Source math ported from the old-site Delay Calculator (Delay Calculator code.txt): same five cost categories, same formulas.