Cost model
A machine quotation is not a project budget. Enter your scope below to separate equipment-only cost, installed cost and total project cost, then carry the figures into an RFQ or a lifecycle comparison.
Last reviewed 2026-08-21. Planning model, not an engineering estimate.
Separate equipment price from installed cost and total project cost so a budget request is not built on a machine quotation alone.
equipment-only = core + auxiliary; installed = equipment-only + trade, installation and commissioning costs; project = installed + contingency + working capital; TCO = project CAPEX + annual OPEX × life.
This is a preliminary planning estimate. Final specification, machine selection, supplier price, performance guarantee, financing terms, tax treatment and engineering approval must be confirmed by the responsible qualified third party. Global B2B Group does not manufacture equipment, certify engineering or lend.
Carry the result into a structured RFQ: Budget categories, Equipment scope, Utilities, Installation, Contingency. You review and approve every transferred value — nothing is submitted automatically.
Engine version 1.2.0 · reviewed 2026-08-21 · full methodology
Industrial CapEx has three levels: equipment-only cost (the machine quotation), installed cost (equipment plus freight, insurance, duties, civil works, electrical, utilities, automation, installation, commissioning, training and initial spares) and total project cost (installed cost plus contingency and working capital). Budget approvals fail most often because the equipment quotation was presented as the project cost.
There is no universal multiplier. On typical industrial machinery projects buyers model installation-related cost as a meaningful addition to the machine price, but the figure depends entirely on civil works, utility upgrades, automation integration and destination country duties. Enter each category from your own scope rather than applying a rule of thumb.
Contingency reflects definition maturity, not optimism. A concept-stage project with unconfirmed layout and utilities carries a materially higher contingency than a project with completed engineering, a surveyed site and firm supplier quotations. Enter the percentage your own approval process requires and state it explicitly in the budget request.
It should be shown separately. Working capital funds raw materials, inventory and the ramp-up period; it is not part of the installed asset value and is often financed differently. This calculator reports it as its own line inside total project cost.
No. It is a structured planning model. It arranges the cost categories a manufacturer, EPC or lender expects to see and totals what you enter. It is not a quantity survey, a bill of quantities or a validated estimate, and every omitted category is treated as zero rather than estimated silently.
