The figures from our call on 21 Oct 2026 are already in. On the call we counted all of the hours; here you also set how much of that time software would take off (it starts at half). Change any of them: move a slider, or type a figure in the box. Steps 1 and 3 count towards the payback. Step 2 is shown on top and not counted. Every sum is written out under "How this is worked out".
For each job, how many hours a week does it take the team today?
Only costs you already pay today that would genuinely stop.
Step 1 frees 0 hours a week. If the team spent them on this work, how many extra jobs a month would each bring?
Average job value as we used it on the call (£12,500). Change it if your real average is different; steps 2 and 3 follow it.
Enquiries and tenders that go unpriced, late or thin today because the paperwork takes too long. With the figures ready, every one goes out.
The one fixed rule: a recovered tender counts at half your normal win rate, because a bid that would have gone in late or thin doesn't win like a strong, on-time one. Uses your average job value from step 2.
One year only. Steps 2 and 3 are job value, not profit. Not counted anywhere: years two and three, when the build is paid for and the saving carries on; internal hire charges recovered (they move cost between jobs, not cash in); and the cost of a failed audit or a missed inspection, which nobody can price in advance. The build price is agreed after scoping; until it is entered, the answer shows the most a build could cost and still pay for itself in the first year. Prepared for R&C Williams from the figures Alex gave on 21 Oct 2026. Every figure is yours to change. 25 Tera Watts.