Free tool · live-site coatings

What does shutting the site cost you?

A quick estimator for warehouse, distribution centre, retail and factory operations. Five inputs. Conservative coefficients. Approximation — a real site survey will refine ±30%, not a quotation.

What live-site capability is worth on this scheme

Shutdown the alternative needs: 7,000 hours
Lost trading during that shutdown: £7,291,700
A Star's zonal programme: 35 weeks, site open throughout
Estimated saving: £7,291,700

Shutting the site for these works would cost roughly £7,291,700 in lost trading. A Star's zonal programme delivers the same scope in about 35 weeks, with the site open throughout.

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How is this calculated?

Shutdown hours use a conservative {0.5–1.4 h/m²}base rate depending on scope, with a small access factor for site type. Lost trading pro-rates your daily figure across the operating hours you selected. A Star's programme uses ~400 m²/week of zonal throughput against the scope-weighted footprint.

This is an approximation — a real site survey will refine ±30%. It is not a quotation.

Why we built this

The Estate Manager or QS commissioning a coating programme needs a number for the internal argument — the cost of the wrong contractor shutting the site, vs the price of a contractor who can keep it open. We work on live, occupied sites for that exact reason.

This estimator uses conservative throughput defaults. The calculation is transparent — see “How is this calculated?” in the result panel. The output is a starting figure, not a quotation. A real site survey is free of charge and sharpens the numbers to your scheme.

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