Free Delay & Risk Exposure Simulator

Construction Delay & Risk Exposure Simulator

Move the sliders to model your project baseline. Instantly see schedule drift in days, financial exposure in dollars, and how much Space AI early warning can recover.

Project Baseline

$10.0M

Total contract value in USD

18 months
45

Approximate number of RFIs across the project

12 days

Avg days each open RFI stalls the critical path

$2,500/day
Risk Meter
LowModerateHighCritical
Critical Risk Profile

Critical exposure. You are carrying significant liquidated-damages risk. Space AI's predictive early-warning system flags slipping RFIs weeks in advance, enabling mitigation before penalties accrue.

Schedule Drift

540 days

100.0% of total timeline

Total $ Exposure

$3.1M

$1.4M LD + $1.8M soft costs

With Space AI Early Warning

Predictive alerts flag slipping RFIs and at-risk trades up to weeks early, recovering up to 50% of financial exposure before penalties accrue.

Without mitigation$3.1M
With Space AI mitigation$1.6M

Up to $1.6M in recoverable risk exposure

Recommended Actions

  • Enforce RFI response SLAs and auto-escalate aging questions.
  • Use predictive scheduling to spot slippage before it hits the critical path.
  • Adopt AI early-warning alerts to recover risk exposure.

How This Delay Risk Simulator Works

Move the sliders to model your project baseline. The calculator translates RFI latency into schedule drift and financial exposure.

Project Value

The total contract value in millions. It drives the soft-cost exposure estimate — financing, overhead, and idle crew costs that accumulate while the project is delayed.

Project Timeline

The original schedule duration in months. Used to express schedule drift as a percentage of the total timeline, which feeds the risk rating.

Total RFIs Expected

The approximate number of requests for information across the project. Each open RFI is a potential delay point if it is not answered quickly.

Average RFI Resolution Delay

The average days each RFI waits for a response. Multiplied by the number of RFIs to estimate total schedule drift in days.

Liquidated Damages Penalty

The contractual penalty per calendar day of delay. Multiplied by drift days to calculate direct LD exposure.

Risk Meter & Mitigation

The risk score combines schedule impact and dollar exposure into Low, Moderate, High, or Critical. The mitigation projection shows up to 50% recoverable exposure with Space AI early warning.

Last updated: July 2026