Service 06 · Engineering calculators
Custom engineering calculators
The method is in one engineer's head and a spreadsheet with three versions. It needs to be a tool that gives the same answer to everyone.
Fig. 06 — Engineering calculators
What this usually looks like
- Three versions of the same calculation in circulation.
- A result with no visible working, so nobody can check it.
- Inputs accepted without range checks, so nonsense gives a confident answer.
- A method that leaves when the person leaves.
What you get
- Your method, coded once, with the working shown.
- Input validation, so an out-of-range value is refused and explained.
- The reference case and its expected output, so it can be tested.
- A user guide short enough that nobody needs training.
Built calculators for crane rigging, rolling offsets, wire pull and true labour burden, each with the working shown and the inputs range-checked.
Questions
Sheets or a web app?+
Sheets if the team already lives there. A web app if it needs to run on a phone on site.
Can you check our existing calculation?+
Yes, and that is often the better first job. We test it against a known case before adding anything.
Do we get the source?+
Yes, with the working documented so another engineer can follow it.
Next step
Tell us what is not working
Describe the problem in a few lines. You get a plain answer about whether it is worth fixing and what it would take, before any money changes hands.
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