Estimate at Completion Example

For a simple example of EAC, let’s use the bottoms-up approach.

Assume you have an office building project for $10,000,000 that will take 12 months.

After 3 months you have spent $3,500,000 and the remaining work estimate and your cost to complete is $7,200,000.

Using the calculation EAC = actual costs (AC) + estimate to complete (ETC)
EAC = $3,500,000+$7,200,000 = $10,700,000