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Plant Cost Index

2024 CEPCI updates: May (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) for May 2024 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The final value for April 2024 was itself upwardly revised. The small uptick in the May…

2024 CEPCI updates: April (prelim.) and March (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) for April 2024 (most recent available) decreased slightly compared to the previous month, reversing a three-month string of small monthly increases. In April, declines in the Equipment and Buildings subindices…

2024 CEPCI updates: March (prelim.) and February (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for March 2024 (most recent available) is higher than the previous month’s value, albeit by a very small margin. The small uptick is the third consecutive monthly rise. In March,…

2024 CEPCI updates: February (prelim.) and January (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for February 2024 (most recent available) rose compared to the previous month’s value, continuing a string of increases over the past three months. For February, the increase in the overall…

2023 CEPCI annual average value decreases from previous year

The value of the 2023 Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) decreased compared to the previous year’s value, but remains substantially above the levels observed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. The annual CEPCI value is calculated as an average of…

2024 CEPCI updates: January (prelim.) and December 2023 (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI) for January 2024 (most recent available and first data available for this year) increased compared to the previous month. This increase is the second consecutive monthly rise, and is larger…

2023 CEPCI® updates: December (prelim.) and November (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index® (CEPCI; top) for December 2023 (the most recent available) edged slightly higher than the previous month’s value, reversing a trend of dereasing values for the past six months. Within the overall…

2023 CEPCI updates: November (preliminary) and October (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for November 2023 (most recent available) is down by a small margin from the previous month, continuing a string of monthly declines since June 2023. In November, small decreases were…

2023 CEPCI updates: October (prelim.) and September (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for October 2023 (most recent available) is lower than the previous month’s value, continuing a trend of lower monthly values that has been observed since May 2023. To arrive at…

2023 CEPCI updates: September (prelim.) and August (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for September 2023 (the most recent available) fell compared to the August value, reversing the slight increase that was observed from the cycle prior to that. The CEPCI has been…