The preliminary value for the April 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) continued the trend of small monthly declines since the beginning of the year. The April CEPCI is 1.8% lower than the corresponding value from…
The preliminary value for the March 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) once again declined from the previous month's value, and remains 0.5% lower than the corresponding value from a year ago at the same time.…
The preliminary value for the February 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) declined from the previous month’s value and now stands at 0.7% lower than the corresponding value from a year ago. The Equipment, Construction Labor and…
The preliminary value for the January 2015 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) edged downward from the previous month’s value for the fourth consecutive month. The first calculated value for 2015 sits only 0.11% higher than the year-earlier…
The preliminary value for the December 2014 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) inched downward compared to the final value for November, continuing a three-month trend. The index value sits at 1.45% above its level from December 2013.…
The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) shows a slight decrease from the final value for October. The small decrease for November follows a similar decline the previous month. The index value remains…
The preliminary value for the September CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.26% from the final August value, extending the series of monthly increases to six in a row. All four of the major subindices increased…
The preliminary value for the August CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.35% from the final July value, continuing a string of five consecutive monthly increases. The Equipment subindex saw the largest month-to-month gain, while the…
The preliminary value for the July CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.14% from the final June value, making it the fourth consecutive monthly gain. The Equipment, Construction Labor, Business and Engineering & Supervision subindicies all…
The preliminary value for the June CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.3% from the final May value, after gains the previous two months. Subcategories of the equipment index generally saw small increases, or were relatively…