Preliminary data for the November 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) show a small decrease (0.12%) in the overall index compared to the October index value. The decrease reverses the trend direction for the three previous…
Preliminary data for the October 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) show a slight (less than 0.1%) increase in the overall index, as well as small increases in most of the index subcategories. The Pipes, Valves…
Preliminary data for the September 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that costs rose in all subcategories compared to the previous month, except the Engineering & Supervision category, which remained unchanged. The current CEPCI value…
Because the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) is calculated using economic data sourced from the U.S. government, the preliminary August 2013 CEPCI numbers have been affected by the shutdown of the U.S. Federal Government that began on October 1. As…
Preliminary data for the July 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index decreased by 0.1% from the final June value. The value for the Equipment subindex fell, while those for the Construction…
Preliminary data for the June 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index decreased by 0.3% from the final May value. The value for the Heat Exchangers & Tanks subindex rose slightly, while…
Preliminary data for the April 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index increased by 0.2% compared to the final March value, reversing three consecutive decreases in the months prior. The higher numbers…
Preliminary data for the March 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; top; the most recent available) indicate that the composite index declined by 0.3% from the February value. The decrease was driven by a lower overall equipment cost index. The…
Preliminary data for the February 2013 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI), which is the most recent available, indicate that capital equipment prices declined from January to February, by 0.2%. The current February 2013 preliminary Plant Cost Index stands at 4.4%…
The overall CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for 2012 was 0.19% lower than the end-of-year average from 2011. Preliminary data from January 2013 CEPCI (the most recent available) indicate that capital equipment prices declined from December to January, by 0.09%. When…