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Plant Cost Index

2018 CEPCI Updates: March (prelim.) and February (final)

The preliminary value for the February 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value. All four of the subindices (Equipment, Buildings, Construction Labor and Engineering & Supervision) moved higher for February, pushing…

CEPCI Updates: January 2018 (prelim.) and December 2017 (final)

The preliminary value for the January 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased  compared to the previous month’s value. The Equipment, Buildings, and Engineering & Supervision subindices were all higher for January, pushing the overall monthly CEPCI…

2017 CEPCI Updates: Dec. (prelim.) and Nov. (final)

The preliminary value for the December CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased compared to the previous month’s value for the second consecutive month. Decreases in the Equipment and Buildings subindices for December 2017 offset small increases in…

2017 CEPCI Updates: November (prelim.) and October (final)

The preliminary value for the November CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased compared to the previous month’s value, reversing an upward trend over the past four months. In addition, the final value for the October CEPCI was…

Economic updates: CECPI for October 2017

The preliminary value for the October CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value for the fifth consecutive month. Increases in October for the Equipment and Buildings subindexes offset small decreases in the…

2017 CEPCI Updates: September (prelim.) and August (final)

The preliminary value for the September CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value for the fourth consecutive month. The Equipment, Construction Labor and Buildings subindices all increased in September from August values.…

2017 CEPCI Updates: August (prelim.) and July (final)

The preliminary value for the August CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value. The increase was driven by rising values for several (but not all) equipment subindices, including Pipes, Valves and Fittings…

CE Plant Cost Index 2017 Updates: July (prelim.) and June (Final)

The preliminary value for the July CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased compared to the previous month’s value, and June final numbers were downwardly revised from what were previously reported. The July values for all four of…

CE Plant Cost Index updates: June (prelim.) and May (final)

The preliminary value for the June CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) dipped slightly compared to the previous month’s value, and although the decrease was small, it ends a string of eight straight months of increasing values. All…

Current economic trends: April CEPCI

The preliminary value for the April CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose compared to the previous month’s value, making it the seventh straight month of increasing values. The gain in the overall PCI was driven by…