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Plant Cost Index

2019 CEPCI Updates: May (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for May 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value. The decline is the third within the last four months. The lower value for the overall CEPCI…

2019 CEPCI Updates: April (prelim.) and March (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for April 2019 increased from the previous month’s value, reversing two months of small declines. The increase in April for the overall CEPCI is a result…

2019 CEPCI Updates: March (prelim.) and April (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for March 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value for the second consecutive month, although the final value for February was adjusted slightly upward. The decline…

2019 CEPCI Updates: March (prelim.) and February (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for March 2019 decreased from the previous month’s value for the second consecutive month, although the final value for February was adjusted slightly upward. The decline…

2019 CEPCI Updates: February (prelim.) and January (final)

The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) for February 2019 decreased from the previous month's value. In addition, the final value for the January 2019 CEPCI was downwardly revised by a modest amount…

Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index: 2018 Annual Value

Each month, Chemical Engineering publishes the latest values for the Chemical Engineering Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) — a widely used resource for plant construction costs. The CEPCI is calculated using various data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once a year,…

2018 CEPCI updates: December (preliminary) and November (final)

The preliminary value for the December 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) decreased from the previous month’s value. This small decline follows an unchanged CEPCI value from November. The Equipment, Buildings and Engineering & Supervision subindexes all…

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

The preliminary value for the November 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) remained the same as the previous month’s value, although the final value for October was downwardly revised by a tenth of a point. The Equipment,…

2018 CEPCI Updates: October (prelim.) and September (final)

The preliminary value for the October 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) fell slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The decrease reversed an upward trend that had been ongoing throughout 2018. The Equipment, Buildings and Engineering…

2018 CEPCI updates: Sept. (prelim.) and August (final)

The preliminary value for the September 2018 CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; most recent available) increased  compared to the previous month’s value, continuing an upward trend that has been in place throughout 2018. The final August numbers were revised upwardly…