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…
The preliminary value for the May CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.1% from the final April value, after a slightly larger rise the previous month. All subcategories of the index saw slight increases, except for…
The preliminary value for the April CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI; the most recent available) rose 0.4% from the final March value, after dropping the previous month. The gain was mostly due to a rise in the Equipment subindex. The…
The preliminary value for the March CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) fell 0.6% from the final February value. The decline was driven by lower Equipment and Construction Labor subindices. The Engineering Supervision and Buildings subindices increased slightly in March, but…
The CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) preliminary value for February 2014 (the most recent available) is 0.4% higher than the final values from January. The Equipment, Labor, Buildings and Engineering sub-indexes all saw small increases, although some of the individual…