2020 Forecast of Construction (Labor & Materials) Inflation & Construction Productivity in the 20 leading economies

2020 Construction Forecast By Country

The following is our latest forecast of construction inflation & construction productivity related to the following countries. Note: Construction productivity is based on historical benchmark data from a number of new Industrial / Manufacturing Facilities. The construction productivity is expressed & based on skilled & unskilled construction hours for work performed in the USA on […]

Construction Project Cost Overruns (Part Two)

Construction with coins (portraying costs)

Did you miss part one? Read it here » Home I wrote an article back in March on the top 20 reasons why so many construction projects overrun their budgets. This is Part 2 on how to alleviate or minimize these issues. Large & mid-sized CAPEX & Infrastructure construction projects are many times intricate & […]

2019 Pharmaceutical / Biological Facility Cleanroom Cost Data Benchmarks

High Tech Clean Rooms

ISO 6-Class 1,000, ISO 7-Class 10,000, ISO 8-Class 100,000 Cleanrooms & Wall Systems for Modularized and Stick-Built (Built on Site) applications: Costs are based on US applications: Appropriate for Pharmaceutical & Bio Facilities, R&D Laboratories & Buildings, Computer Chip Manufacturing, Medical Device / Packaging Facilities, Nano Production Facilities & Hi-Tech Type Facilities. Clean rooms costs […]

Oil & Gas Industry Benchmark # 1

oil & gas industry benchmark 1

Petro-Chemical & Gas Facilities – Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) Benchmarking Data: (Data collected from 12 completed EPC projects in USA & Canada) Typical Benchmark Percentages & Cost Ranges related to North American Petro-Chemical, Industrial & Gas Facilities. Applicable to New & Revamp CAPEX / Facility Projects with a Total Installed Cost (TIC) value between […]

Truck Tire Manufacturing Facility (South East USA) – 2017 Cost Basis

Truck Tire Manufacturing

This facility benchmark is for a greenfield Truck Tire Production facility. A number of new tire facilities & expansion projects are currently being constructed in the USA (the majority are located in TN, GA, NC & SC). This facility will produce 1.5 to 2 million tires per year when fully operational. Note (11), the manufacturing […]